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Immersions in Cultural Difference

Author : Natalie Alvarez
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472123548
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Immersions in Cultural Difference written by Natalie Alvarez and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of intensifying xenophobia and anti-immigration measures, this book examines the impulse to acquire a deeper understanding of cultural others. Immersions in Cultural Difference takes readers into the heart of immersive simulations, including a simulated terrorist training camp in Utah; mock Afghan villages at military bases in Canada and the UK; a fictional Mexico-US border run in Hidalgo, Mexico; and an immersive tour for settlers at a First Nations reserve in Manitoba, Canada. Natalie Alvarez positions the phenomenon of immersive simulations within intersecting cultural formations: a neoliberal capitalist interest in the so-called “experience economy” that operates alongside histories of colonization and a heightened state of xenophobia produced by War on Terror discourse. The author queries the ethical stakes of these encounters, including her own in relation to the field research she undertakes. As the book moves from site to site, the reader discovers how these immersions function as intercultural rehearsal theaters that serve a diverse set of strategies and pedagogical purposes: they become a “force multiplier” within military strategy, a transgressive form of dark tourism, an activist strategy, and a global, profit-generating practice for a neoliberal capitalist marketplace.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues

Author : Craig Storti
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1941176054
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Dialogues written by Craig Storti and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 74 brief conversations between an American and people from other cultures.

Learning to Live in a Different Culture

Author : Leo Hitchcock
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1788486579
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Live in a Different Culture written by Leo Hitchcock and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going to a foreign country and wondering how you will fit in or adapt to living there? This book will help you. Are you a recent arrival into a different cultural system and are facing difficulties? This book will help you. Want to know how (and why) to do things the way your friends and colleagues of a different culture do? This book will help you. Wondering why other cultures act so differently to yours? This book will tell you. Based on the actual experiences of long-term exchange student sojourners who have been in these situations, this book tells you how they overcame their difficulties. Tested against widely accepted theories and models, the author presents techniques – what to do and what not to do – on how the sojourners featured in this book may have adapted more easily and quickly, and offers his own experiential Cross-cultural Adaptation Process Model (eCAPM) as a tool to use on one’s cultural adaptation journey.

The 360° Gaze

Author : Christian Stiegler
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262045664
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The 360° Gaze written by Christian Stiegler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the pervasive role of immersion and immersive media in postmodern culture, from a humanities and social sciences perspective. Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and other modes of digitally induced immersion herald a major cultural and economic shift in society. Most academic discussions of immersion and immersive media have focused on the technological aspects. In The 360° Gaze, Christian Stiegler takes a humanities and social science approach, emphasizing the human implications of immersive media in postmodern culture. Examining characteristics common to all immersive experiences, he uncovers dominant metaphors, such as the rabbit hole, and prevailing ideologies. He raises fundamental questions about opportunities and risks associated with immersion, as well as the potential effects on individuals, communities, and societies.

Media Marathoning

Author : Lisa Glebatis Perks
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739196758
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Media Marathoning written by Lisa Glebatis Perks and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality is a scholarly study of the intense relationship between reader and story world, analyzing the way audiences become absorbed in a fictive text and dedicate many hours to exploring its narrative contours. Rather than view these media experiences as mindless indulgences, “media marathoning” connotes a conjoined triumph of commitment and stamina. Compared to more traditional, slower-paced media engagement patterns, media marathoning affords readers greater depth of story world engagement, maximizing the emotional and cognitive rewards of the media experience. Through immersive marathoning experiences, audiences can seriously engage with mediated questions about human nature and society, refining our orientation toward morality through internal dialogue about the story and communication with other readers as we process the meaningful journey. As digital technologies facilitate easier, user-centered access to media texts, narratives increase in complexity, and more readers seek immersive story world experiences, marathoning looks to be the new normal of media engagement. Drawing from qualitative studies of book, film, and television marathoners, along with textual analysis of commonly marathoned stories, Media Marathoning presents a holistic look at marathoning’s cultural impact.

Cross-Cultural Management

Author : Jean-François Chanlat
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135076456
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Cross-Cultural Management written by Jean-François Chanlat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All cultures appear to share the belief that they do things ‘correctly’, while others, until proven otherwise, are assumed to be ignorant or barbaric. When people from different cultures work together and cannot take shared meanings for granted, managers face serious challenges. An individual’s parsing of an experience and its meaning may vary according to several cultural scales – national, professional, industrial and local. Awareness of cultural differences and the willingness to view them as a positive are therefore crucial assets. This edited textbook sets itself apart from existing cross-cultural management texts by highlighting to the reader the need to avoid both ethnocentrism and the belief in the universality of his or her own values and ways of thinking: the success of international negotiations and intercultural management depends on such openness and acceptance of real differences. It encourages the development of ‘nomadic intelligence’ and the creative use of a culture’s resources, according to a symbolic anthropology perspective. Through the essays and case studies in the chapters, readers will become aware of the intercultural dimension of business activities and better understand how they affect work. Cross-Cultural Management will help interested parties – students of business management, international relations and other disciplines, and business managers and other professionals – develop their ability to interact, take action and give direction in an intercultural context.

International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling

Author : Lawrence H. Gerstein
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 141295956X
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling written by Lawrence H. Gerstein and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-07-24 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of International Counseling is an effort to bring together the current practices, values, attitudes and beliefs about counseling from countries around the globe. The editors have selected leading experts in the field of counseling in a wide and culturally representative group of countries hroughout the world. This book will be the first volume that undertakes such an ambitious goal in the field of counseling.

The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies

Author : Tracy C. Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 100929489X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies written by Tracy C. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We often know performance when we see it - but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The wide range of aesthetic forms, cultural meanings, and social functions found in theatre and performance globally invites a corresponding variety of research approaches. The essays in this volume model reflective consideration of the means, processes, and choices for conducting performance research that is historical, ethnographic, aesthetic, or computational. An international set of contributors address what is meant by planning or designing a research project, doing research (locating and collecting primary sources or resources), and the ensuing work of interpreting and communicating insights. Providing illuminating and necessary guidance, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of theatre, performance, and dance.

To Be One in Christ

Author : Fernando A. Ortiz
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814648304
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book To Be One in Christ written by Fernando A. Ortiz and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The priests and pastoral ministers of our day increasingly reflects the multicultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual nature of the church in the United States. For a variety of reasons, they come from diverse ethnic backgrounds and countries of origin. Seminaries and religious communities are welcoming international candidates with the vision that diversity strengthens the character and mission of the church. Yet this ecclesial diversity also comes with unique challenges. To Be One in Christ is a groundbreaking resource that delves into the questions raised by these complexities and provides an in-depth analysis from theological, sociological, psychological, cultural, and Protestant perspectives. Gerard McGlone and Fernando Ortiz are both nationally recognized experts on the integration of psychology and spirituality in priestly life. The book they have edited investigates issues, answer questions, and provide insights on the increasingly multicultural settings and programs affecting seminary and religious formation. The comprehensive resource will be welcome by vocation directors, seminary formators, clergy, religious, and seminarians.

Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face

Author :
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 1843696894
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book Immersions: learning about poverty face-to-face written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures the diversity of Immersion opportunities for development professionals - spending a period of time living with and learning from a poor family. This title focuses on experiences of face-to-face learning, often referred to as immersions.

Relationships for Aid

Author : Rosalind Eyben
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136558829
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Relationships for Aid written by Rosalind Eyben and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International aid is about much more than money. The UN Millennium Development Goals and major events like Live 8 have focused the world spotlight on issues of poverty relief and aid like never before, but have not concentrated on the quality of relationships that can make aid succeed or fail. This book, authored by an internationally renowned group of aid practitioners, reveals the contradictions and challenges involved in forging these relationships. International development organizations combine the unbridled play of power and arrogant amnesia with serious and innovative efforts to create a more democratic world, to support transformative learning and to strengthen accountability. The book explores recent attempts from within aid agencies to go against the current flow of top-down results based management by learning how to build lasting partnerships that transfer power to those at the receiving end of aid. More than just a critique, the authors offer a practical framework for understanding relationships in the international aid system and look at the relevance of organizational learning theory, which is widely used in business.

Intercultural Competence in the Work of Teachers

Author : Fred Dervin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429684452
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Intercultural Competence in the Work of Teachers written by Fred Dervin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critiques models of intercultural competence, whilst suggesting examples of specific alternative approaches that will successfully foster intercultural competence in teacher education. Bringing together diverse perspectives from teacher educators and student teachers, this volume discusses the need to move beyond essentialism, culturalism and assumptions about an us versus them perspective and recognises that multiple identities of an individual are negotiated in interaction with others. Intercultural Competence in the Work of Teachers is divided into four sections: critiquing intercultural competence in teacher education; exploring critical intercultural competences in teacher education; reflexivity and intercultural competence in teacher education; and indigeneity and intercultural competence in teacher education, providing a methodological approach through which to explore this critical framework further. This book is ideal for teacher educators or academics of education specialising in global education who are looking to explore alternative perspectives towards intercultural competence and wish to gain an insight into the ways it can be utilised in a more effective and productive manner.

Immersion in the Visual Arts and Media

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004308237
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Immersion in the Visual Arts and Media written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume brings together contributions by distinguished experts from different disciplinary fields for a multidimensional view on immersion in the visual arts and media. In the current media debate, immersion has frequently been linked to the advent of digital technology and its capacity to provide vivid sensations of being placed in or surrounded by an artificial space. The idea of ‘liquidity’ contained in this promise to plunge into another world informs wide areas of contemporary cultural imagination, referring to a myriad of phenomena that relate to experiences of uncertainty and instability, of complexity and change. Considering the fact, however, that the idea of ‘liquid’ spaces appeared long before the digital creation of augmented or virtual environments, the contributors to this volume trace its reemerging throughout the history of the visual arts and media. By focusing on selected works of painting and architecture, photography and cinema, video installation and media art, they explore the variability of immersive experiences according to the different media environments and interfaces that constitute the actual sites of historically shifting relations between media and users. Contributors are: Matthias Bauer, Jörg von Brincken, Robin Curtis, Burcu Dogramaci, Thomas Elsaesser, Ole W. Fischer, Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Ursula Frohne, Henry Keazor, Matthias Krüger, Katja Kwastek, Fabienne Liptay, Karl Prümm, Martin Warnke.

Understanding Cognitive Differences Across Cultures: Integrating Neuroscience and Cultural Psychology

Author : Tachia Chin
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832504795
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Cognitive Differences Across Cultures: Integrating Neuroscience and Cultural Psychology written by Tachia Chin and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes

Author : Yulia Tolstikov-Mast
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000480534
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes by : Yulia Tolstikov-Mast

Download or read book Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes written by Yulia Tolstikov-Mast and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable contribution to the area of leadership studies, the Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes: Perspectives, Practice, Instruction brings together renowned authors with diverse cultural, academic, and practitioner backgrounds to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of all stages of the research process. The handbook centers around authors’ international research reflections and experiences, with chapters that reflect and analyze various research experiences in order to help readers learn about the integrity of each stage of the international leadership research process with examples and discussions. Part I introduces philosophical traditions of the leadership field and discusses how established leadership and followership theories and approaches sometimes fail to capture leadership realities of different cultures and societies. Part II focuses on methodological challenges and opportunities. Scholars share insights on their research practices in different stages of international and cross-cultural studies. Part III is forward-looking in preparing readers to respond to complex realities of the leadership field: teaching, learning, publishing, and applying international and cross-cultural leadership research standards with integrity. The unifying thread amongst all the chapters is a shared intent to build knowledge of diverse and evolving leadership practices and phenomena across cultures and societies. The handbook is an excellent resource for a broad audience including scholars across disciplines and fields, such as psychology, management, history, cognitive science, economics, anthropology, sociology, and medicine, as well as educators, consultants, and graduate and doctoral students who are interested in understanding authentic leadership practices outside of the traditional Western paradigm.

Incorporating Cultures' Role in the Food and Agricultural Sciences

Author : Florence V. Dunkel
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128039825
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Incorporating Cultures' Role in the Food and Agricultural Sciences written by Florence V. Dunkel and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating Cultures' Role in the Food and Agricultural Sciences addresses the practical needs of the professors, administrators and students who often face challenges of working together with Indigenous peoples with whom they have no prior experience. Missed communication, failed projects and unrealistic goals are daily realities. Academia and industry often encounter frustration in recruiting and retaining Native American students and other ethnicities. This text is a guide for anyone working in the food or agriculture disciplines or industries, particularly for those working with people of a culture different from one’s own. Comprehensive, full awareness of one’s own culture is a prerequisite for effective teaching and learning within another culture. This book is replete with stories, examples and peer-refereed journal articles to help build awareness. These stories, examples and articles from multiple voices are placed over a basic underlying framework that is summed up in the title of the book itself. Provides compelling, well-referenced practical ways to understand the cultural component of behavior related to food and agriculture Explores behavior in setting policy, developing curricula, interacting with communities and in making choices as a consumer Connects the dots between food deserts, the disgust factor and the world’s grand challenges Includes lessons learned and new approaches in food and agricultural sciences using transdisciplinary, experiential action research methods Contains practical, state-of-the-art methodologies and diagrams to get started improving intercultural competency, inclusivity and internationalization of food and agricultural sciences

Perverse Taiwan

Author : Howard Chiang
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315394014
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Perverse Taiwan written by Howard Chiang and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book enriches and reorients our understanding of postcolonial queer East Asia. Challenging a heteronormative understanding of Taiwan’s past and present, it provides fresh critical analyses of a range of topics from queer criminality and literature in the 1950s and 1960s to the growing popularity of cross-dressing performance and tongzhi (gay and lesbian) cinema on the cusp of a new millennium. Together, the contributions provide a detailed account of the rise and transformations of queer cultures in post-World War II Taiwan.