ABSTRACT

This article considers how individuals who believe they do not belong to a single cultural or ethnic group, may feel culturally homeless as a result of low bicultural identity integration (BII) in which they feel their multiple cultural identities do not fit together but are contrasting. This feeling of dissonance between a person’s cultural identities can lead to norm violations in social situations due to their inability to culturally frame switch into the most appropriate cultural meaning system. The author’s proposed Multicultural Body-Based Cultural Frame Switching Model utilises dance movement therapy techniques and research from the field of cognitive psychology to help people increase their BII and better accurately culturally frame switch. The model increases memories of positive bicultural experiences through the exploration of body posture, which raises BII and allows for easier access to a person’s differing cultural meaning systems in a given situation.

摘要

本文考虑了那些认为自己不属于单一文化或种族群体的人可能会由于低双文化身份融合（BII）而感到文化上无家可归的情况，在这种情况下，他们认为自己的多种文化身份不融为一体，而是形成鲜明对比。一个人的文化身份之间的这种不和谐感，由于无法将其文化框架转换为最合适的文化意义体系，可能导致在社会情况下违反规范。作者提出的基于多元文化的基于身体的文化框架转换模型利用了舞蹈运动疗法技术和认知心理学领域的研究来帮助人们增加BII并更好地准确地进行文化框架转换。