I recently heard the term “transculturate” – like “acculturate” it relates to the uptake of cultural features when one moves into a new culture, but it also implies more of a balanced bi-directional relationship between the new arrival and his/her environment.
In my years-long process of searching for ways to resolve my cultural identity [...]
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Acculturate? Transculturate? Hermitize?
Posted in People, Culture & Society, tagged Acculturation, Cross-Culture Kids, culture, Hidden Immigrants, Identity, Missionary Kids, MKs, TCKs, Third Culture Kids, Transculturation on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »