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Intercultural Spr2006 Sess18

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Returned papers

Intercultural Transitions

Migration is a global reality
- This weeks headlines:
  - a labor shortage in China
  - immigration bills in Congress
Types of migrant
- Voluntary
  - Short-term
    - Sojourners
  - Seasonal
    - Migrants
  - Long term
    - Immigrants
- Involuntary
  - Refugees
    - Short-term
    - Long-term
Issues
- Culture shock: Dislocation and discomfort
Migrant-Host relationships (a continuum)
- Assimilation
- Integration
- Separation
  - Segregation
- Marginalization
- Combinations
Cultural Adaptation
- Models
  - Anxiety and Uncertainty Reduction (Gudykunst, 1995, 1998)
    - Predictive Uncertainty
    - Explanatory Uncertainty
    - Effective communicators manage this uncertainty
      - manage anxiety
      - predict and explain the behavior of others
      - using flexible attitudes and categories
  - U-Curve Model (Lysgaard, 1995): a stage model
    - Anticipation/excitement
    - Culture Shock
    - Adaptation
  - Transition Model (Bennett, 1998)
    - Fight approach
    - Flight approach
  - Communication system Model (Kim, 1977, 2001)
    - Adaptation
      - is a process of stress, adjustment, and growth
      - that occurs via communication
      - stages
        realization that assumptions are wrong
        making sense of new patterns
        fit understanding into pattern of cultural understanding
- Individual Influences
- Context
- Outcomes
Identity and Adaptation
- On reentry
- On the border
  - transnationalism
  - multicultural identity

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