Cultural Bridges and Reimagined Geographies: International Students Navigating and Engaging the Complex Cultures Present in the Academic World of Taiwan

Autor/in	Kheir, Zane
Titel	Cultural Bridges and Reimagined Geographies: International Students Navigating and Engaging the Complex Cultures Present in the Academic World of Taiwan
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 16 (2021) 3, S.209-227 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/17454999211038773
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; College Students; Student Attitudes; Aspiration; Imagination; Student Motivation; Student Mobility; Study Abroad; Cultural Capital; Cultural Influences; Scholarships; Public Colleges; Language of Instruction; Developing Nations; Social Networks; College Environment; Foreign Countries; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Streben; Schulische Motivation; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Scholarship; Stipendium; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Hochschulumwelt; Ausland
Abstract	With the growth of higher education literature featuring emerging study destinations and new demographics of international students facilitated by government scholarships, scholars must address how students desire and imagine culture and diversity in study-abroad experiences and what impact these experiences have on cultural imaginaries and future aspirations. This article introduces a case study in Taiwan (officially Republic of China), an emerging study destination that attracts international students through government scholarships and accentuates powerful cultural discourses based on both Chineseness and Western-style development. Through qualitative interviews and analysis based on 'capacity to aspire', it examines students' desires and perceptions of 'culture', their susceptibility to institutional cultural narratives, and ability to enact individual agency and reimagine culture and geography independently from 'host images' portrayed by institutions. A key finding is how students develop aspirations for their classmates' home countries based on new perceptions of culture and place, revealing a new dimension of South-South student mobilities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01