"Nickname" Identity: Stories Behind a Name
Affiliation
University of South Florida
Department or Program
Technology in Education/Second Language Acquisition
Start Date
15-4-2017 11:30 AM
End Date
15-4-2017 12:00 PM
Presentation Keywords/Areas
Identity and Self-Inquiry
Additional Presentation Keywords/Areas
Arts-Based Methodologies
Abstract
You cannot transcend what you do not know.
To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself first.
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Do you have a nickname? What is special about your nickname? You don’t have a nickname? Why do you NOT have a nickname? Those inquiries and my own story have intrigued me to conduct a qualitative study on how international students perceive the way they have got their nicknames, or their own nickname identity. I interviewed five students who are from China and Vietnam; each of them shared their own unique beautiful stories about their names. These stories were visualized in my way and turned into a thematic lived story drawing collection. Despite the significance of knowing oneself’s identity through a name, there is not much research on the topic. My art-based presentation, therefore, hopefully will walk the audience through a journey of understanding the others’ identity, exploring what underline behind a name, as well as finding your true-own-self.
"Nickname" Identity: Stories Behind a Name
You cannot transcend what you do not know.
To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself first.
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Do you have a nickname? What is special about your nickname? You don’t have a nickname? Why do you NOT have a nickname? Those inquiries and my own story have intrigued me to conduct a qualitative study on how international students perceive the way they have got their nicknames, or their own nickname identity. I interviewed five students who are from China and Vietnam; each of them shared their own unique beautiful stories about their names. These stories were visualized in my way and turned into a thematic lived story drawing collection. Despite the significance of knowing oneself’s identity through a name, there is not much research on the topic. My art-based presentation, therefore, hopefully will walk the audience through a journey of understanding the others’ identity, exploring what underline behind a name, as well as finding your true-own-self.
Presentation Type and Comments
20-minute paper presentation