Unsung Mavericks in Intercultural Communication, Education and Research

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-26831-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality

Stepping into the vibrant and uncharted margins of Intercultural Communication, Education and Research (ICER), this edited volume challenges the field’s established narratives by actively listening to the thinkers, educators and practitioners whose transformative work has previously been overlooked.

Moving beyond clichés, this volume introduces the ‘unsung maverick’ not as a heroic figure but as a precarious rope-dancer performing vital and innovative work without a safety net. Through powerful, first-hand accounts, ranging from autoethnographies to poetic experiments, the contributors pull apart dominant paradigms and reveal how systemic biases and linguistic hierarchies have silenced crucial perspectives. Representing a platform for methodological rebellion and epistemic justice, this book showcases how interculturality is lived and reimagined from the ground up.

For anyone ready to move past the usual references and discover the fertile and creative potential at the edges of ICER, this edited volume urges us to listen, learn and help shape the conversation about interculturality today.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dervin, Fred

Achieng, Stella Anne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing the ‘unsung’ in ICER  Part I: Ethnographies of uncelebrated mavericks  2. ‘Where do you come from?’: Reflexive narratives of (un)celebrated trajectories and (b)othered identities 3. Marginalised voices, marginalised knowledge: A critical autoethnographic reflection on my PhD journey in Intercultural Communication Education in Finland 4. Daring to be bold: Writing life events as acts of transgression 5. Confronting marginalisation, seeking belonging: Transformative adaptability in an Algerian student’s intercultural journey 6. Quiet resilience in market-driven academia: Voicing the ‘otherwise’ through fictionalised autoethnographic fragments  Part II: Encounters with mavericks  7. Bridging the gaps: The intersection of Deaf studies and intercultural education 8. Privilege and marginalisation in language education: A duoethnography of Colombian educators in diverse contexts 9. Teachers and students co-constructing intercultural understanding: Unheard voices’ multilingual stances in Australian business education 10. Deconstructing research in intercultural communication education: The researcher as an unlearning learner 11. Bridging worlds through decolonial intercultural dialogue: Understanding Indigenous ancestral medicine in Colombia 12. The un/seen pioneer of Ambiguity Tolerance: A palimpsestic reception of Else Frenkel-Brunswik’s scholarly work 13. The voice of the maverick is the intercultural voice: Rethinking interculturality through the philosophy of Reiner Schürmann 14. Concluding reflections. Between two worlds: At home (maybe) in neither…

Über Autor(innen)

For over 25 years, Fred Dervin has contributed to redefining intercultural communication, education and research. The University of Helsinki scholar challenges conventional paradigms with interdisciplinary insight, inspiring scholars, practitioners and students to critically rethink and creatively reshape interculturality for our complex worlds. A defining characteristic of his 300+ publications is his commitment to the continuous re-examination of his own work.

Stella Anne Achieng holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Lorraine (France). She is an associate member of the Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations (CREM) at the same institution. Her work focuses on interculturality and intercultural competence in higher education and foreign language education.