SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2003

IDENTITY - WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION

GROUP 1

Societies >> I and We
Identity >> instantly focussing on ourselves
Identity is the sum of our interaction with others
Dice man >> the random man - Activity of chance
Individual Identity removed for the good of the group - Communism / Chinese Opera as propaganda
Identity >> root of word / identical
Uniqueness
Identity >> stereotypes 'you are what you do' i.e. that first question when you meet 'so, what do you do?'
Image

Does the root/route of your change?
Physics - molecules - no such thing
Change - reductions argument … fixed

Definitions are important

Identity >> how are you identified
Identifier (in Mathematics) >> uniquely identifies something exactly
Illness as a modifier
Genomic Identity >> DNA
Bulger killers - Given new identity
Identity change or Identifier change
Identity of the performer - character actors/method actors

Identity (mind map elements)

Who 'I' am

• Virtually
• Physical
• Within networks

Communication

• Virtually
• Physical
• Within networks

Changing

• Fluid
• Nature
• Nurture
• Mood

Conscious & Subconscious
Cultural Identity - Where we come from
Gender Identity
Personal ID - relative term
Identity as defined by others

Performance 'Stamp' - interpretation of music

Present yourself to others

Personal shorthand

We feel the need for it but don't know what it is exactly

Mathematical definitions

• Identity mapping (take no. to no. - doesn't change it!
• identifiers

We feel the need for it, but don't know what it is exactly

How much influence does the identity have on the identifier?

I - single >> I - plural
Identity
Identifier
Identical

Levels of abstraction - micro >> macro
Identical >> completely different

3 major dimensions over which the meaning varies

Graph - 3 dimensions X/Y/Z axis

• X axis - single to group
• Y axis - identical to different
• Z axis - macro (cognitive) to micro (physical)