Intercultural Acrobatics. Exploring Other Ways of Speaking about Interculturality in Education and Research. 1st ed. 2026.

Autor/in	Dervin, Fred
Titel	Intercultural Acrobatics. Exploring Other Ways of Speaking about Interculturality in Education and Research. 1st ed. 2026.
Quelle	Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore (2026), X, 152 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen 11; farbige Illustrationen 10
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monografie
ISBN	978-981-95-7325-7; 978-981-95-7326-4; 978-981-95-7327-1; 978-981-95-7328-8
DOI	10.1007/978-981-95-7326-4
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehung; Erziehungsphilosophie; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Philosophie
Abstract	This book argues that the field of Intercultural Communication Education and Research (ICER) has often been compromised by uncritical, market-driven approaches that create an illusion of progress. The author demonstrates how hollow buzzwords, superficial models and a focus on harmony often mask power imbalances and prevent meaningful change. To counter this, the book proposes a practice of intercultural acrobatics - the creation and strategic use of new, provisional terms. These concepts act as deliberate disruptions to challenge stagnant thinking, expose contradictions and reclaim interculturality as a site for critical, justice-oriented work. The book provides a practical toolkit for scholars, educators and students to move beyond comfortable consensus and engage more honestly with the complex realities of difference. Inhalt: Writing as a deliberate state of resistance -- Interality as a polysemic ideological and economic political construct and strategy -- Embracing the contradictions of interality -- Reclaiming tension for interality -- Exposing the façade uncritical adoption of interality in research and education -- Language as a battleground -- Beyond answers and bridges -- New gambits.
Erfasst von	Universitätsbibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Update	2026/4