Integrating experiences: Body and mind moving between contexts

Zittoun and Gillespie propose a model of the relation between mind and society, specifically the way in which individuals develop and gain agency through society. They theorize a two-way interaction: bodies moving through society accumulate differentiated experiences, which become integrated at the level of mind. This enables psychological movement between experiences, which in turn mediates how people move through society. The model is illustrated with a longitudinal analysis of diaries written by a woman leading up to and through the Second World War.