Building barriers and bridge : interculturalism in the 21st century / edited by Jonathan Gourlay, Gabriele Strohschen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strohschen, Gabriele, editor.

Gourlay, Jonathan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2014]

Summary:

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2014. Building Barriers and Bridges: Interculturalism in the 21st Century is a compilation of perspectives on the theme of Interculturalism and Identity by nineteen authors from thirteen countries on four continents. It represents a broad panorama of views on pivotal issues of identity, trans-and intercultural concepts, and cross-cultural community building. Presented in three parts: Culture and Identity; Constructing and Deconstructing Barriers; and Experienced-based Transformations, Building Barriers and Bridges moves from formal definitions to strategies to success stories in daily life around our globe. The book encompasses a broad array of perspectives in the social, the economic, the political, and the personal realm through more than scholarly evidence: One is invited to join a journey over the topography of identity and models for trans-cultural, intercultural, and cross-cultural community building by way of research, narrative, analyses of laws and structures, anecdotes, and first-person perspective historical accounts. Building Barriers and Bridges lets the reader arrive at common ground: one where Interculturalism is the crossing point for the individual, local groups, societies, and cultures. The forms of interactions and models, detailed by the authors, guide the contextualizing of approaches for identity and community building.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Jonathan Gourlay and Gabriele Strohschen

Recent Criticism of Literature has Emphasized the Problem of Identity and Meaning Associated with Globalisation: How So and Why? / Ulzhan Dyusembayeva

A Coherence of Identities or an Identity of Coherence? A Review of the Recent Discussion on Well-Being, Social Identities and Integration in a Multicultural Context / Sven Hassler

Language Choice and the Dilemma of Identity: Chinese First Language Academics in a TNE Environment / Yanfang Si and Stuart Perrin

The Intersections of Sexuality and Religion in the Anti-Interculturalist Rhetoric in Finnish Internet Discussion on Muslim Homosexuals in Amsterdam / Tuuli Lähdesmäki and Tuija Saresma

How Does the Type of Migration Influence the Social Functioning of Polish Migrants in the Culture of the Host Country? / Anna B. Krasnodębska , Przemysław Zdybek and Radosław B. Walczak

Friendship: Rethinking Personhood and Community / Mihalis Mentinis

Seeing Oneself in the Other: A Model for Intercultural Competence in Education / Carrie Boden-McGill , Nora Cavazos , Melisa Kakas and Dorinda N. Noble

Acculturation Processes among the Hungarians and Romanians in Gyimes: The Transformation of Communal Identities and Denominational Cultures / Judit Balatonyi

Interculturalism, National Identity, Citizenship and the Populist Right: The Example of Sweden / Fredrik Sunnemark

How to Fail in Micronesia: Lessons from a Shetland Islands Captain / Jonathan Gourlay

The Production of Interculturality in Two Urban Spaces: Lisbon and Granada Compared / Nuno Oliveira

The Architecture of Transculture / Richard Rathwell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84888-325-0

OCLC:

1096239790

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848883253 DOI