Open AccessAcculturation of Temporary Migrants from Foreign Countries in a Large Russian City
Author(s) -
Римма Камильевна Тангалычева
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-1-43-47
Subject(s) - acculturation , multiculturalism , space (punctuation) , intercultural communication , sociology , political science , foundation (evidence) , immigration , computer science , anthropology , pedagogy , law , operating system
Is devoted to intercultural communications and acculturation of foreigners in a large city. It presents approaches to the study of acculturation and to the study of large cities as a space of intercultural communications. Solving of acculturation problems and overcoming difficulties in the process of adapting to the new cultural environment is possible on the basis of cultural assimilator technique that is also presented in this paper. Space of a large city is considered on the example of St. Petersburg, which has been multicultural from its foundation. In modern conditions, the city acquired some of the global features. It determines the topicality of presented research.