Identit(y)ies and anxiet(y)ies in on-line communities

Carol Reid

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    Abstract

    This paper presents some remarks on identity formation and the relationship this bears to transformative possibilities in on-line communities. The inability to 'read off' identity - as in embodied university classrooms - offers the promise of non-racialised/gendered/sexualised constructions of the 'Other' and therefore the presuppositions that such constructions carry with them. This presumed comp/utopia (idea of perfection) is attractive to many who work in culturally diverse environments where tensions often surface around changing local demographics (Reid, 2000). However, this paper argues - citing student focus group discussions and threads from on-line discussions - that a lack of knowledge about the ‘Other’ produces anxiet(y)ies. But rather than being unproductive, the anxiet(y)ies produced by ‘facelessness’ may have transformative potential.
    Original languageEnglish
    Number of pages8
    JournalultiBASE in-site
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

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