Art and lived experience are the key to my work. Standing in the Shadow of the Moon – A Diaristic Encounter With Identity Through My Everyday is an inquiry into the various possibilities for photography as a diaristic medium that blends the concepts of documentary and tableau photography, whilst exploring my identity. In this mode of expression, my project is an investigation into concepts of self-representation and subjectivity. What does it mean to create an enigmatic series of 'self-portraits' that are focused on those around me, those whom reflect me, but are not me?

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Philosophy, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 2, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2008. / Supervisor: Dr Peter Carey, Dr Cathie Lloyd. Bibliography: leaves 317-343.

Thesis (MPhil)--AUT University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (x, 193 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 364.1633 JOH)

Thesis (M.A.)--Missouri State University, 2009. / "May 2009." Also available online.

Hamburg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2005.

Hannover, Universiẗat, Diss., 1999.

This is a report that tells the journey of the master project Grey Square. It is a project that is rooted in cultural, national and racial identity in relation to symbolism and stereotypes, through the investigation of the scarf as an object often associated with a variety of these identities. The scarf is observed through the understandings of semiotics, material culture and visual culture, and the report gives you an account of the art project’s different processes and methods in reaching its final visual design. By examining the scarf the intention is to become aware of your gaze and participation in creating meanings, symbols and stereotypes.

The main purpose of this study was to explore how second-generation young adults with foreign background understand their ethnic identities and how they relate to their national identities. Semi-structured interviews with 7 second-generation young adults with foreign background were conducted. The basis for our analysis was social identity theory, identity theory and previous research. As the result shows, the participants in this study had developed an understanding of their ethnic identities in relation to their national identities based on influential factors. The influential factors that elicited these understandings of their ethnic identities in relation to their national identities were: influential people and cultural influences. On the basis of these influential factors, it had become easier for some participants to identify themselves more with their ethnic identities. However, for other participants, the understanding of their ethnic identities did not influence their feelings of belongingness to the host society, which means they have considered themselves to belong to both their ethnic and national identities. For those participants who could not identify themselves with both their ethnic identities and relate to their national identities chose to identify themselves with something else, which in this case religion.