Exploring spaces of contact
Intercultural encounters at Jewish and Buddhist religious centres in Groningen, Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12720737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sharal T Correa (0000-0003-1897-1369, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 325-343 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-5610 • E-ISSN: 1475-5629 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14755610.2023.2269270 |
| OpenAlex | W4387766638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Societies and communities are destined and determined to change when they are open to crossing cultures. The phenomenon acknowledges diverse cultural adaptations, leading to new global goals for global interaction. Similarly, several studies demonstrate the existence of contact and engagement among diverse communities across Europe, fostering intercultural dialogue. As a result, the study seeks to investigate those spaces, specifically religious centres in Europe, that may serve as potential places of contact for diverse communities using the theories of 'contact zones', 'hybrid identity', particularly 'organic hybridity', 'interfaith and interreligious encounters' and 'interculturalism'. The empirical study examines the intercultural interactions and exchanges occurring in the Jewish and Buddhist religious centres in Groningen to recognise how public spaces, particularly religious centres demonstrate the emergence of interculturality in Europe. Through interviews with officials, the study investigates cultural contacts and exchanges among disparate communities in the Buddhist and Jewish religious spaces of Groningen, The Netherlands. These interviews are further analysed using Arthur W Frank's 'Dialogical Narrative Analysis' approach. Therefore, the paper examines the emergence of interculturality through experiences of contact among diverse European cultural or religious communities, using the framework of contact zones, hybrid identity, interfaith and interreligious studies, and interculturalism
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Dialogical self · Hybridity · Identity (music · Intercultural communication · Interculturalism · Interculturality · Interfaith Dialogue · Islam · Judaism · Multiculturalism · Narrative · Pedagogy · Sociology · Transculturation · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Dialogic Imagination
Daily Life of the Jews in the Middle Ages
Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics
Analyzing Narrative Reality
Practicing Dialogical Narrative Analysis
Conceptualizing Cultural Hybridization
Interculturalism
Colonial desire
Jewish communities and city growth in preindustrial Europe
On geography and encounter
Spaces of Encounters
Health stories as connectors and subjectifiers
Contact Zones, Third Spaces, and the Act of Interpretation
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |