Compass for Intercultural Partnerships : A thought provoking book to deploy the integration of cultures as a source of welfare and tolerance in a glocalising world /
As globalisation makes the visual distinction between North and South, East and West disappear, one definitely needs a compass. It still points to magnetic North. For the moment. This book focuses on the added value created by interculturality which is the interaction, exchange and integration betwe...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leuven [Belgium] :
Leuven University Press,
2007.
|
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Compass for InterculturalPartnerships; Interculturalism needsa compass indeed ... ; CONTENTS; The World in a Coconut A personal view to inspire; The world in a coconut; In diversity there is strength; And remember, no matter where you go, there you are; Cultural sensitivity; The coconut model; IN DIVERSITY THERE IS STRENGTH; Just a Tip; AND REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE. (Confucius); Offspring of Time; Basic ingredients ... ; Culture; Interculturality; Dynamic or Dynamite?; Diversity of Cultural Identity and its Challenges; Now we really need a compass; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY.
- No Pain No GainStages in the development for cultural sensitivity; 1. Denial; 2. Taking an interest; 3. Recognising and Acknowledging; 4. Creating a dialogue; 5. Internalising; Intercultural sensitivity training; Exploring; Key concepts:; Integrating; A Traditional Training; Living Stone Gateways: A Different Training; THE COCONUT MODEL; Layer 5. The coconut skin, or external appearances and visualreality.; Layer 4. The pith of the coconut, or systems and institutions; Layer 3. The shell of the coconut seed, a symbolic dividing line; Layer 2. The flesh of the seed or the foundations.
- Layer 1. The coconut milk or universal patternsLike Coconut?; Notes; Bibliography; Same World, Different Paths Walks through fields of theory; Same world, different pathsWalks through fields of theory; Contemplating Interculturalism; Interculturalism investigated; Applied interculturalism; 1. Contemplating interculturalism; What is culture?; Multiculturalism and cultural relativism; Terra incognita; Generation and decay; A dialectic reading of cultures; 2. Interculturalism investigated ; National cultures; Software of the mind; Practical lessons from Hofstede's theory; Culture and modernity.
- Research into values and opinionsBack to the future; Sociology's blind spot; 3. Applied interculturalism; Ex-pats, planet & profit; Our friends in the South; Interculturalism for everyone; The coconut allegory; Notes; The Intercultural Momentum What the South says: a survey; The Intercultural Momentum What the South says: a survey; The aim: a poll based on discernment and experience; Before, during and after: dealing with time; Nothing personal, only business
- or is it?; Negotiations and consensus; Differences in leadership; Opening to the other culture.
- Who thinks what? Types concerning perceptionImage and reality; Notes; The authors.