In the face of rapid globalization, many individuals are being exposed to multiple cultural traditions and practices. Although multiple cultural exposures have been shown to have beneficial effects (such as enhancing cultural frame switching and creativity), it could also threaten individuals’ own cultural identity. To understand the interplay between these two opposing consequences, I will delineate the concepts of Multicultural Mind and Multicultural Self. Multicultural mind entails acquiring and applying knowledge of new cultures. This process could benefit creativity and even reduce prejudice and discrimination. By contrast, multicultural self entails using cultural traditions to define the self, a process that could lead to negative reactions toward new cultures if individuals endorse racial essentialism (believing that race has biological essence rather than it is a social construction). In my talk, I will first present empirical findings of multicultural mind and multicultural self, and then discuss the latest extension to cultural mixing and cultural attachment.
목차
Abstract Ⅰ. Introduction Ⅱ. Theoretical Background 1. Racial essentialism 2. Cultural attachment 3. Cultural mixing References
인하대학교 다문화융합연구소 [ The Convergence Institute for Multicultural Studies]
설립연도
2015
분야
복합학>감성과학
소개
○ BK21 플러스 사업과 융합연구 등 국책 프로젝트 사업을 위한 컨트롤 타워 역할을 할 수 있는 기관으로 활용하고자 함.
○ 국내외 학술대회 운영과 다문화교육 기관과의 네트워크를 구축할 수 있는 기관 역할을 담당함.
○ 개별학문을 뛰어 넘어 학제간 다문화교육연구의 수집․공유․전파를 위해 체계적으로 관리할 수 있는 연구기관의 역할을 담당함.