KULTURMØDER TIL FORHANDLING: Betydningen af ‘kultur’ i praktiksamtaler med voksne med dansk som andetsprog

Abstract

The article demonstrates how the combination of discursive psychology and
 conversation analysis enables an examination of culture as a product of discursive
 processes which are influenced and permeated by a broader social, discursive
 and cultural context. In this way an understanding is presented of cultural
 encounters as something which is not only determined by the background of the
 participants but is a product of interaction and the resources used in the negotiation
 of meaning and identity. The article is based on research of internship interviews,
 that is, interactions between Danish employers and adult second language speakers
 seeking an internship placement. Through examples from these interviews, it is
 argued that culture can be analyzed by combining a micro-perspective on the
 negotiation and organization of meaning in interaction with a macro-perspective
 on interactions as a manifestation of a broader social, discursive and cultural
 practice and organization.