George Spindler’s Concept of Cultural Therapy and its Current Application in Education

Abstract

This article aims at examining the interaction between anthropology and education with a particular focus on reciprocal advantages of such interaction for both disciplines. Cultural therapy, a model developed by George Spindler, serves as an illustration of the positive outcome of this interdisciplinary co-operation, presenting an important contribution to the theory and practice of scholars and practitioners in the fields of anthropology, educational anthropology and education. This article also provides a number of examples of application of cultural therapy by both anthropologists and educators.

Keywords

• antropologia edukacji
• George Spindler
• terapia kulturowa