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The basic assumption that underlies this chapter is that culture is an ever changing, reciprocal process involving sets of durable social interactions, which can be reproduced, but which are also capable of being recreated, adopted and adapted in both time and space. In other words, culture is not a static, purist concept, but a highly dynamic one. The origins of this dynamism often comes from sustained cultural contact between peoples of different ethnicity, religion, gender, traditions, and the day-to-day use of one or more languages within and across populations.
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Thomas, E. (2003). The Case for a Culture Sensitive. In: Charney, M.W., Yeoh, B.S.A., Kiong, T.C. (eds) Asian Migrants and Education. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0117-4_6
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