[Dino] Transforming Otherness

[Svante Lindberg]

Här kommer info om ny bok från Transaction Publishers i vilken flera  
av Åbo Akademis ämnen och forskare är representerade:

Transforming Otherness, by Jason Finch and Peter Nynas (eds.)
Mvh

Svante Lindberg


http://www.transactionpub.com/title/Transforming-Otherness-978-1-4128-1496-6.html

Description

Today, people in different situations and contexts face intercultural  
challenges. These are a result of increasing mobility. Sometimes such  
challenges are brought about by crisis situations and an international  
labor market. However, people also come in contact with each other  
through forms of new technology such as the Internet, and through  
literature and film. In these multicultural encounters,  
misunderstandings and sometimes clashes are experienced. This volume  
presents studies in culture, communication, and language, all of which  
strive, through a variety of theoretical perspectives, to develop  
understanding of such challenges and perhaps offer practical solutions.

Encountering otherness may evoke fears, negative attitudes, and a  
corresponding will to dismiss the otherness in front of us?either  
consciously or unconsciously. This denial of otherness may also be  
subtle. Thinking about otherness, as described in this volume, also  
raises questions about how otherness is represented and mediated and  
about the possible role of third parties in facilitating communication  
in such situations. Sometimes a third party can play a crucial role in  
facilitating the communication process and serve as a channel of  
communication.

Trust in humanity as a bridge to community requires a subtle balance  
between representations of self and other. Various problems arise in  
intercultural mediation, which may be caused by cultural and political  
differences, and these are sometimes used to validate stereotypical  
beliefs and images. The editors argue that in both academic and art  
circles, European perspectives have widely been understood as universal.





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Hej,

här info om ny bok från Transaction Publishers i vilken flera av HF-s ämnen och forskare är representerade: 

Transforming Otherness, by Jason Finch and Peter Nynas (eds.) 


http://www.transactionpub.com/title/Transforming-Otherness-978-1-4128-1496-6.html
 
Description

Today, people in different situations and contexts face intercultural challenges. These are a result of increasing mobility. Sometimes such challenges are brought about by crisis situations and an international labor market. However, people also come in contact with each other through forms of new technology such as the Internet, and through literature and film. In these multicultural encounters, misunderstandings and sometimes clashes are experienced. This volume presents studies in culture, communication, and language, all of which strive, through a variety of theoretical perspectives, to develop understanding of such challenges and perhaps offer practical solutions.

Encountering otherness may evoke fears, negative attitudes, and a corresponding will to dismiss the otherness in front of us?either consciously or unconsciously. This denial of otherness may also be subtle. Thinking about otherness, as described in this volume, also raises questions about how otherness is represented and mediated and about the possible role of third parties in facilitating communication in such situations. Sometimes a third party can play a crucial role in facilitating the communication process and serve as a channel of communication.

Trust in humanity as a bridge to community requires a subtle balance between representations of self and other. Various problems arise in intercultural mediation, which may be caused by cultural and political differences, and these are sometimes used to validate stereotypical beliefs and images. The editors argue that in both academic and art circles, European perspectives have widely been understood as universal.


Mvh Peter Nynäs
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Professor 
Department of Comparative Religion
Project leader, Åbo Akademi Centre of Excellence in Research
http://web.abo.fi/fak/hf/relvet/pccr/index.html


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