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    Exploring identities of a group of counselors in a Self-Access Center in a public university in Central Mexico
    (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 2017-11) De Ita Reyes, Norma Elsa; DE ITA REYES, NORMA ELSA; 692141
    "The purpose of this study is to present the findings resulting from the exploration made to the counselors at the self-access center have of their own identities. The analysis is based on the work done by scholars related to identity, communities of practice, self-access center, grounded theory and appraisal system. In this vein, in this chapter there are presented the justification of the study, the statement of the objective, the research questions and the description of the context. Identity is an in-progress configuration of personal characteristics and attributes that varies from person to person. The construction of one’s identity begins when the individual starts the exploration of behavior, attitudes, feelings, and goals that provide his/her life with some measure of unity (Erikson, 1968). Identity is not fixed or static, it changes with age and according to the changing circumstances a person could face. These changes depend on the type of society the person was born in, so identity would be deeply affected by the state given that it is the government which has the power to “distribute identity through the setting of criteria for the award of certificates which bring benefits and privileges” (Bourdieu, 2000 in Pavlenko & Blackeledge, 2004, p. 69). In other words, a person’s identity construction would be even determined by the type of society in which he or she was born".