Observing Cultural Differences: Dismantling Ethnocentrism in a Multicultural Environment

Ashley K. Barrett ()
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Ashley K. Barrett: Baylor University

Chapter 8 in Transformative Learning, 2023, pp 113-125 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter was designed to highlight some of the beautiful cultural idiosyncrasies, and the maze we must often crisscross in order to see and appreciate them in a multi-cultural environment. My experiences at Qualitative Camp trained and prepared me to be a conscientious interviewer throughout the rest of my time in Norway that summer and when I returned years later. My presence as an American, and the associated Americanized notions of work, predisposed my interviewees to offer “us versus them” distinctions, thus creating a form of response bias triggered by the interviewer. Yet after having accumulated lessons of tolerance and insight at Qualitative Camp, I not only welcomed these statements, I theorized how they could constructively inform both my research and my personal viewpoints of a healthy workplace and life.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20439-5_8

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