System rodzinny w przestrzeni międzykulturowej

Abstract

The dynamics of changes in the modern world require continuous updating of analyses concerning the nature of social relations and the processes occurring therein. This paper constitutes an attempt to outline analysis of processes occurring in the family system under variable social conditions. One modern challenge researchers face is conducting research (including research of the family system) under inter- and multi-cultural conditions. This necessitates accounting for the following variables over the course of research: nature of the location where entities function, their cultural, ethnic, religious or national diversity, the fact of participation in migration phenomena, globalization trends and multiple social identities of social units or groups. The author has made both the theoretical background and specific examples of dilemmas that the author encounters in counseling practice the core of analysis, in the context of undertaken diagnostic and therapeutic measures. The situation of a mixed couple with high cultural, ethnic, religious or national diversity, dilemmas related to the dual identity of children from mixed married couples, preservation of the family system participating in migratory processes (including return migration) as well as work with immigrant families seem to be good exemplifications of the inter-cultural dilemmas encountered in the context of counseling. This is intended to increase awareness of increasingly common problems in society and social units, and simultaneously to create conditions for multi-cultural societies accounting for globalization processes that can currently be observed.