Change and Exchange in Global Education: Learning with Chinese Stories of Interculturality (Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective)

This unique book starts from the premise that students, scholars, and educators should be given access to a form of global education that is genuinely global . Using the notion of interculturality as change and exchange as a basis, the authors examine fifty discourse instruments (e.g. idioms, neologisms, slogans) related to what they call ‘Chinese stories of interculturality’. China, like other countries, has a rich and complex history of intercultural encounters and her engagement with the notion today, which shares similarities and differences with glocal discourses of interculturality, deserves to be unpacked and familiarized with. By so doing, digging into the intricacies of the Chinese and English languages, the reader is empowered to unthink, rethink and especially reflect on their own take on the important notion of interculturality. Acknowledgements Contents List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction: Why ‘Chinese’ Stories of Interculturality? Interculturality ‘Octopusied’ On the Obligation to Listen to Other Stories of Interculturality China Has the Language to Speak About Interculturality, Let’s Listen to Her Too! Change and Exchange as Constants in Chinese Stories of Interculturality References Chapter 2: Approaching Interculturality: Culture and Civilization as Discursive and Reflexive Tools Introduction Culture and Identity Culture and Identity as Change and Transformation Discourse Instruments to Analyse Cultural Phenomena Use of Civilized/Civilization Miscellaneous Pause References Chapter 3: Exploring and Explaining Experiences of Interculturality Introduction Tools to Analyse Interculturality from a Macro-perspective and Its Potential Consequences on Interpersonal Communication Understanding and Explaining Interculturality from a Personal and/or Micro-perspective Pause References Chapter 4: ‘Doing’ Interculturality Together Introduction Working Through the Principle of Harmony Making Use of the Continuum of Difference and Similarity Learning with Each Other, Reciprocity in Interculturality Pause References Chapter 5: Making Interculturality Work Together, as Group/Community Members Introduction Chinese Political Initiatives Related to Interculturality Reflecting on What Togetherness Entails Within the Context of Chinese Minzu Reflecting on Togetherness and Interculturality from a More Global Perspective Objectives and Benefits of Togetherness Learning Togetherness Pause References Chapter 6: Learning to ‘Do’ Interculturality: Setting Objectives for Oneself Introduction Looking at the Self Reflecting on ‘Doing’ Interculturality with the Other Practising Complexity and Plurality Modesty in Reflexivity Discussion References Chapter 7: Pondering over Language and Interculturality Introduction Limits of Language/Misusing Language Using Language in Interculturality Qualifying Language Pause References Chapter 8: Interim Conclusions The Two-Metre Alley What Is Intercultural Communication (Global) Education About? Chinese Stories Are Global and Local 再见 References Full List of Discourse Instruments Chapter 2 Approaching Interculturality: Culture, Civilization and Identity as Discursive and Reflexive Tools Chapter 3 Exploring and Explaining Experiences of Interculturality Chapter 4 ‘Doing’ Interculturality Together Chapter 5 Making Interculturality Work Together, as Group/Community Members Chapter 6 Learning to ‘Do’ Interculturality: Setting Objectives for Oneself Chapter 7 Reflecting on Language and Interculturality Index