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ABOUT INTERCULTURAL
RELATIONSHIPS
Researcher Leslie A. Baxter (1993) suggests that a
dialectical model explains the dynamics of
relationships. She and her colleagues have identified
several basic dia- lectical tensions in relationships:
noveltypredictability, autonomyconnection, and
opennessclosedness (Baxter & Montgomery, 1996).
That is, we can simulta- neously feel the need to be
both connected and autonomous in relationships
with our parents, friends, and romantic partners. We
may also feel the need simultane- ously for novelty
and predictability and the need to be open and yet
private in our relationships.
PERSONAL-CONTEXTUAL
DIALECTIC
DIFFERENCES-SIMILARITIES
DIALECTIC
CULTURAL-INDIVIDUAL
DIALECTIC
PRIVILEGE-DISADVANTAGE
DIALECTIC
We have stressed the importance of (and the
difficulty of understanding) power and power
differentials in intercultural relationships.
People may be simultane- ously privileged and
disadvantaged, or privileged in some contexts
and disad- vantaged in others.
Static-Dynamic Dialectic
HISTORY/PASTPRESENT/FUTURE
DIALECTIC