Aos: Belonging Revision Notes

Area of study -Belonging
- Experiences/events
- Places
- People/relationships/others
- Self identity; ideas/perceptions
- The wider world (e.g. community, context of texts)

Synonyms and antonyms for belonging and not belonging

Synonyms:

Belonging:
- Integrated
- Accepted
- Unified
- Included
- Relating
- Fitting in
- Conformity
-
Not-Belonging:
- Ostracized
- Exclusion
- Excommunicated
- Alienated
- Emancipated
- Segregated
- Exiled
- Isolated
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Antonyms:

Belonging:
- Attachment
- Unfitting
- Unsuitable
- Unrelated
- Isolation
- Disconnected
- Estrangement
- Segregation
-
Not-belonging:
- Accepted
- Integrated
- Fitting in
- Affinity
- Association
- Attachment
- Rapport

Categories of belonging: - Social
- Personal
- Cultural
- Spiritual
- Racial etc
- Historical
- House vs home, connotations

Thesis of lines of arguments: - Ee spend our lives trying to belong to self, a place and other, not realizing hat it is our perceptions and attitudes

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/area_of_study/belonging/3725/simple_gift.htm

- Experience/events/time o Depending on the situation is based on different times. We may feel a strong connection of belonging at certain events or may feel completely lost during others.
- Places o Having a connection with a particular location that provides a sense of belonging within the inner self.
- People/relationships/others o Having a sense of relationships provides a strong connection with feeling a good self-esteem as well as having a strong sense of friendship.
- Self identity; ideas/perceptions o - The wider world o The wider world provides a connection with belonging in the way that everything we do relates back to how we feel about ourselves. o Media – Everyday media has a strong connection with different perceptions of belonging, either positive or negative o Culture

Concepts:
- When individuals experiences a strong