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| CFT is part of the field of ], an area of communication studies that focuses on how people communicate across cultures whether in an international context (i.e., cultures existing in different parts of the world usually in different countries) or a domestic context (i.e., cultures that share an environment and/or a country though usually asymmetrical in terms of influence, power, and prestige). Within the field of intercultural communication, scholars have studied how people adapt to the cultures of new environments and places (see cross-cultural adaptation<ref>{{Citation |last=Kim |first=Young Yun |title=Cross-Cultural Adaptation |date=2017-08-22 |work=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication |url=https://oxfordre.com/communication/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-21 |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.21 |isbn=978-0-19-022861-3}}</ref>). The classic situation is that of an immigrant arriving in a new country and culture and how that person adjusts to their new environment and its dominant culture. | CFT is part of the field of ], an area of communication studies that focuses on how people communicate across cultures whether in an international context (i.e., cultures existing in different parts of the world usually in different countries) or a domestic context (i.e., cultures that share an environment and/or a country though usually asymmetrical in terms of influence, power, and prestige). Within the field of intercultural communication, scholars have studied how people adapt to the cultures of new environments and places (see cross-cultural adaptation<ref>{{Citation |last=Kim |first=Young Yun |title=Cross-Cultural Adaptation |date=2017-08-22 |work=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication |url=https://oxfordre.com/communication/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-21 |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.21 |isbn=978-0-19-022861-3}}</ref>). The classic situation is that of an immigrant arriving in a new country and culture and how that person adjusts to their new environment and its dominant culture. | ||
| The most prominent, but by no means only, theory of cross-cultural adaptation is Young Yun Kim's ]. This theory provides an overarching explanation of how immigrants successfully adapt to a new country, namely through a complex process of assimilation. Kim argues that immigrants begin to learn the customs and beliefs of a new country and gradually begin to adopt these customs and beliefs. In so doing, they also either passively or actively let go of their previous culture. In this way, immigrants attempt to become like native-born people and fit into their new culture. As described, this process goes in one direction, toward assimilation.<ref>Kim, Y. Y. (2005). Adapting to a New Culture: An Integrative Communication Theory. In ''Theorizing about intercultural communication''. Sage.</ref> |
The most prominent, but by no means only, theory of cross-cultural adaptation is Young Yun Kim's ]. This theory provides an overarching explanation of how immigrants successfully adapt to a new country, namely through a complex process of assimilation. Kim argues that immigrants begin to learn the customs and beliefs of a new country and gradually begin to adopt these customs and beliefs. In so doing, they also either passively or actively let go of their previous culture. In this way, immigrants attempt to become like native-born people and fit into their new culture. As described, this process goes in one direction, toward assimilation.<ref>Kim, Y. Y. (2005). Adapting to a New Culture: An Integrative Communication Theory. In ''Theorizing about intercultural communication''. Sage.</ref> | ||
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Cultural Fusion Theory
Cultural fusion theory (CFT) describes the process that people, typically immigrants, undergo when they come in contact with a new environment and culture. CFT provides an account that differs from more prominent theories of cultural adaptation, which propose models in which immigrants gradually adapt to a new culture while leaving their old culture behind. In contrast, CFT maintains that cultural adaptation is an ongoing process that involves constant interaction between a newcomer and a "host" culture. The newcomer continuously learns and integrates new cultural knowledge into their pre-existing culture, thus adapting to a new culture but not abandoning their previous culture. In addition, newcomers' interactions with the host culture change the host culture as well so that the process is dynamic; change goes both ways. Though often described in terms of a newcomer and host culture, which suggests two "participants" in the cultural exchange, interactions between a newcomer and a host culture occur in and through a variety of channels. In other words, this is a dynamic, interactive process affecting both the newcomer and the host culture, and it takes place simultaneously in multiple domains.
Background
CFT is part of the field of intercultural communication, an area of communication studies that focuses on how people communicate across cultures whether in an international context (i.e., cultures existing in different parts of the world usually in different countries) or a domestic context (i.e., cultures that share an environment and/or a country though usually asymmetrical in terms of influence, power, and prestige). Within the field of intercultural communication, scholars have studied how people adapt to the cultures of new environments and places (see cross-cultural adaptation). The classic situation is that of an immigrant arriving in a new country and culture and how that person adjusts to their new environment and its dominant culture.
The most prominent, but by no means only, theory of cross-cultural adaptation is Young Yun Kim's integrative theory of cross-cultural adaptation. This theory provides an overarching explanation of how immigrants successfully adapt to a new country, namely through a complex process of assimilation. Kim argues that immigrants begin to learn the customs and beliefs of a new country and gradually begin to adopt these customs and beliefs. In so doing, they also either passively or actively let go of their previous culture. In this way, immigrants attempt to become like native-born people and fit into their new culture. As described, this process goes in one direction, toward assimilation.
Major Concepts of CFT
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References
- Kim, Young Yun (2017-08-22), "Cross-Cultural Adaptation", Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.21, ISBN 978-0-19-022861-3, retrieved 2024-12-20
- Kim, Y. Y. (2005). Adapting to a New Culture: An Integrative Communication Theory. In Theorizing about intercultural communication. Sage.