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Framing my N ame: extending educational boundaries . Dr Margaret Kumar. Outline. Problematising the concept of names Emerging issues The Book Qian Insights Gained Future Directions. Problematising the concept of names. Behavioural patterns Silence – Quyen - Quin .
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Framing my Name: extending educational boundaries Dr Margaret Kumar Office.com Clip Art
Outline • Problematising the concept of names • Emerging issues • The Book • Qian • Insights Gained • Future Directions
Problematising the concept of names • Behavioural patterns • Silence – Quyen - Quin. • Physical reaction – cringing • Felt offended – Kala -Kaala • Insult - Jayawardena - Jaya • Confusion- local students; academics, international students
Emerging issues Diversity, Dilemmas and anomalies, ‘Not knowing’, Cultural sensitivity, Gap Office.com Clip Art
Framing my name: extending educational boundaries A window onto Chinese culture and society. So what is your real name? Immortality is in your name. Names, an Australian’s personal perspective. Names, an address without a postcode. Establishing the space of naming. • The ‘backstory’ to names and the naming process in Australia. • Names, the envelope of destiny in the Grassfields of Cameroon. • Self-authorship, the disturbing identity of the author. • Locating boundaries, different rhythms to the same Name. Office.com Clip Art
Insights Gained Office.com Clip Art
Insights Gained • Ontology • Continuum • Agency • Linguistic Markers Office.com Clip Art
Two Examples In the name Kanamoori Veer Venkat Lakshmi Narasimha Rao: kanamooriis the individual’s father’s name: veer venkat, indicates that he is linked with the deity: Lakshmi. Narasimha Rao is the individual’s name. In the name Teresa Monica SumanWatiSingh, Teresa is a Catholic baptismal name, Monica is a Catholic confirmation name, Suman is a Hindu birth name, Wati denotes gender indicating that this person is a female, Singh is a Kshatriya caste group as well as a Sikh clan name following a patrilineal heritage. Thus this name indicates a melding of what is referred to as eastern and western cultures, a Hindu culture and a history of postcolonial influences.
Future directions • Scaffolding • Empowering the student • Discussion and Questions Office.com Clip Art