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SUMMARY:[Historikertag 2018] When ‚cultural brokers‘ fail – Failed communication of local Elites in the ancient Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Connell Szasz defines ‘cultural brokers’ as individuals that for various reasons gained experiences in a foreign culture and know how to use these – not just for themselves but also for their community as a whole. Through this, they take an important part in the communication and interaction with the foreign culture, which is comparable to the role played by local elites in ancient communities. Here, these local elites with their prominence in their communities were destined to mediate between the indigenous population and often foreign powers. Local elites as ‘cultural brokers’ thereby were the essential agents in negotiating a Middle Ground, a common communication framework between indigenous community and alien powers in the sense of R. White. But not all activities of the local elites were successful – both in their communication ‘down’ to their indigenous communities as ‘up’ to the foreign leaders. Often these failures were caused by misunderstandings. White emphasized the importance of such misunderstandings in the creation of the ‘middle ground’ as a common communication framework. This section will look at examples of failed communication of local elites in the Hellenistic-Roman Near East because these failures can be seen as defining moments of communication between the central power and the indigenous community because they make apparent the asymmetrical position of the communication partners – the division of society between those who rule and those who are ruled.
Der Beitrag When ‚cultural brokers‘ fail – Failed communication of local Elites in the ancient Middle East erschien zuerst auf Historikertag 2018.
LOCATION:LWL (LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur)
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