TY - BOOK ID - 96683028 TI - Chaos in the Contact Zone : Unpredictability, Improvisation and the Struggle for Control in Cultural Encounters AU - Wodianka, Stephanie AU - Behrens, Christoph PY - 2017 SN - 3839433894 3837633896 9783837633894 9783837633894 3837633896 PB - Bielefeld transcript Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Cultural relations KW - Culture and globalization KW - Globalization and culture KW - Globalization KW - Cultural exchange KW - Intercultural relations KW - Intellectual cooperation KW - International relations KW - History KW - Chaos; Control; Contact Zone; Cultural Encounters; Hybridity; Cultural Diversity; Culture; Globalization; Interculturalism; Cultural Theory; Cultural Studies KW - Contact Zone. KW - Control. KW - Cultural Diversity. KW - Cultural Encounters. KW - Cultural Studies. KW - Cultural Theory. KW - Culture. KW - Globalization. KW - Hybridity. KW - Interculturalism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:96683028 AB - Cultural encounters are often being stylized not only as experiences of uncontrollability and unpredictability par excellence, but also as challenges to planning and predicting. The history, the different forms and the consequences of this phenomenon are the main issues discussed in this volume. The contributions show that chaos and control are not mutually exclusive in the "contact zone" (Mary Louise Pratt); on the contrary, they stand in relation to each other - be it as a competence or as an interpretive scheme. ER -