Intercultural relations

Short description: Academic field of social science studies

A cross-cultural interaction in Yunnan Province, China

Intercultural relations, sometimes called intercultural studies, is a field of social science. It is a multi-disciplinary academic field designed to train students to understand, communicate, and accomplish specific goals outside their own cultures.[1] Intercultural relations involves, at a fundamental level, learning how to see oneself and the world through the eyes of another. It seeks to prepare students for interaction with cultures both similar to their own (e.g. a separate socioeconomic group in one's own country) or very different from their own (e.g. an American businessman in a small Amazon tribal society).[2] Some aspects of intercultural relations also include, their power and cultural identity with how the relationship should be upheld with other foreign countries.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Nature
* 2 History
* 3 Topics
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Nature

The study of intercultural relations incorporates many different academic disciplines. As a field, it is most closely tied to anthropology and sociology, although a degree program in intercultural relations or intercultural studies may also include the study of history, research methods, urban studies, gender studies, public health, many various natural sciences, human development, political science, psychology, religion, missiology, and linguistics or other language training.[4] Often, intercultural programs are designed to translate these academic disciplines into a practical training curricula. Graduate programs will also prepare students for academic research and publication.[5] Especially in today's global and multicultural world, students of intercultural relations can use their training in many fields both internationally and domestically, and often pursue careers in social work, law, community development, religious work, and urban development.[6] Intercultural relations offers the opportunity to direct you in experiencing and learning about the diverse relations within our world.[7]

## History

The origins of the practical use of multi-field intercultural relations can be traced back to Christian missionaries seeking to relate the Christian gospel to other cultures in effective, ethical and culturally sensitive ways.[8][9] Many intercultural studies programs are offered at religious institutions as training for missionaries and religiously motivated international development workers, and therefore often include some training in theology and evangelism.[10] However, in an increasingly globalized world, the broader discipline attracts persons from many backgrounds with many different career goals.[11] Bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees are offered in the discipline.

## Topics

Some of the main topics of study are:

* Anthropology and Sociology
* Culture Theory
* Development of cultural competence
* Analyzing cultural patterns around the world
* World Religions
* Gender Studies
* Strategies for adapting
* Intercultural communication
* Teaching social skills to reduce cultural misunderstandings
* Research methodology in order to produce academic works and increase access to a culture
* Linguistics
* Intercultural relationships
* Interethnic relationships
* Interracial relationships
* Interreligious relationships

## See also

* Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS)
* Cross-cultural
* Cultural assimilation
* Cultural diversity
* Ethnocentrism
* Intercultural competence
* Interculturality
* Metacommunicative competence
* Racial integration
* Transculturation
* Intercambio
* Intercultural Universities in Mexico

## References

1. ↑ Elmhurst College. "Intercultural Studies Program". http://public.elmhurst.edu/academics/1265647.html . 2012.
2. ↑ learn.org, "What is Intercultural Studies?". http://learn.org/articles/What_is_Intercultural_Studies.html. 2012.[unreliable source?]
3. ↑ Hes, Aleš; Koubová, Marie; Chlumská, Tereza (2015). "Changes in Value Structures and the Importance of Intercultural Communication in Modern Society". Communication Today 6 (1): 16–23. ProQuest 1694514961. http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.cejsh-f2d1c095-f59d-429a-bad4-065ac1f7056d.
4. ↑ Martin, Judith N.; Nakayama, Thomas K. (2004). Experiencing Intercultural Communication: An Introduction. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-286289-8. [page needed]
5. ↑ learn.org, "What is Intercultural Studies?". http://learn.org/articles/What_is_Intercultural_Studies.html. 2012.
6. ↑ The College Board. "2012 Book of Majors". College Board. 2011. (512-513)
7. ↑ "International Higher Education & Intercultural Relations | Lesley University" (in English). https://www.lesley.edu/academics/graduate/international-higher-education-intercultural-relations.
8. ↑ Pierson, Paul Everett (2009). The Dynamics of Christian Mission: History Through a Missiological Perspective. WCIU Press. ISBN 978-0-86585-006-4. [page needed]
9. ↑ Erickson, Paul A.; Murphy, Liam Donat (2008). A History of Anthropological Theory. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-0110-9. [page needed]
10. ↑ Wheaton College. "Intercultural Studies and Missions>. http://www.wheaton.edu/Academics/Departments/INTR/INTR-Missions . 2011
11. ↑ Teather, D. (2004). "The networking alliance: A mechanism for the internationalisation of higher education?". Managing Education Matters 7 (2): 3.

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Sciences|

* Cultural anthropology
* Cultural astronomy
* Cultural ecology
* Cultural geography
* Cultural neuroscience
* Cultural studies
* Culturology
* Culture theorysecurity culture
* Neuroculture

Subfields|

* Bioculture
* Cross-cultural studies
* Cross-cultural communication
* Cross-cultural leadership
* Cross-cultural psychiatry
* Cross-cultural psychology
* Cultural analytics
* Cultural economics
* Cultural entomology
* Cultural history
* Cultural mapping
* Cultural mediation
* Cultural psychology
* Cultural values
* Culturomics
* Intercultural learning
* Intercultural relations
* Internet culture
* Philosophy of culture
* Popular culture studies
* Postcritique
* Semiotics of culture
* Sociology of culture
* Sound culture
* Theology of culture
* Transcultural nursing

Types|

* Constructed culture
* Dominant culture
* Folk culture
* High culture
* Individualistic culture
* Legal culture
* Low culture
* Microculture
* Official culture
* Political culture
* Civic
* Popular culture
* Urban
* Primitive culture
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* Super culture
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* Culture by location

Aspects|

* Acculturation
* Cultural appropriation
* Cultural area
* Cultural artifact
* Cultural baggage
* Cultural behavior
* Cultural bias
* Cultural capital
* Cross-cultural
* Cultural communication
* Cultural conflict
* Cultural cringe
* Cultural dissonance
* Cultural emphasis
* Cultural framework
* Cultural heritage
* Cultural icon
* Cultural identity
* Cultural industry
* Cultural invention
* Cultural landscape
* Cultural learning
* Cultural leveling
* Cultural memory
* Cultural pluralism
* Cultural practice
* Cultural property
* Cultural reproduction
* Cultural system
* Cultural technology
* Cultural universal
* Cultureme
* Enculturation
* High- and low-context cultures
* Interculturality
* Manuscript culture
* Material culture
* Non-material culture
* Organizational culture
* Print culture
* Protoculture
* Safety culture
* Technoculture
* Trans-cultural diffusion
* Transculturation
* Visual culture

Politics|

* Colonial mentality
* Consumer capitalism
* Cross cultural sensitivity
* Cultural assimilation
* Cultural attaché
* Cultural backwardness
* Cultural Bolshevism
* Cultural conservatism
* Cultural contracts
* Cultural deprivation
* Cultural diplomacy
* Cultural environmentalism
* Cultural exception
* Cultural feminism
* Cultural genocide
* Cultural globalization
* Cultural hegemony
* Cultural imperialism
* Cultural intelligence
* Cultural liberalism
* Cultural nationalism
* Cultural pessimism
* Cultural policy
* Cultural racism
* Cultural radicalism
* Cultural retention
* Cultural Revolution
* Cultural rights
* Cultural safety
* Cultural silence
* Cultural subsidy
* Cultural Zionism
* Culture change
* Culture minister
* Culture of fear
* Culture war
* Deculturalization
* Dominator culture
* Interculturalism
* Monoculturalism
* Multiculturalism
* Biculturalism
* Pluriculturalism
* Polyculturalism
* Transculturism

Religions|

* Buddhism
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* Catholicism
* Cultural Catholic
* Cultural Christian
* Protestantism
* Role of Christianity in civilization
* Eastern Orthodoxy
* Mormonism
* Cultural Hindu
* Islam
* Cultural Muslim
* Judaism
* Cultural Judaism
* Sikhism

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* Cultural determinism
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* Cultural encoding
* Cultural evolutionism
* Cultural homogenization
* Cultural institution
* Cultural jet lag
* Cultural lag
* Cultural literacy
* Cultural mosaic
* Cultural movement
* Cultural mulatto
* Cultural probe
* Cultural relativism
* Culture speculation
* Cultural tourism
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* Cultural translation
* Cultural turn
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* Culture gap
* Culture hero
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* Culture shock
* Culturgen
* Children's culture
* Culturalism
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* Death and culture
* Disability culture
* Deaf culture
* Emotions and culture
* Intercultural communication
* Intercultural competence
* Languaculture
* Living things in culture
* Media culture
* Oppositional culture
* Participatory culture
* Permission culture
* Rape culture
* Remix culture
* Tea culture
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* Welfare culture
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