Community of Practice in German

[Miriam Meyerhoff]

Dear Geraldine,

Someone who might be likely to know the answers to your questions is
Stephanie Schnurr <stephie.schnurr at gmx.de>.

You might forward your query directly to her as I am not sure if she
is on the GALA-L mailing list.

As a non-native speaker of German, I'm not sure how much baggage
"-kultur(en)" carries in the proposed translation. However it seems
to efface the emphasis on social practices that was intended by
Wenger and has been picked up on by language and gender researchers.

Best wishes, Miriam


>I am carrying out research on communities of practice in a
>German-speaking environment and wondered if anyone could help me
>with the following queries. Does anyone know how the expression
>'community of practice' is rendered in German? A colleague of mine
>has mentioned 'Gemeinschaftskultur(en)', but I can't seem to find
>any reference to it in a linguistic context. Also, does anyone know
>of any research into communities of practice and gender in German?
>I would be very grateful for any information/suggestions!
>
>Geraldine Horan
>
>Dr Geraldine Horan
>Department of German
>University College London
>
>
>


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Miriam Meyerhoff
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
University of Edinburgh
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http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~mhoff
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