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cultural broker: a standalone construct

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culturalbroker1 CONSTRUCTCultural brokerGEERTZ · CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

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Cultural anthropology

a person who mediates between a local community and the wider society, filtering ideas and resources passing between them.

In cultural anthropology, cultural broker refers to a person who mediates between a local community and the wider society, filtering ideas and resources passing between them. This meaning comes from Geertz (1960) in Comparative Studies in Society and History.[1]

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References

  1. Geertz, C. (1960). The Javanese Kijaji: the Changing Role of a Cultural Broker. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 2(2), 228-249. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500000670

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