Constructing the Cultural "Other": Prejudice and Intergroup Conflict in University Students' Discourses about "The Other"

Autor/inn/en	Ladegaard, Hans J.; Cheng, Ho Fai
Titel	Constructing the Cultural "Other": Prejudice and Intergroup Conflict in University Students' Discourses about "The Other"
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 14 (2014) 2, S.156-175 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
DOI	10.1080/14708477.2013.849718
Schlagwörter	Intergroup Relations; College Students; Foreign Countries; Asians; Student Attitudes; Foreign Students; Exchange Programs; Conflict; Discourse Analysis; Questionnaires; Stereotypes; Social Bias; Racial Bias; International Education; Self Concept; Multicultural Education; China; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intergruppenbeziehungen; Collegestudent; Ausland; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Schülerverhalten; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Konflikt; Diskursanalyse; Fragebogen; Klischee; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Internationale Erziehung; Selbstkonzept; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Hongkong
Abstract	This article analyses how university students in Hong Kong talk about "self" and "other". Three groups of students, Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese, and Overseas Exchange students, were asked to characterise these three groups in a pre-discussion questionnaire, and subsequently discuss freely what they had written. Selected excerpts from these discussions are analysed, and the analyses show that there are significant differences between the written and the oral responses. The pre-discussion stereotypes appear to be predominantly positive, whereas the students jointly construct predominantly negative stereotypes about "the other" during their discussions. Different discourse strategies are employed by the three groups to discredit "the other" and, at the same time, enhance intergroup differentiation and a positive ingroup identity. The findings are discussed vis-à-vis predominantly social psychological theories, and the study highlights that the attempt to create more internationalised universities may be jeopardised if negative intergroup stereotypes prevail. The article suggests that universities should take a more proactive role in promoting anti-racist multicultural education to counter intergroup prejudice and potential conflict. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10