Susanne Horstmann

Essenz oder Konstrukt? Zur Tauglichkeit des Kulturbegriffs in der Analyse von Unterrichtskommunikation

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Abstract

Everybody can imagine what “culture” is. It is a common term. Within the normal everyday use cul-ture has a certain meaning and no changing aspects, it is static. By analyzing two scenes of educational situations in a German primary school the author shows that culture is a construction which is actively “produced” in social discourse. The examination of how the communication partners deal with the difference and strangeness in these circumstances points out that fixed central concepts are communi-cated, some open, and some in a hidden way. During this communication process it is possible that communication partners refer to different central concepts that contradict each other. Because the tran-sitions from one central idea to another is ambivalent, it is possible that in the beginning of a commu-nication situation a central idea is used which contradicts another one used at the end. This way, “nets of significance” are woven, which construct what is then called culture.

APA citation
Horstmann S. (2002). Essenz oder Konstrukt? Zur Tauglichkeit des Kulturbegriffs in der Analyse von Unterrichtskommunikation . Tertium Comparationis, 8(2), . https://www.waxmann.com/artikelART100163