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Transcultural Competence: Present-at-Hand and Ready-to-Hand? A Communication Theory Approach

In: A Relational View on Cultural Complexity

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  • Rafael Mollenhauer

    (University of Duisburg-Essen)

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This article aims to provide a communication-theoretical starting point for a concept of transcultural competence. In dealing with concepts of intercultural competence, it is first established that such a concept basically concerns two levels. On the one hand, it can concern competencies that help the individual to deal with people of different cultures in an appropriate and effective way; on the other hand, it can address competencies that are identifiable from an observer's perspective across all cultures. While the approach via cross-culturally identifiable competencies is not suitable as a concept of transcultural competence to guide actions, the distinction between knowledge that is present-at-hand and knowledge that is ready-to-hand, elaborated in this framework and originally introduced by Heidegger, proves to be a crucial basis for such a concept, which is relational in many respects and whose core point is seen in the reflection and explication of cultural experiences.

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  • Rafael Mollenhauer, 2023. "Transcultural Competence: Present-at-Hand and Ready-to-Hand? A Communication Theory Approach," Relational Economics and Organization Governance, in: Julika Baumann Montecinos & Tobias Grünfelder & Josef Wieland (ed.), A Relational View on Cultural Complexity, pages 131-146, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:recchp:978-3-031-27454-1_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27454-1_7
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