1st Edition
Interculturality in Flux Theories of Change and Continuity
1. Dervin vs. Dervins: Self-other-interrogation on interculturality 2. Deconstructing the ‘toolbox’: (Partly) disowned convictions 3. Criticality as a neoliberal spectacle? Beyond the ‘intercultural checklist’… 4. Against Coherence: Piecing together the unfixable 5. Out-of-the-boxing: A former non-essentialist’s mea culpa 6. Penrose staircase communication: The ascent that descends 7. Beyond best intercultural teaching practices 8. InterculturologiesTM as an ethics of unknowing 9. ICER as thought control: Towards radical interculturality? 10. Who profits from interculturality? 11. AI as a critical bosom friend 12. Post-mortem of a decade: Confessions, corrections and (further) provocations 13. Concluding thoughtprints
Biography
Fred Dervin is a world-renowned interculturalist who has made a strong impact on Intercultural Communication Education and Research over the past 25 years. A Full Professor at the University of Helsinki (Finland), Dervin proposes original and refreshing approaches to understanding the politics of global interactions by challenging conventional paradigms and blending interdisciplinary insights. His work aims to inspire practitioners, researchers and students to rethink and reshape the notion of interculturality. With over 300 publications, Dervin is included in the Stanford Elsevier List of the world’s best scientists.
