process whereby the subject assimilates an aspect, property ‘psychological or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, after the model the other provides.’ (Laplanche and Pontalis, 1980 pp. 205). The authors suggest that in psycho-analysis, identification can operate whereby the individual identifies themselves with another, or the individual identifies another with themselves, or a complex combination of both, described as a form of ‘we’. Dis-identification: ways in which one situates oneself both within and ‘the against the various discourses through which we are called to identify’ In that refers to dis- 2014 pp.1). ‘Bodies Matter’ (Butler, 1993) as a misrecognition, whereby there is a seeing ‘simultaneous In and failure to see desirable identifications’ (‘’dis-identification’’, 2014 pp.1). relation to power, dis-identification can be viewed as a ‘representing disempowered politics or positionality that has been rendered unthinkable by the dominant culture’ (‘’dis-identification’’, 2014 pp.1). Research Aims. This study aimed to explore the childhood and educational experiences of young people who identify themselves as having mixed Black and White parentage. Research has consistently demonstrated educational attainment gaps between Black, Asian, and BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) young people and their White peers, and disparities across health and economic outcomes (Gillborn, 2005, 2008; Johnson, 2007; Berman and Dar, 2013; Barnard and Turner, 2011, Department for Education (DfE), 2012, 2014).
‘psychological process whereby the subject assimilates an aspect, property or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, after the model the other provides.’ (Laplanche and Pontalis, 1980 pp. 205). The authors suggest that in psycho-analysis, identification can operate whereby the individual identifies themselves with another, or the individual identifies another with themselves, or a complex combination of both, described as a form of ‘we’. Dis-identification: ‘the ways in which one situates oneself both within and against the various discourses through which we are called to identify’ 2014 pp.1). In ‘Bodies that Matter’ (Butler, 1993) refers to as a misrecognition, whereby there is a ‘simultaneous seeing and failure to see desirable identifications’ (‘’dis-identification’’, 2014 pp.1). In relation to power, dis-identification can be viewed as ‘representing a disempowered politics or positionality that has been rendered unthinkable by the dominant culture’ (‘’dis-identification’’, 2014 pp.1). Research Aims. This study aimed to explore the childhood and educational experiences of young people who identify themselves as having mixed Black and White parentage. Research has consistently demonstrated educational attainment gaps between Black, Asian, and BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) young people and their White peers, and disparities across health and economic outcomes (Gillborn, 2005, 2008; Johnson, 2007; Berman and Dar, 2013; Barnard and Turner, 2011, Department for Education (DfE), 2012, 2014). dis-
Exploring%20the%20childhood%20and%20educational%20experiences_Final.docx