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Building communities through performance: emerging approaches to interculturality
1Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. roger.parent@ualberta.ca
Summary
New models for intercultural education emphasize practical skills over knowledge, enhancing innovation and community capacity. This research highlights the shift towards cultural intelligence for improved individual and group performance.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Education
- Cultural Studies
Background:
- Evolving definitions of culture are reshaping intercultural education and training.
- Emerging models focus on innovation and community capacity building.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline principal features of new models for intercultural education.
- To explore the role of cultural intelligence in performance and creativity.
Main Methods:
- Interdisciplinary analysis using semiotics as a theoretical framework.
- Review of recent research on cultural competency, cultural intelligence, performance, and creativity.
Main Results:
- Interdisciplinary research indicates a shift from cultural knowledge to intercultural know-how.
- Intercultural know-how enhances individual capacity for innovation.
- Culture significantly influences individual and group performance.
Conclusions:
- Research on cultural intelligence, performance, and creativity offers new models for community capacity building.
- These approaches synthesize prior cultural competency research.
- New avenues for innovative social action through intercultural exchange are identified.
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