Omtale fra Den Norske Bokdatabasen
The book is about intercultural communication. It includes articles written by Nordic researchers with different backgrounds. Some of the topics are: Interpretative models of estrangement and identification, culture and interculturality as signs and boundaries, and communication and social systems. It is suitable for researchers and students within the field of intercultural communication.
Omtale fra forlaget
Intercultural communication builds bridges of understanding between different people in various circumstances. Every intercultural encounter is also a human encounter, whether people come from the same national background or from different parts of the world. Every human being is unique, with unique life experiences, relationships, languages, feelings, and faith. That is why construction of intercultural bridges often is troublesome. The common denominator of all communicational activity is understanding, which involves e.g. listening, interpretation, cultural assumptions, use of stereotypes, and prejudices. Several of these aspects affect, in specific social settings, the everyday construction of meaning. The result might be lack of understanding and misunderstandings, or, because of political or ideological reasons, even unwillingness to engage in understanding. Intercultural communication is a complex phenomenon and deserves cross-disciplinary studies in order to shed some light on the processes.
In this book, researchers with different backgrounds and experiences try to answer the following questions: From a variety of approaches, what can we learn about constructing new bridges of understanding? How can the insight be utilised in everyday intercultural encounters?
The editors are Øyvind Dahl, Professor at the School of Mission and Theology, in Stavanger, Norway, Iben Jensen, Lecturer at the University of Roskilde, Denmark, and Peter Nynäs, Researcher at the Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
Forlag Unipub forlag
Utgivelsesår 2006
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9788274772694
EAN 9788274772694
Språk Engelsk
Sider 291
Utgave 1
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