摘要:The general aim of this paper is to explore and illustrate the role of
the physical and psychological surrounding in narrative making of
the personal identity. A qualitative study is put forward. It consists
of a reduced version of the autobiographical multi-methodology
(Bagnoli, 2004). That has been applied to a sample of six students of the Universidad Intercultural de Chiapas. The specific goals are:
a) to illustrate, through citations obtained from interviews and
graphical material, the theoretical concepts of attachment to the
place (Pol, 2002; Vidal y colaboradores, 2004) and community
sense (Kim y Kaplan, 2004); and b) to detect the most relevant
factors of such concepts manifested in the students. Data was
analyzed through the Atlas.ti computer program, version 5.0
(Mu?oz, 2005). The findings suggest that sense of connection and
participation in the community (action - transformation) has been
observed as the most significant factors in our studied sample.
Key-words: Identity construction, appropriation of space,
attachment to place, sense of community, adolescents,
autobiographical multi-methodology, life stories.