scholarly journals ACTING AS MISSIONARIES:THE RELIGIOUS SELF IN INTERCULTURAL PRACTICE: AN APPROACH FROM ACTION THEORY AND CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-172
Author(s):  
Carlos Kölbl

Ernst Boesch (1916–2014) is well known for his symbolic action theory and distinctive approach to cultural psychology. In contrast, his numerous contributions as an educational psychologist have remained nearly unnoticed up to now. Against this backdrop, this article highlights some crucial phases in Boesch’s biography that demonstrate his strong involvement in educational psychology in general. It then reconstructs and discusses the main constituents of what one could call Boesch’s cultural psychology of education, which he developed in the context of his work as director of the Forschungsstelle für Entwicklungshilfe, insbesondere Erziehungshilfe (Institute for Research on Developmental Aid – specifically educational aid) – which was later renamed Sozialpsychologische Forschungsstelle für Entwicklungsplanung (Institute for Social Psychological Research on Developmental Planning) – during the years from 1962 to 1986. Finally, some conclusions are presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phia S. Salter ◽  
Glenn Adams

Inspired by “Mother or Wife” African dilemma tales, the present research utilizes a cultural psychology perspective to explore the dynamic, mutual constitution of personal relationship tendencies and cultural-ecological affordances for neoliberal subjectivity and abstracted independence. We administered a resource allocation task in Ghana and the United States to assess the prioritization of conjugal/nuclear relationships over consanguine/kin relationships along three dimensions of sociocultural variation: nation (American and Ghanaian), residence (urban and rural), and church membership (Pentecostal Charismatic and Traditional Western Mission). Results show that tendencies to prioritize nuclear over kin relationships – especially spouses over parents – were greater among participants in the first compared to the second of each pair. Discussion considers issues for a cultural psychology of cultural dynamics.


1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-397
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson ◽  
Pamela Ramser

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Cole
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1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 748-749
Author(s):  
Harry C. Triandis

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