Beyond Cultural Differences: 'Intercultural' Co-operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project
L. Knoll, Internationales Asienforum 35 (2004) 295–306.
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As development co-operation is most of the time 'intercultural' co-operation, behaviour is frequently explained by cultural arguments. I argue that regarding behaviour as being generated by cultural origin precludes integration in a conglomerate of structural dependencies and formal and informal relationships. It is argued that culture is first of all a powerful and persuasive discourse in development co-operation and that it provides orientation in complex working situations. 'Hide-and-seek' and 'discussing openly' - behavioural patterns considered to be either typically Sri Lankan (Eastern) or typically German (Western) - are presented in order to show that culture is a reciprocal process of identity creation rather than a feasible explanation of behaviour. The structural integrations of project collaborators show that behaviour in a ' hide-and-seek' manner more likely reflects dependencies in a counterpart set-up than to cultural origin.
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Internationales Asienforum
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Knoll L. Beyond Cultural Differences: “Intercultural” Co-operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project. Internationales Asienforum . 2004;35(3-4):295-306. doi:10.11588/IAF.2004.35.485
Knoll, L. (2004). Beyond Cultural Differences: “Intercultural” Co-operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project. Internationales Asienforum , 35(3–4), 295–306. https://doi.org/10.11588/IAF.2004.35.485
@article{Knoll_2004, title={Beyond Cultural Differences: “Intercultural” Co-operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project}, volume={35}, DOI={10.11588/IAF.2004.35.485}, number={3–4}, journal={Internationales Asienforum }, author={Knoll, Lisa}, year={2004}, pages={295–306} }
Knoll, Lisa. “Beyond Cultural Differences: ‘Intercultural’ Co-Operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project.” Internationales Asienforum 35, no. 3–4 (2004): 295–306. https://doi.org/10.11588/IAF.2004.35.485.
L. Knoll, “Beyond Cultural Differences: ‘Intercultural’ Co-operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project,” Internationales Asienforum , vol. 35, no. 3–4, pp. 295–306, 2004, doi: 10.11588/IAF.2004.35.485.
Knoll, Lisa. “Beyond Cultural Differences: ‘Intercultural’ Co-Operation in a German/Sri Lankan Development Project.” Internationales Asienforum , vol. 35, no. 3–4, 2004, pp. 295–306, doi:10.11588/IAF.2004.35.485.