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Enacting and reproducing social and individual identity through mediation
Author(s) -
Chia HoBeng,
Chong CheeLeong,
LeePartridge JooEng,
Hwee Chantel Chu Shi,
WeiFei Sharon Francesca Koh
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.3890190105
Subject(s) - mediation , normative , stylized fact , identity (music) , social psychology , psychology , sociology , reproduction , social identity theory , cultural identity , political science , aesthetics , social group , law , social science , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics , ecology , feeling , biology
Abstract 10.1002/crq.3890190105.abs Mediation practices play a major role in shaping and defining cultural and individual identity. They are essentially social processes that embody the language, symbols, rituals, practices, and values of culture and at the same time create them. From examination of the discourse and stylized idioms used by Chinese‐Malaysian mediators, cultural embodiment and reproduction were evident in their practices. In fact, the goals, values, and roles of the mediators and enactment of the mediation process as a social exchange stand in marked contrast to the normative model of mediation encouraged by Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution (LEADR) and Charlton and Dewdney (1995).