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situation came into being, bringing different perspectives to bear
on the situation, charting the social construction of the particular
reality, and laying bare the ideologies underlying this construction
of reality for reaffirmation or rejection.

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4.3 Areas for investigation

In accordance with this approach^ the issues isolated for the
study of the construction of Aboriginal identity will be organized into
the three areas outlined above (p.21), namely:

(i) Interaction between psychological reality
and psychological models

(ii) Interaction between social structure and the Vorlds’
in which Aboriginal people find their identity

(iii) Interaction between the self and society.

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The theory associated with each area is presented; from the theory
a number of research questions and hypotheses are generated.

The theory informing each area, the research questions to be
asked, and the hypotheses advanced are set out in the following
section.

4.31 Area 1

(i) Identity and the theoretical level of consciousness - Theory

Aboriginal identity, like other identities, must be studied as
located in a particular world.

Aboriginal people are born into ’an objective reality' , that
is, a world that is a 'given' which stands over against them, but
with which they interact.                                          _z

Such a world is the product of past as well as present
interaction and hence requires a study of historical factors
contributing to the present situation.

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