---
_id: '66781'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Schooling and school management can play an important part in promoting inclusive
    forms of national attachment, intercultural dialogue and reflexive engagements
    with the “Unfamiliar”. The (inter) personal benefits of intercultural experiences
    and skills are widely acknowledged. But can we really learn to be intercultural?
    And what are the prospects of attachment beyond narrow ethno‐national boundaries
    for less privileged members of society? These questions lie at the heart of the
    present article. Conceptually, the article draws on Bourdieu's notions of habitus
    and cultural capital. Within this framework, I regard people's attachments to
    country (and beyond) as learned and habituated, yet open to modification and reconstruction
    through reflexive agency, educational practices and the acquisition of intercultural
    capital.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Andreas
  full_name: Pöllmann, Andreas
  id: '77437'
  last_name: Pöllmann
  orcid: 0000-0002-9090-2547
citation:
  ama: 'Pöllmann A. Formal education and intercultural capital: Towards attachment
    beyond narrow ethno‐national boundaries? <i>Educational Studies</i>. 2009;35(5):537-545.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240">10.1080/03055690902880240</a>'
  apa: 'Pöllmann, A. (2009). Formal education and intercultural capital: Towards attachment
    beyond narrow ethno‐national boundaries? <i>Educational Studies</i>, <i>35</i>(5),
    537–545. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240">https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Pöllmann_2009, title={Formal education and intercultural capital:
    Towards attachment beyond narrow ethno‐national boundaries?}, volume={35}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240">10.1080/03055690902880240</a>},
    number={5}, journal={Educational Studies}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Pöllmann,
    Andreas}, year={2009}, pages={537–545} }'
  chicago: 'Pöllmann, Andreas. “Formal Education and Intercultural Capital: Towards
    Attachment beyond Narrow Ethno‐national Boundaries?” <i>Educational Studies</i>
    35, no. 5 (2009): 537–45. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240">https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Pöllmann, “Formal education and intercultural capital: Towards attachment
    beyond narrow ethno‐national boundaries?,” <i>Educational Studies</i>, vol. 35,
    no. 5, pp. 537–545, 2009, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240">10.1080/03055690902880240</a>.'
  mla: 'Pöllmann, Andreas. “Formal Education and Intercultural Capital: Towards Attachment
    beyond Narrow Ethno‐national Boundaries?” <i>Educational Studies</i>, vol. 35,
    no. 5, Informa UK Limited, 2009, pp. 537–45, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03055690902880240">10.1080/03055690902880240</a>.'
  short: A. Pöllmann, Educational Studies 35 (2009) 537–545.
date_created: 2026-08-23T17:10:54Z
date_updated: 2026-08-24T08:23:25Z
doi: 10.1080/03055690902880240
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        35'
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 537-545
publication: Educational Studies
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0305-5698
  - 1465-3400
publication_status: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Formal education and intercultural capital: Towards attachment beyond narrow
  ethno‐national boundaries?'
type: journal_article
user_id: '77437'
volume: 35
year: '2009'
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