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Minorities and Identity Facing the Dominant Culture. Joint with AISLF-RC38
RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture (host committee)
Language: English and French
There are several minorities in the world who suffer from violence and injustice.
The objective of this session is to study different kinds of minorities and to analyze the reflections and responses they have to counter the rejection they face.
"Minorities" have first to be defined because they have different meanings depending on the country, the social, political or cultural context in which they are used. It depends also on the kind of minorities: ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, gendered ... many research angles that require to handle carefully this concept. Minorities are also generally attached to specific values that have a dimension of identity, individual and collective. How could this identity be defined?
This session invites contributions dealing with topics of minorities and identity to explain and analyze how they deal with the dominant culture.