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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Constructing the Cultural "Other": Prejudice and Intergroup Conflict in University Students' Discourses about "The Other"
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Ladegaard, Hans J.; Cheng, Ho Fai – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2014
This article analyses how university students in Hong Kong talk about "self" and "other". Three groups of students, Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese, and Overseas Exchange students, were asked to characterise these three groups in a pre-discussion questionnaire, and subsequently discuss freely what they had written. Selected…
Descriptors: Intergroup Relations, College Students, Foreign Countries, Asians
Beyond the Reach of Ethics and Equity? Depersonalisation and Dehumanisation in Foreign Domestic Helper Narratives
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Ladegaard, Hans J. – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013
This paper analyses narratives told by foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) in a Hong Kong church shelter. The narratives provide evidence that FDHs appear to be untouched by the ethics and equity of Hong Kong society. They are denied the rights that apply to other groups: the right to eat, rest and talk; they are humiliated and denigrated, and the…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Foreign Countries, Churches, Emergency Shelters