Essays about: "intercultural issues"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words intercultural issues.

  1. 21. Sino - Indian Mutual Perceptions : Intercultural Students’ Discourse on Ontological Security and Identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Lukas Nagel; [2015]
    Keywords : Sino-Indian Perception; Ontological Security Theory OST ; ‘Othering’; Autobiographical Self; Critical Discourse Analysis; Intercultural Students; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A critical review of the history of the discursive formation of Sino-Indian relations suggests that the largely negative mutual perceptions by the Chinese and Indian public and media are opposed by an optimistic discourse of both nations’ political and economic elites. This is also accompanied by a juxtaposed, binary discourse of the bilateral relation by members of the Liberal and Realist camp in academia. READ MORE

  3. 22. Literature for the Intercultural Classroom : Discussing Ethnocentric Issues Using The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Robert Jönsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Religion; Multicultural Education;

    Abstract : Abstract This essay takes as its starting point that the Swedish classroom often is an intercultural environment and that it is therefore important to address issues connected to ethnocentrism in it. In this essay I examine how the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid can be used in schools to raise such ethnocentric issues. READ MORE

  4. 23. Examining the Need for Comprehensive Refugee Protection and Asylum Seekers Policy in Ireland today

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Mehari Fisseha; [2013]
    Keywords : Ireland immigration; refugees; direct provision; institutional living; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Asylum seekers and refugees are one of the most demonised and marginalised social groups in Europe. Ireland's current agenda for dealing with refugees and asylum seekers is inadequate. READ MORE

  5. 24. Communication in CSR project management under partnership

    University essay from IT-universitetet i Göteborg/Tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Thi Sam Hoang; [2012-10-05]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Resonsibility CSR ; Communication; Partnership; Project; Project Management; Interpersonal Communication; Media richness theory;

    Abstract : Globalization and the advance of technologies bring the development of economics, cultures and societies. However, together with that a number of challenges such as unemployment, worker exploitation, climate and environment issues, inequality, also arise. READ MORE

  6. 25. Processes of nurturing and maintenance of multicultural identity in the 21st century : A qualitative study of the experience of long-term transcultural sojourners

    University essay from Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Oscar Vallazza; [2010]
    Keywords : intercultural communication; intercultural; multicultural; transcultural; adaptation; identity; transformation; intercultural competence; marginality; avowed identity; ascribed identity; systems-thinking; dialogical perspective; mindfulness; constructivism; interdisciplinary; chaos theory; comunicazione interculturale; identita ; identità; scienza dell educazione; interdisciplinare; multiculturale; interkulturelle kommunikation; identitaet; multikulturell; identität;

    Abstract : In today’s world, exposure to other cultures has become a symbol of increasing globalization processes. Many people leave their home area to embark on a voyage of discovery and learning that affects their original cultural identity. This study explores the life experience of independent transcultural sojourners, i.e. READ MORE