Purple Jacaranda

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People are creators of their own life stories. This book presents 20 narrations of authors from different parts of the world. These creative works tell stories about transcultural interactions and experiences. They tell stories of struggles, development, doubt, challenges, hope and empowerment and describe how life experiences in various cultural contexts impact on the development of transcultural identities.
This book is a must for readers interested in transcultural stories, creative writing and identity development in cultural and transcultural contexts.
Stories and autobiographical narrations have particular importance in society, whether they are told, shared or just listened to.
This book presents 19 narrations of authors about their own experiences as migrants. Coming from different parts of the world, they tell stories about struggles, development, doubt, challenges, hope and empowerment, sometimes amusing the reader and then again containing a saddening or thought-provoking undertone. These creative works are set in various cultural contexts such as for example Germany, Australia, South Africa, America, India or Hungary and describe how life experiences in different countries contribute to and influence the development of transcultural identities.
This book is a must for readers interested in transcultural stories, creative writing and identity development in cultural and transcultural contexts.

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Claude-Hélène Mayer
Claude-Hélène Mayer ist Professorin für Industrial and Organisational Psychology am Department for Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Südafrika. Sie ist zudem Privatdozentin am Institut für Sprachgebrauch und Therapeutische Kommunikation an der Europa Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), in Deutschland und Senior Research Associate an der Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Südafrika. International arbeitet sie als Mediatorin und Ausbilderin für Mediation (BM), als interkulturelle Trainerin, systemische Beraterin, Therapeutin und Lehrtherapeutin (SG, DGSF). Weiterhin ist sie weltweit in der internationalen Unternehmensberatung tätig. Ihre Forschung schließt Themen wie Frauen in Führung, interkulturelle Mediation und Konfliktmanagement, Gesundheit in Organisationen und Scham ein. Mayer, Claude-Hélène, (Dr. habil., PhD, PhD) is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, an Adjunct Professor at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany and a Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology (University of Pretoria, South Africa), a Ph.D. in management (Rhodes University, South Africa), a doctorate (Georg-August University, Germany) in political sciences (socio-cultural anthropology and intercultural didactics), and a habilitation (European University Viadrina, Germany) in psychology with focus on work, organizational, and cultural psychology. She has published several monographs, text collections, accredited journal articles, and special issues on transcultural mental health, sense of coherence, shame, culture and health, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership in culturally diverse work contexts, constellation work, coaching, and psychobiography.

Themen in »Purple Jacaranda«

intercultural communication personality development biography identity transcultural exhange interkulturelle Kommunikation Persönlichkeitsentwicklung Biographie Identität transkulturell Austausch Biographieforschung Biographie und Lebenslauf Germanistik

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Together with 18 contributing authors Mayer and Wolting have compiled 19 quite diverse individual transcultural accounts, perceptions and identity developments. That gives us a pool of first hand shared experiences with a glimpse into the joys, challenges and emotions that transcultural individuals encounter and have to cope with. The unique ways and solutions can encourage us, serve as role models or lead to deeper insight.
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