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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810349203321

Autore

Seligman Adam B. <1954->

Titolo

Living with difference : how to build community in a divided world / / Adam B. Seligman, Rahel R. Wasserfall, and David W. Montgomery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-520-95977-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

California Series in Public Anthropology ; ; 37

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism

Community development

Ethnic relations

Difference (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Story of Practice -- Chapter Two. A Pedagogy of Community -- Chapter Three. A Community of Pedagogy -- Chapter Four. Ethnographies of Difference -- Chapter Five. Living with Difference -- Chapter Six. On Boundaries, Difference, and Shared Worlds -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Signposts for Organizers -- Appendix B. Guide for Evaluators -- Appendix C. Study Questions for Discussion -- Appendix D. Further Readings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Whether looking at divided cities or working with populations on the margins of society, a growing number of engaged academics have reached out to communities around the world to address the practical problems of living with difference. This book explores the challenges and necessities of accommodating difference, however difficult and uncomfortable such accommodation may be. Drawing on fourteen years of theoretical insights and unique pedagogy, CEDAR-Communities Engaging with Difference and Religion-has worked internationally with community leaders, activists, and other partners to take the insights of anthropology out of the classroom and into the



world. Rather than addressing conflict by emphasizing what is shared, Living with Difference argues for the centrality of difference in creating community, seeking ways not to overcome or deny differences but to live with and within them in a self-reflective space and practice. This volume also includes a manual for organizers to implement CEDAR's strategies in their own communities.