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Locating the Dialogical Self in the Age of Transnational Migrations, Border Crossings and Diasporas

Connecticut College, USA

Anjali Ram

Roger Williams University, USA

We begin by outlining that the dialogical self may be conceived from the point of view of the self- fuland the self- lessperspectives. Both these perspectives of self-work involve different assumptions about what should be the starting point of the I-position of the dialogical self. These assumptions need to be made explicit because they provide the key to explaining how Ipositions get transformed in the process of entering into a dialogical relationship with the other. Furthermore, we argue that in order to explain how dialogue occurs, and how the I-positions are organized and reorganized by the individual, a developmental framework may be necessary. We believe that the dialogical model is extremely relevant in the age of transnational migration and diasporic cultures. However, the challenge, for the theory of a dialogical self, is to explain how individuals living with hybridized and hyphenated identities in borderland cultures and diasporic communities coordinate their incompatible and often conflicting cultural and personal positions.

Key Words: acculturation • cultural identity • dialogical self • diaspora • South Asian

Culture & Psychology, Vol. 7, No. 3, 297-309 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X0173003


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