Traditions in Dialogue: Celebration Patterns among Polish Migrants in Iceland

• Authors: Anna Wojtynska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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 redefining 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 influenced by the receiving culture but also by global images.

Keywords

EN

MIGRATION; INTEGRATION; PATTERNS OF CELEBRATION; GLOBAL CULTURE

• Publisher: AGH University of Science and Technology
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 115-127

Contributors

author

Anna Wojtynska

• Uniwersity of Iceland, Gimli, Saemundargata 10, 101 Reykjavik, ICELAND