ABSTRACT
“Identity” is generally considered to be a sociocultural construct. However, I believe that a knowledge-based perspective can provide complementary and useful insights. I develop four knowledge-based models of distinct kinds of identity and, in doing so, encounter some advantages for the knowledge-based approach. Next, I discuss how the important construct of “membership” fits into this scheme, and also how a knowledge-based approach honors “diversity.” Finally, I describe some other work on identity that I take to be knowledge-oriented, and I compare and contrast briefly with Sfard’s well-developed discursive approach to the subject.
