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subjectification

subjectification

9.9
A person developing a sense of self because of society
  • noun
  • /səbˌdʒɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : sujetificación
  • It is in this sense that I utilize the domains of qualification, socialization, and subjectification in my analysis of Bourdieu and Gee, which I commence below.
  • socialization and subjectification

Examples

  • Subjectification is associated with ways of being and becoming a human subject or, in other words, the impact of education on the person.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I used these approaches, along with the insights provided by previous analyses of pornographic content, to develop a series of detailed measures to address the objectification and subjectification of men and women in pornography.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The technical term here is subjectification, and that process happens publicly.

  • Here I return to Biesta's domains of qualification, socialization, and subjectification.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This raises the question of what subjectification means in the understanding and practice of education, where it seems that understandings about empowering literacies education offer little, if any, fuel to this important debate.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Biesta (2010a, 2014) considers the purpose and function of education in the widest of terms, as three overlapping domains: qualification, socialization, and subjectification.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The most influential tradition that attempts to consider adult literacies education as subjectification or emancipation is found in the legacy of Paulo Freire (for example, 1972).

    Academic text (2015)
  • Returning to the domains of qualification, socialization, and subjectification described by Biesta (2010a, 2014), the classroom practices described above broadly coincide with the domains of 'qualification' and 'socialization.'

    Academic text (2015)
  • Through the process of subjectification, individuals begin to understand their identities in relation to societal norms.

  • Education plays a critical role in subjectification, helping students form their own identities based on personal experiences.

Synonyms

internalization
vssubjectification
  • Specialized
2 7.7

The process of making beliefs or ways of behaving part of a person's thinking and actions

focuses on identity formed by social institutions rather than internal value adoption
individuation
vssubjectification
  • Specialized
2 8.6

Becoming a person who has their own clear identity separate from others

emphasizes identity created through social institutions rather than separation from others
subjectivization
vssubjectification
  • Formal
9.9

A process in which a person becomes aware of themselves and their social identity

is about identity development formed by social institutions and practices
interiorization
vssubjectification
  • Specialized
9.1

Making beliefs or feelings part of a person's thinking

highlights identity shaped by social practices rather than mere internal change

How Developed

selfhood
2 6.8
subjectification
  • Jargon
9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

subjectification = subjectify (semi-transparent) = subject + ify + ation

The word is formed in a regular two-step way (subject -> subjectify -> subjectification), but the technical academic sense ('formation of subjectivity') is specialized and not obvious to average learners.

Etymology

Subjectification comes from the word subject, meaning 'a person or self', and the ending -ification, meaning 'making'. So it means the process of 'making' someone's identity, often by the ideas and rules of school, family, or media.