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Validating the Ethnic Metaphor

Pages 84-90
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article describes the use of transactional analysis tools—including analysis of the culture (Berne, 1963), Drego's (1981) concepts of the Cultural Parent and Cultural Shadow, Karpman's (1968) drama triangle, and Summerton's (1992) game pentagon—to bring about a unique experiment in communal harmony at a college in India. The author also describes how a careful strategy resulted in a cultural change among the professors and students as issues previously prohibited for discussion were brought into the open.

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Ranjana Chandramitra

Ranjana Chandramitra was head of the Department of English in a college that belongs to Delhi University. She is also convenor of a center for women's studies in the college. She has her MA and MPhil in English Literature from Delhi University and is a Certified Transactional Analyst of the Transactional Analysis Society of India, of which she is presently vice president of training. She is also coordinator of a project for slum upgrading of Rajasthani folk artists in Pandav Nagar, New Delhi, and is active in community networks for battered women and family therapy.