Identity Restoration Theory: Reclaiming Cultural Identity As A Pathway To Reintegration,
2026
Walden University
Identity Restoration Theory: Reclaiming Cultural Identity As A Pathway To Reintegration, Sigifredo Castell Britton
Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
This article introduces Identity Restoration Theory (IRT), a new theoretical framework that explains what formerly incarcerated individuals need to reconnect with disrupted cultural identities as a pathway to reintegration. Grounded in qualitative fieldwork with Raizal ex-offenders and community leaders on San Andrés Island, Colombia, IRT is designed to conceptualize reintegration, not as institutional resettlement, but as a culturally rooted process of re-embedding identity within community and place. The framework delineates five interdependent constructs—cultural memory, place reconnection, narrative repair, communal belonging, and agency activation—that emerged inductively from participant narratives. Anchored in the postcolonial context of an Afro-Caribbean island society, IRT provides …
Storytelling,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Storytelling, Henry D. Juarez
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Heternormativity,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Heternormativity, Erandi Hernández Aguilar
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Sin Título,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Sin Título, Daisy Camacho
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Journal Entry #1,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Journal Entry #1, Erandi Hernández Aguilar
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Pain Into Anger!,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Pain Into Anger!, Davion Holman
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Amá Always Said. Apá Only Knew.,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Amá Always Said. Apá Only Knew., Venus Elizalde
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
A Letter To My Juror,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
A Letter To My Juror, Michael Anthony Mariscal
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Memories Are Like Clues: A Message To My Juror,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Memories Are Like Clues: A Message To My Juror, Michael Anthony Mariscal
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Mi Deseo,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Mi Deseo, William Hopeau
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Living Vicariously Through The Fading Childhood Memories Of Home,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Living Vicariously Through The Fading Childhood Memories Of Home, Gina Muñoz
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
More Than A Brown Girl,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
More Than A Brown Girl, Mia Rose Rios
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Mamadas,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Mamadas, Erandi Hernández Aguilar
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Namesake,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Namesake, Adrian Garcia
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Tik Tok,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Tik Tok, Francisco Vallejo
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Xonecuilli (Blue Worm),
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Xonecuilli (Blue Worm), Benjamin Perez
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Untitled,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Untitled, Ethan Pena
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Untitled,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Untitled, Paul Zargosa
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Slavery Is Not Our History !!,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Slavery Is Not Our History !!, Dana Offley
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
Recordar Es Resistir,
2026
Cal Poly Humboldt
Recordar Es Resistir, Georgina Cerda Salvarrey
CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives
No abstract provided.
