The Paradoxes of Interculturality: A Toolbox of Out-of-the-box Ideas for Intercultural Communication Education...

— —

Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki, Finland)

The Paradoxes of Interculturality

A Toolbox of Out-of-the-box Ideas for Intercultural Communication Education

Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki, Finland)

$39.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge
26 August 2024

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy

Series: New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality

Offering a unique reading experience, this book examines the epistemologies of interculturality and explores potential routes to review and revisit the notion anew. Grounded in different sociocultural, economic and political perspectives around the world, interculturality in education and research bears a paradoxical attribute of 'contradictions' and 'inconsistencies', making it a polysemous and flexible notion that has no definitive diagnosis and requires constant unthinking and rethinking. The author provides a toolbox of 'out-of-box ideas' in the form of fragmental yet standalone writings and follow-up questions concerning stereotypes about the very notion of interculturality and conceptual and methodological flaws in the way it is used. Readers are encouraged to critically reflect about interculturality as it stands today in global research and education. In identifying the paradoxes of interculturality and proposing alternative directions, the book stimulates a diversity of thoughts about the notion that goes beyond the 'West'.

The book will be an essential reading for scholars, students and educators interested in education philosophy, applied linguistics and the broad field of intercultural communication education.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Funded by University of Helsinki

By: Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki Finland)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781032442167
ISBN 10: 1032442166
Series: New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction Part I: Becoming aware of the paradoxes of interculturality 2. The doxa of interculturality 3. Stances towards alternative knowledge 4. The Achilles’ heels of interculturality Part II: Dealing with paradoxes of interculturality 5. Towards a diversity of thoughts 6. Criticality (of criticality) 7. Unthink and rethink 8. Conclusion

Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki (Finland). He specialises in intercultural communication education, the sociology of multiculturalism and international mobilities in education and has widely published in different languages on identity, interculturality and mobility/migration. Exploring the politics of interculturality within and beyond the 'canon' of intercultural communication education research has been one of Dervin's idée fixes in his works over the past 20 years. His recent publications with Routledge include the coedited volumes Teaching Interculturality 'Otherwise', Academic Experiences of International Students in Chinese Higher Education and the coauthored title Revitalizing Interculturality in Education: Chinese Minzu as a Companion, etc.