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Power Relations and Change in Intercultural Communication Education: 'Zhongyong' as a Complementary Analytical Framework
| Title: | Power Relations and Change in Intercultural Communication Education: 'Zhongyong' as a Complementary Analytical Framework |
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| Authors: | Tian Xiaowen, Fred Dervin (ORCID |
| Source: | Language and Intercultural Communication. 2024 24(2):137-151. |
| Abstract: | Power relations and change have become two of the most important foci of intercultural communication education and research. This paper contributes to these two elements by problematising and operating an analytical framework from outside the "West," the Chinese notion of Zhongyong (the "Golden Mean"). Based on a dialogical analysis of focus groups collected during an art course, the paper shows that Zhongyong can expand and complexify our understanding of interculturality, looking into how e.g. the students balance otherness with otherness (or not), as well as make use of reflectivity and criticality (or not) to implement potential change when cooperating. |
| Language: | English |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Power Structure, Intercultural Communication, Art Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Asian Culture, Student Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | China |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14708477.2023.2256310 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8477 1747-759X |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1418795 |
| ISSN: | 1470-84771747-759X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14708477.2023.2256310 |
| Database: | ERIC |