Are we one identity?

What is identity?

Why are small details in behavioral and social code so crucial?

Why is it not normal to have "alter egos"?

Don't we all have them?

Or are those just roles?

What is the difference between a role we play and who we are if one identity does not exist and roles can be authentic and natural?

If we don't have one identity how can we lose ourselves?

And why is it so painful?

Why and how do we give up ourselves for other (s/selves)?

Why are names important?

Can we chose who we are?

Selen Ansen in a text about the work of Anne Wenzel

You can use google scholar and the search engine of the Minerva library.

If you search within these search engines on the basis of your keywords you might find interesting sources.

You can find more search engines under the following link:

https://padlet.com/Silex/sources-search-engines-and-social-networks-for-research-mwhkztl0i93t4tgz

We talked about different things. Especially the relation between the body and identity was an important aspect. I think that the work of Judith Butler might be interesting concerning this relation. Also, I was thinking of the work of Isolde Charim concerning Narcism, if you find this still an interesting topic.

https://en.nytid.no/litteraturen-om-narsissisme-har-eksplodert/

https://ralphmayr.com/library/die-qualen-des-narzissmus/

I also included a link to the topic of neurodiversity. It discusses how we become more aware that we constructed the world from a dominant, specific neurological view. For a long time, we considered this view the ‘natural’ view. However, it is one of the views by which we can perceive and experience the world, and of course, everyone has a different personality.

We also talked about the importance of decent empathy. Probably the thesis can also touch on the research of empathy. Think for instance of the empathy society (see links) and the work of the Dutch Historian who pleads for compassion instead of empathy. He sees empathy as something dangerous. But maybe you can find your definition of decent empathy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTw_3LmQlkU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

https://www.innatenonviolence.org/readings/2020_07.shtml

You could also look at female artists who use their bodies as research to identity, especially those who use photography.

https://pure.eur.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/122258460/10.4324_9781003036432-11_chapter.pdf

Check out artists like:

Carolee Schneeman

Hannah Wilke

Check out this article:

https://www.academia.edu/25263861/The_Representation_of_the_Female_Body_in_the_Feminist_Art_as_the_Body_Politics

 Maybe your thesis could touch upon subjects like:

-The relation between body and identity (Butler)

-Artists/photographers dealing with this topic in their work

- Your own experiences with regard to this topic

- Your work in relation to this context

- And you could go into decent empathy

This is the documentary I was talking about:

https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/sekszusjes-tv.html

Also check:

These book are in the Library:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/09/art-monsters-unruly-bodies-in-feminist-art-by-lauren-elkin-review-when-freestyle-thinking-goes-too-far

https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Tracey-Warr/dp/0714847011

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Feminism-Helena-Reckitt/dp/0714835293

Butler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFg8f1STLk

https://theconversation.com/judith-butler-their-philosophy-of-gender-explained-192166

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo7o2LYATDc&t=8s

Best regards,

Hille

-              Frida Kahlo

-              Nan Goldin

-              Judith Butler

-              Carolee Schneemann

-              Hannah Wilke

-              What is identity

-              Influence on identity by physical appearance, being a woman, being neurodivergent and sexuality

-              What is the importance of genetics for identity?

-              Is identity the same as personality?

-              What is the interplay between genetics, caregiver and social environment to develop certain attributes as a person?

-              What does losing oneself mean?

-              What is consciousness and is identity linked to it?

-              Is identity physically visual?

-              If chemicals balance our brain do we really have free will?

-              What types of identity are there (sexual, work, etc.)?

-              The relation between body and identity (Butler)

-              Artists/photographers dealing with this topic in their work

-              Your own experiences with regard to this topic

-              Your work in relation to this context

-              And you could go into decent empathy

-              Identity and Neurodiversity

-              Decent Empathy (vs Compassion, Rudger Bregman)

-              Own Definition of decent empathy

-              Narcissism?

-              The self

-              Mental health

-              The human brain

-              Emotion

-              Expression

-              Expression of emotion without the face

-              Losing oneself

-              Connection

-              Autism and neurodivergence

-              (Given) Roles

-              Socialization

-              Personality

-              Transition

-              Psychology

-              Soul being

-              Sensory/ texture

-              Contrast

-              Bright or dark

-              Different parts of the self depicted in art

-              Collage

-              Closeup

-              Fetishized

-              Disturbing

-              Healing

-              Trauma

-              Physical

-              Personal

-              Intimate

-              Sexual/ sexualization

-              Gender

-              Tension

-              Being human or not feeling human/ what makes us human

-              Asking questions to myself

-              Scattered

-              reflecting