Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Defining the Concept of Culture

What's Included

• The complex meanings of the term culture and exploring the difference between ‘culture’ (ideas, practices and behaviour of groups of people) and ‘Culture’ (the arts, philosophy etc).
• Interculturality - the interaction of people from different societies in a way that supports understanding and dialogue.
• The idea of dimensions of cultures, how these have been used to explain interactions between people of different cultures and their limitations.
• The way in which humans tend to ‘other’, how this leads to the development of ‘in’ and ‘out’ groups and the consequences of their formation.
• Transcultural flows and practices - the interaction between different groups and the ways in which practices and ideas can flow between them.
• Small cultures and cultural environments.