Interculturalism, Multiculturalism, Transculturalism

Multiculturalism:

• Coexistence of multiple groups in a society, institution or a nation.
• Multiculturalism generally describes the nature of the society where people of diverse culture live.
• Refers to two or more than two cultures living in the same area therefore acceptable when referring to multiple cultures.
• The term is often used by English speaking European anthropologists.

Transculturalism:

Totally mixed cultures due to migration. Leading to hybrid culture and there is no distinction between the cultures.

Intercultualism:

• Being aware of cultural differences and trying to bridge them to increase mutual understanding
• This term is often used by non-English speaking Europeans.
• Describes interactions, negotiations and processes between cultures in the society.
• Commonly used to describe existence of minority culture along with a predominant indigenous culture.