"Narratives, both personal and social, guide how we live and how we are acculturated into our social worlds. As we make changes in our lives, our personal stories change and, in turn, have the potential to influence the social narratives of which we are a part. Likewise, when there are changes in th ... e culture and social worlds around us, that social narrative changes, thereby affecting our personal narratives. In other words, personal and social narratives are strongly linked and mutually influence each other. We may feel and know these transformations take place and understand the ways in which our lives are affected. However, we often struggle to document these shifts. This article suggests using the practical theory, Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) (Pearce, 2007), for narrative analysis to identify and surface personal and social narrative transformations." (Abstract) more

"Ce livre aborde de manière originale les difficiles relations interculturelles, plus particulièrement les questions du vivre ensemble dans le contexte actuel où le numérique est omniprésent et la diversité culturelle de plus en plus grande. Les deux auteures ont pu constater, à partir de leu ... r expérience dans le domaine de la pratique interculturelle, à quel point la fragilisation des liens sociaux affecte les relations et crée des tensions qui aboutissent souvent en des conflits allant jusqu'à la rupture de la communication entre les personnes. Les chapitres présentent des situations concrètes vécues et proposent des solutions innovatrices pour dénouer des situations interculturelles difficiles." (Description de la maison d'édition) more