Seeing Culture Everywhere

Author : Joana Breidenbach,Pl Nyri
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295802022

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Seeing Culture Everywhere by Joana Breidenbach,Pl Nyri Pdf

Today's world is shaped by an obsession with cultural difference that penetrates everyday life and matters of state in unprecedented ways. Culture and cultural difference are commonly used to explain everything that's in the news - from wars to economic development and consumer behavior. This fuels the belief that our world is shaped by clashing cultures, a view that is counterproductive when it assumes falsely that culture is a timeless container that traps nations and ethnic groups. Seeing Culture Everywhere challenges the misguided and dangerous global obsession with cultural difference and directly critiques the popular notion that world affairs are determined by essential civilizations with immutable and conflicting cultures. The book offers an alternative view of a world in which cultural mixing, not isolation, is the norm, but where several historical trends have come together at the beginning of the twenty-first century to produce the current wave of "culture think." Brimming with concrete examples that move from genocide in Rwanda to schools in Berlin, from the Chrysler boardroom to the war in Iraq, it contemplates how ethnic identity can be mobilized in the service of all kinds of goals - violent or nonviolent, laudable or despicable - and the unintended effects such mobilization invariably produces. The authors suggest ways to remain sensitive to the cultural impacts of policies and decisions without falling into the traps of determinism, essentialism, and misrepresentation. Seeing Culture Everywhere will be useful in the fields of anthropology, law, intercultural communication, and international relations, as well as for general readers interested in ethnicity and travel.

Author : Garry Robson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443863506

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Theoretical Turbulence in Intercultural Communication Studies by Garry Robson Pdf

A number of researchers, trainers and educators in intercultural communication acknowledge that the most popular models and theories of the field are insufficient – even unsuitable – to describe or explain our practical multicultural experiences today. This collection of articles offers new insights and critical evaluations of, intercultural communication theory and research. Authors from a variety of disciplines discuss, for example, methodological concerns; Chinese exceptionalism; micro and macro level interactions; ways to teach and study perceptions and self-awareness; and also provide new constructions for understanding communication and culture and their relationship.

Author : Kevin N. Laland,Bennett G. Galef
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0674031261

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The Question of Animal Culture by Kevin N. Laland,Bennett G. Galef Pdf

Fifty years ago, a troop of Japanese macaques was observed washing sandy sweet potatoes in a stream, sending ripples through the fields of ethology, comparative psychology, and cultural anthropology. The issue of animal culture has been hotly debated ever since. Now Kevin Laland and Bennett Galef have gathered key voices in the often rancorous debate to summarize the views along the continuum from “Culture? Of course!” to “Culture? Of course not!” The result is essential reading for anyone interested in the validity of animal culture, and what it might say about our own.

Author : Fred Dervin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137545442

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Interculturality in Education by Fred Dervin Pdf

This book explores the decades-long use of the notion of interculturality in education and other fields, arguing that it is now time to move beyond certain assumptions towards a richer and more realistic understanding of the ‘intercultural’. Many concepts such as culture, identity and intercultural competence are discussed and revised. Myths about interculturality are also unpacked and dispelled. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, this book proposes a very useful framework to address theoretical and methodological issues related to interculturality. This somewhat provocative book will be of interest to anyone who wrestles with this knotty but central notion of our times.

Author : Erin Meyer
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610396714

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The Culture Map (INTL ED) by Erin Meyer Pdf

An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

Author : Fred Dervin
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Interethnic marriage
ISBN : 9782296564602

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Les identités des couples interculturels by Fred Dervin Pdf

Le nombre de couples interculturels ne cesse d'augmenter. C'est le cas notamment des contextes d'étude de cet ouvrage : la Finlande (Europe) et la Région administrative spéciale de Hong Kong (République populaire de Chine). Ces pays étant largement multilingues, la question du choix des langues est essentielle. Pour les couples de l'étude, c'est le recours à une langue autre que leur propre langue maternelle (une lingua franca) qui caractérise leur relation : l'anglais et le français. Quelles incidences cela a-t-il sur les identités des couples en question ? Qu'en est-il des "cultures" ? Partant du constat que la plupart des recherches sur ces couples se positionnent dans une démarche culturaliste (où la culture sert à expliquer et justifier les "problèmes" qu'ils rencontrent), ce livre prend au sérieux et confirme la critique adressée au concept de "culture" depuis des années par les chercheurs en sciences humaines et sociales en proposant d'en finir vraiment avec la culture. L'auteur suggère notamment de se concentrer sur l'inter- dans l'appellation interculturel et d'éviter qu'il soit phagocyté par le culturel à travers une démarche constructiviste et dialogique des identités.

Author : Pál Nyíri
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295800349

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Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China by Pál Nyíri Pdf

Chinese citizens are becoming increasingly mobile, both inside China and abroad, as migrant workers, tourists, and students. China is caught between perceived benefits and dangers posed by mobility, complicated by the government’s own conflicting impulses to support and discourage it. Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China demonstrates this intricate balance through an in-depth look at patterns of migration and state response. Pál Nyíri argues that the loosening of China’s restrictions on internal and international migration, its promotion of domestic tourism, and its increasingly positive portrayal of migrants all follow a similar logic in which mobility comes to epitomize a new and modern China. Yet the loosening of administrative control is compensated by the imposition of cultural control over how mobility is represented and how mobile citizens make sense of their new experiences, as well as by continued restrictions on types of movement that are seen as undesirable. With ever-growing popular and academic scrutiny of the topic of national and international migration, this compact, engrossing, and timely study is well poised to be read widely by scholars interested in globalization, nationalization, modernization, tourism, and modern China.

Author : Michael David-Fox,Peter Holquist,Marshall Poe
Publisher : Slavica Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114162642

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After the Fall by Michael David-Fox,Peter Holquist,Marshall Poe Pdf

Author : James Lavigne Cherney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000082021274

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Rhetorical Norms of Ableist Culture by James Lavigne Cherney Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:39015057986906

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Kritika by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael H. Bond
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1988-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014951001

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The Cross-Cultural Challenge to Social Psychology by Michael H. Bond Pdf

In The Cross-Cultural Challenge to Social Psychology a group of distinguished psychologists considers what the cross-cultural approach has to offer the discipline of social psychology.The book begins with an assessment of the cross-cultural position, its faults and some requirements for broader acce.

Author : Krim Benterrak,Stephen Muecke,Paddy Roe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020322132

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Reading the Country by Krim Benterrak,Stephen Muecke,Paddy Roe Pdf

In 1983 the three authors of this book undertook a journey into Roebuck Plains, an area in the north of Western Australia which takes its name from a ship which was sailed into the region in 1699 by the European explorer, William Dampier. It was then, and until less than a century ago, inhabited by Aboriginal people. Today the plains form part of a pastoral lease, and no Aboriginals live there.

Author : Reinhold Wagnleitner,Elaine Tyler May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Americanization
ISBN : 1584650346

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Here, There, and Everywhere by Reinhold Wagnleitner,Elaine Tyler May Pdf

Essays analyzing the stunning global success of American popular culture from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shows to the Internet as the new American frontier.

Author : Oliver Sacks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307365750

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Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks Pdf

Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect — a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UCSD:31822037943230

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The Writers Directory by Anonim Pdf