Politics of Interculturality |
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| Author:
| Dervin, Fred
Gajardo, Anahy
Lavanchy, Anne |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4438-3365-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $103.95 |
Book Description:
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"This collection of essays proposes a novel perspective on the notion of 'interculturality', taking it seriously as an actant in a complex and politicized field of interaction. Through in-depth, comparative empirical work, the authors show that while 'interculturality' indexes very different meanings and policies in a large variety of contexts, it always transforms as much as it describes the field in which it is deployed. Neither accusatory, nor apologetic, these essays represent...
More Description"This collection of essays proposes a novel perspective on the notion of 'interculturality', taking it seriously as an actant in a complex and politicized field of interaction. Through in-depth, comparative empirical work, the authors show that while 'interculturality' indexes very different meanings and policies in a large variety of contexts, it always transforms as much as it describes the field in which it is deployed. Neither accusatory, nor apologetic, these essays represent contemporary interdisciplinary inquiry at its best - alert to global processes and politics, and yet attentive to the influences of everyday interactions and local representation." - Ellen Hertz, Professor of Anthropology, Institut d'ethnologie, University of Neuchotel, Switzerland