Conference Intercultural
communication between China
and the rest of the world: Beyond (reverse) essentialism and culturalism? 05.06.14-06.06.14 University of Helsinki, Finland Deadline for abstract submissions: 15th January
2014
Plenary
speakers
Anne
Cheng, Professor, Intellectual History of China, Collège de France in Paris
Adrian
Holliday, Professor of Applied Linguistics at Canterbury Christ Church
University (UK)
Prue
Holmes, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Durham (UK)
This
interdisciplinary conference aims at analysing but also counter-attacking
essentialist and culturalist analyses of intercultural communication between
China and the rest of the world. Papers on any of the following topics may be
submitted. The approach can be diachronic or synchronic and deal with any
context of intercultural communication involving the Chinese (study abroad,
online interaction, tourism, business, diplomacy, the media, etc.). Researchers
in the fields of (amongst others) sinology, education and pedagogy,
communication, sociology, linguistics, (social) psychology, cultural studies
but also economics and management are invited to submit a proposal:
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Orientalism, Occidentalism and their reverse forms (imaginaries, stereotypes)
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Intercultural training/education
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Othering the Chinese; The Chinese othering -others'
- The
use of culture as an alibi
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Explaining misunderstandings beyond culture as an excuse
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Analyzing -successful' intercultural communication
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Beyond differentialist biases
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China's intercultural communication beyond the -West' (Africa, Asia, etc.)
- The
use, misuse and abuse of Confucius to explain interculturality
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Non-verbality: alternative means of analysis
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Mélanges and mixing in Chinese -culture'
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Power relations and intercultural communication
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Identity -games'
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Responsibility of researchers, practitioners in othering the Chinese
Full
CFP: http://blogs.helsinki.fi/iccrw2014/esimerkkisivu/
Organized
by the The Education for Diversities Research Group (E4D, Department of Teacher
Education, University of Helsinki, Finland) and The Confucius Institute
(University of Helsinki)
Conference
Chairs:
Professor
Fred Dervin (Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki) &
Dr
Anja Lahtinen (Director of the Confucius Institute)
email: intervsmulti@gmail.com
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