Twelfth Global Studies Conference

Abstract

The specific essentials for acceptance by a receiving culture differ significantly from nation to nation. The nature of this description also reveals the point that the obligation for integration relies not with one specific body, but rather with several factors such as the immigrants themselves, the institutions, the host government, and communities (Penninx, 2003). The models of multiculturalism and interculturalism were presumed to be the workable models resulting in integration and subsequently initiating the progress of humanity dodging the qualms of founding a peaceful global society. However, these concepts are alleged to have resulted in certain implications and researchers in the area of cultural studies now recommend the model of transculturalism which has set to offer a win-win solution to all who want to experience emancipation from the strongholds of their native cultures. This study enables one understand the usefulness of the model of transculturalism in the wide-ranging societal occurrences in the contemporary times. The purpose of this paper is to present the evolution of the varied cultural models eventually narrowing down to the model of transculturalism.