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An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work (2018)
Thesis
Xu, F. H. An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255585

In this thesis, I adopt the anti-essentialist cultural paradigm to explore the complexity within the processes of both cultural-making and personal acculturation that may occur in an interweaving way within a local cultural arena (Holliday, 2011; 20... Read More about An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work.

Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Xu, H. (. (2015). Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View

In this paper, I start with the three building blocks concluded from the diverse acculturation definitions across disciplines and then discuss the main focuses in acculturation studies. Through the review, I realise that a critical thinking of accult... Read More about Reconceptualization of Acculturation from the Non-Essentialist Cultural View.