TRADITIONS IN DIALOGUE: CELEBRATION PATTERNS AMONG POLISH MIGRANTS IN ICELAND Cover Image

TRADYCJE W DIALOGU: WZORY ŚWIĘTOWANIA WŚRÓD POLSKICH MIGRANTÓW W ISLANDII
TRADITIONS IN DIALOGUE: CELEBRATION PATTERNS AMONG POLISH MIGRANTS IN ICELAND

Author(s): Anna Wojtyńska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: Migration; integration; patterns of celebration; global culture

Summary/Abstract: Migration, living in another country exposes one to culture contact and initiates the integration process. The integration of migrants is usually discussed using an acculturation model in the form proposed for example by John Berry. Instead, in this article, I take the concept of intercultural communication as it better renders integration as a dynamic practice of reconstructing and redeÞ ning culture forms in the culturally diverse environment, where different lifestyles and values coexist. Importantly, as I try to show, taking the example of Polish migrants in Iceland, changing patterns of celebrations are not only inß uenced by the receiving culture but also by global images.

  • Issue Year: 10/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 115-127
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English