INTERCULTURAL CONFLICT - A CASE-STUDY

This paper takes a case study approach to intercultural conflict. The particular case in question is the controversy which began with the pu blicized killing of over one thousand dolphins at the island of Iki. T he paper explores key symbols in the conflict and posits community spe cific notions of emotion, personhood, and communication as fulcrums of conflict which can assist in the understanding and managing of interc ultural conflicts. The paper seeks not only to account for this specif ic conflict, but to raise telling issues which get at the heart of any intercultural conflict.