Week 4- Barker, Chapter 8 (Subjectivity & Identity)

It may be suggested that our identity is established in others. Barker suggests that we live our lives in the context of social relationships with others. I think this rings true for all people; that we were created to be in relationships and we actually even move from an individualistic state of being to experiencing life with people. Adventuring through life with God and living in community with people around you. Further, Foucault suggests that we are individuals who are products of power and we certainly have technology, social structures, and economic trends to display this. Meaning, language, social structures are all means of our subjectivity and identity. In a fragmented world how will our identity be found? We have the opportunity to be an agent of change in a positive light if we so choose and one of the key elements of change is understanding cultural languages.