Integral theory can be seen as a form of systems theory. Its ideation founder is Ken Wilber, an American transpersonal psychologist, who studied and formulated a framework for a “theory of everything”, the living “totality of matter, body, mind, soul and spirit”. Integral theory draws from a number of different scientific paradigms on human-cognitive development, putting them together in a single framework whose applications are useful due to its breadth of scope and capacity to accommodate a multitude of contexts.
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Culture From a Value Systems Perspective: A Study of CATCH, an Interdisciplinary Research Project in Fisheries and Aquaculture in Norway
Cheryl Marie Cordeiro (Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), Norway) and Geir Sogn-Grundvåg (Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), Norway)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0214-3.ch009
Abstract
International interdisciplinary projects (IDR) are a microcosm of multicultural landscapes. Through a culture theories perspective, in particular, viewing culture as a system of explicitly and implicitly coded values, this chapter conveys the processes and results of a study that investigates and uncovers the management strategies of an IDR project, CATCH. The study of culture from a value systems approach enables a more subtle and nuanced approach to the analysis and framing of cultural heterogeneity in the context of an IDR project, beyond the often dichotomous, cultural dimensions construct. Due to the multiple actors in an IDR project, the example of CATCH illustrates a more nuanced view of cultural filters that arise from each academic discipline. Using the culture as value systems perspective, this chapter shows how multicultural landscapes and different resulting knowledges can be leveraged towards an integrated worldview when solving challenges in a globalized world with limited resources.