CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Dudka, Cory |
|---|---|
| Title | Positioning Place: Exploring the Intersection of Social Constructivism and Humanistic Geography in Identity Formation |
| Summary | This thesis investigates the theoretical intersection between the epistemological approach of social constructivism with the field of humanistic geography to arrive at a more thorough understanding of how the identity-construction process operates. Past studies on identity-construction have given little agency to place as a generative element in this process. This study seeks to change that, by answering how does place affect the identity-construction process? This study was conducted using a series of narrative-based interviews with participants coming from the post-Yugoslav space. The transcripts of nine interviews were analyzed using a combination of thematic content analysis and objective hermeneutics, which revealed that Place is just as much a contributor to our identity as social processes. Moreover, this study highlights the importance of situating place more centrally in discussions pertaining to identity-construction within the social sciences, revealing that identity and place are co-constructed through ongoing dialectical social processes. |
| Supervisor | Dr. Ana Mijić |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/dudka_cory.pdf |
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