ANT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tabula Rasa, Port Vila
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Belonging is about being a member of, or striving for membership in, larger social communities. Belonging emerges out of people"s complex commitments to entities such as families, neighbourhoods, work units, or friendships. Belonging is the fragile, uncertain and often highly contingent human effort to be part of something larger. Belonging is about a person"s commitment to and experience of a group that is larger than themselves. Social identity: a person"s sense of who they are based on their group membership. Social membership: being connected to people and larger communities. "the notion of belonging, or social identity, is a central aspect of how we define who we are. We consider ourselves to be individuals but it is our membership of particular groups that is most important in constructing a sense of identity. Social identity is a fundamental aspect of what it is to be human. " Traditionally, anthropologists have explored belonging in relation to quite.
