Identity Art Project Analysis

The concept of Identity is complex through the exploration of relationships and a sense of belonging. This is explored within Tim Winton’s short stories, ‘ Neighbours’ and ‘Big World’, and in Robert Walker’s poem ‘Okay, Let’s be Honest’. Identity can change and evolve depending on belief, change, language and shifting influences.

Every year I look back on the previous and I see how much I have changed. I see the friends I have gained and lost. The heartbreak and the happiness. Despite how rough times have gotten, it has truly made me stronger. Everything has shaped who I am today, it has shaped my identity. Identity is a complex topic because it consists of changeable and unchangeable traits and outside internal influences; my own identity has been shaped by going from private to public school, young life camp, and my current friends.

After this I would research how others viewed the topic within that discipline. Then I would revise my plan to better fit into a certain discipline. Each assignment forced me to take a good look at personal identity through a different lens, which allowed me to view personal identity in a different light. Thus different aspects of the topic were revealed. I also began to understand how each discipline understood personal identity, which helped me to understand the topic better. The humanities sources increased my understanding of personal identity the most, particularly, Hughes’ poem “Theme for English B”. The poem revealed how another viewed personal identity. The poem also touched on many different aspects of the topic, such as how others affect identity and how individuals of other races affect identity. Since the poem required more time to think about its meaning, I also spent more time pondering personal identity after reading it than other sources. Other humanities sources affected my understanding similarly. The other types of sources would focus on one aspect of personal identity. They also focused more on how it is affected, than on what the definition. As I researched different types of sources and wrote in each discipline, my critical thinking skills increased. For each different paper I had to read various types of sources and think critically about each. I learned how to differentiate between different types of sources and to consider the meaning of the findings. I also had to think critically before the research, when I was planning. I learned how to think over a topic through many different views. Today my critical thinking skills are much sharper then when the semester

Unless you take time to reflect on the identities that make you up, it is hard to be cognizant or careful of those of the people around you. With this assignment, I felt confident with the outcome and overall I felt more aware of my identities. Initially, I was apprehensive and was not sure how my different identities even connected or affected my life. When choosing which identities to include, I picked the categories based on the significance they have in my life as opposed to just picking the easiest ones to represent. I chose to represent my race, religion, age, ethnicity, sexual-orientation, socioeconomic status, and emotional ability because they were the

Before taking this class I was clearly aware of my multiple social identities, although I never analyzed them in the context of a much larger community. For one of our journal assignments my class was asked to check out the site, Stuff White People Like and reflect on how we relate to the stereotypes listed. It was incredibly amusing to me reading about all the different stereotypes and how accurate they were in terms of my interests and

May of peoples social identities are based off of the groups that they belong to and how they have lived their life. such s if you were a baseball player your whole your social identity is a baseball player. This is not something bad but there are times where people don't want and don't think that a baseball player is a social identity that they are defined by. This is a great way of showing how abstract social identity and how it fits into the work of interpersonal communication.

Identity is what defines us as a person. Everyone one on earth has their own unique identity. To showcase my identity, I created a collage of images and descriptive words, called an identi-kit. This identi-kit shows what I feel like is my identity to myself and the others. My identi-kit identifies me as a mixed martial artist. The identi-kit has images of a deadly shark with mixed martial arts gloves on that say mixed martial arts on the front and fight shorts with the words competitor and warrior on them. It also has descriptive words like “killer instinct” and “fight” which describe my spirit. There are three assumptions that come to question when asking about one’s identity. The first is if you were born with this

The Engagement project was certainly one of the hardest projects I have ever had, not because it was difficult but because I had no idea what I wanted to do. I went back and forth between ideas till I remembered the privilege walk video I saw in my Love and Sex class from the previous semester. I noticed how powerful the video was and the meaning behind it. To me it showed that no matter how similar you may think you are to someone else there are so many different aspects that set you even further apart from that same individual. I knew that because it was so powerful for me to watch that it would be a great idea to try and make a KSU version.

When I first heard Ms. Drummey tell us that we would complete a project reflecting on ourselves I thought, “Oh good, this is going to be a piece of cake,” but as I sat down to choose the songs, poems, and art I would use, I discovered that this assignment would be nowhere near as easy as I had originally thought. You see, I had never truly analyzed who I am as a person and who I wanted to be. Hours upon hours of work later, I finally have a blurred sense of who I am, who I want to be, and where my life is going. Each individual entry has allowed me to realize my strengths and weaknesses, and as memories were pulled from the depths of my hippocampus, I was nearly drawn to tears.

Identity is a socially and historically constructed concept. An individual learns about their own identity through interactions with family, peers, organizations, media, and educational institutions. Education and identity are two closely related topics. On average, most Americans will spend a fourth of their life in educational institutions. During this time period students are growing and maturing, but most importantly they are discovering themselves. Students realize their qualities, determine their morals, and establish their beliefs during this time of instruction. Undoubtedly, education forms and challenges a person’s identity throughout the years.

You may want to focus on several events, special moments, or important relationships in your life that have impacted you in significant ways. Recall key themes, events, or circumstances that have contributed to the construction of your identity. You may want to discuss the importance of some of the following influences: significant others, family structure, residence (urban, suburban, rural), ethnicity, religion, social status, group memberships, economic status, leisure, work, death, and crises. Regardless of which themes you discuss, be sure to interpret them with

Identity is formed by the influence of various physical and psychological experiences that occurs throughout an individual’s life and reforms their identity. One’s identity is not made through a single event alone but through a series of events that changes it. Moreover, some events are more influential and powerful in the shaping of one 's identity. Identity, as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “The qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others”. In "Project Classroom Makeover", by Cathy Davidson, the author highlights how students ' developed their identities through various cognitive thinking skills and the freedom to be creative. In "The Naked Citadel", by Susan Faludi, identities are shaped through traditions, rules, and obedience. However, it is not to say that character cannot be formed by both the use of intellectual abilities and long standing practices. The creation and reforming of our identity changes throughout an individual 's life because of the impact of creative thinking, traditions, and relationships.

I have always been highly captivated by the notion of human behavior. Throughout my first three years of high school, I had always taken very general class courses, that is until this year. I wanted to take different courses to fully have a high school experience, and see what other choices there were to help me enhance my education. Never had I thought that taking one specific course would completely change my perspective on life. American Identity is a social science class focused on the main study of race, class, and identity. At the beginning of this course, our teacher told us to write a paper on our identity. At first I had no idea how to begin this assignment mainly because I didn't know for sure what my identity consisted of. I began with the

By connecting the ideas from the articles and applying them with Things Fall Apart which I believe is always helpful when discussing theory is to apply it to a modern or relevant sense. It makes it much easier to comprehend somewhat complex theoretical ideas on what identity is by seeing it played out in a novel we had just previously examined. This links to what I said before with connecting concepts to my own personal experiences or previous understandings for a more holistic understanding. Although there is the argument that a good researcher is able to separate oneself from their work and simply display the facts; however, I do not think that this is what the course requires from students. I think that because identity is such an intricate part of your daily lives it would be near impossible to separate oneself from the research (or these two articles), well at least for myself.

Everybody has an identity, it makes them individual and unique, and it defines who you are as a person. This project about my identity showed me what makes me unique. I would have never known how much my friends mean to me or how my identities connect with each other. I have three identities that make me who I am, cultural, personal, and social. A specific quality that covers my cultural identity is being Czechoslovakian. Both sides of my family have at least a part of Czech in them. My great-grandparents are from Czech Republic and my grandpa was the first generation in America, he was born in Ohio. This is very important because I have always identified as Czech and it is a big part of me, as I am so interested in ancestry. For my personal identity, the biggest part is my personality, being loud and outgoing, has always been important to me. The reason being, it is how people view me. A lot of people know me as the loud person or the person who talks a lot. That is meaningful to me considering I like people to view me in a certain way The last identity, social, is one of the most important to me because it involves my friends, and through this project, I learned how vital they really are to my social identity. I realized that I have a good amount of friends in this project. It is nice to have people as a support system and to relate with. These qualities show that I value being loud and outgoing. It also says that I value my family and they are a big part of life. The last one, social, ties in with the first one because it shows I am outgoing and friendly.