Foreign cultures

Auteurs

• Lothar Käser

Paramètres

• Sciences sociales

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In recent decades, foreign cultures have become significant for Europeans seeking holiday destinations and professionals like teachers, doctors, and missionaries collaborating with local churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. However, development agencies often overlook the valuable insights from ethnology and cultural anthropology that could aid these professionals in integrating and working effectively in diverse environments. This book addresses these challenges. While there are numerous well-written textbooks for future theorists in ethnology and anthropology, development aid practitioners find these texts overly theoretical and difficult to digest. A clear and simple introduction to essential concepts is needed for Europeans navigating foreign cultures. This book fills that gap, providing an accessible guide to the ethnological literature relevant to their work, helping them recognize and engage with the cultural realities they encounter. It is aimed not only at development workers but also at students of ethnology and visitors to ethnological museums. The author, a professor of anthropology with extensive experience, has spent five years in the South Pacific and conducted research in Africa, Asia, and South America, ensuring a well-informed perspective on these vital issues.

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• Année de publication: 2014