Dialogue in Intercultural Communities
Title | Dialogue in Intercultural Communities PDF eBook |
Author | Claudio Baraldi |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027210217 |
This book explores the meanings of educational interactions which aim to promote peace and positive relationships. This analysis is based on theories of communication and active participation in education systems, in particular in intercultural settings. The book investigates the cultural presuppositions of dialogues which can empower participants expressions in interactions through the management of discussions and conflicts. These presuppositions are observed in the use of language in participants narratives and interactions. The book draws on the fine-grained analysis of a large corpus of questionnaires, interviews and videotaped interactions collected in 12 camps promoted by CISV (Children s International Summer Villages), an international organisation which is active in 70 countries. The analysis encompasses both organisational meetings and educational activities involving adults, children and adolescents of several nationalities, and shows the importance of the different ways in which the adults who coordinate these meetings and activities act and use language. These different ways of acting in interactions can promote both empowering dialogues and disempowering monologues, with important consequences for the fulfilment of educational purposes. For its contents, theoretical framework and methodology, the book may be of interest for educators, teachers, experts in mediation, scholars and students in cultural sociology, sociolinguistics, communication studies, discourse studies and dialogue studies."
White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue
Title | White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue PDF eBook |
Author | Council of Europe |
Publisher | Council of Europe |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Political Science |
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Managing Europe's increasing cultural diversity - rooted in the history of our continent and enhanced by globalisation - in a democratic manner has become a priority in recent years. The White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue - "Living together as equals in dignity", responds to an increasing demand to clarify how intercultural dialogue can enhance diversity while sustaining social cohesion. The White Paper that our common future depends on our ability to safeguard and develop human rights, as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, democracy and the rule of law, and to promote mutual understanding and respect. It concludes that the intercultural approach offers a forward-looking model for the management of cultural diversity.
The Cultural Dialogue
Title | The Cultural Dialogue PDF eBook |
Author | Michael H. Prosser |
Publisher | International Society for Intercultural Education, Training & Research |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780933934122 |
Cross-Cultural Dialogues
Title | Cross-Cultural Dialogues PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Storti |
Publisher | Nicholas Brealey |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2006-10-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1941176054 |
A collection of 74 brief conversations between an American and people from other cultures.
Intercultural Dialogue
Title | Intercultural Dialogue PDF eBook |
Author | Prue Holmes |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2017-10-02 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1317267893 |
‘Intercultural dialogue’, as a concept and ideology in the European Union, stimulates a rational 21st century society where people can engage in (intercultural) communication on a global scale, and can do so openly and freely in conditions of security and mutual respect. Intercultural dialogue connotes dialogic communication that is peaceful, reconciliatory, and democratic. Yet the term and its accompanying rhetoric belie the intercultural communicative undercurrents and their manifestations that people encounter in their daily lives. The research-informed chapters in this book, which are situated in international contexts, provide more nuanced understandings, and many even challenge this non-critical ideology by suggesting that the concept of intercultural dialogue is inoperable and problematic under the present conditions of globalisation and migration, where there exists conflict, vulnerability, and instability. The different theoretical perspectives and analyses presented by the authors are a reminder that researchers in the field of intercultural communication require robust and appropriate theories, methods, and pedagogies in order to research these complex conditions and contexts, particularly where different languages and identities are present. The book is also a reminder of how context and power both (re)shape and contest the central tenets of intercultural dialogue—in particular, of who speaks for whom, when, how, and under what circumstances and conditions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication.
Dialogue and Culture
Title | Dialogue and Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Marion Grein |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2007-12-06 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027291276 |
The volume deals with the relationship between language, dialogue, human nature and culture by focusing on an approach that considers culture to be a crucial component of dialogic interaction. Part I refers to the so-called ‘language instinct debate’ between nativists and empiricists and introduces a mediating position that regards language and dialogue as determined by both human nature and culture. This sets the framework for the contributions of Part II which propose varying theoretical positions on how to address the ways in which culture influences dialogue. Part III presents more empirically oriented studies which demonstrate the interaction of components in the ‘mixed game’ and focus, in particular, on specific action games, politeness and selected verbal means of communication.
Intercultural dialogue: a review of conceptual and empirical issues relating to social transformation
Title | Intercultural dialogue: a review of conceptual and empirical issues relating to social transformation PDF eBook |
Author | Ratzmann, Nora |
Publisher | UNESCO Publishing |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2019-03-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9231003119 |