Queer Intercultural Communication: Sexuality and Intercultural Communication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taisha McMickens ◽  
Miranda Dottie Olzman ◽  
Bernadette Marie Calafell
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Discourse Theory ◽  
Power Functions ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
The Way

Queer intercultural communication is the study of sexuality in intercultural communication. It is a critical, interdisciplinary field that explores identity (i.e., race, gender, sexuality, nationality, and class) across political, historical, transnational, and social spheres. Queer intercultural communication is grounded in using an intersectional lens and embodiment, and in understanding the way power functions both systemically and individually. Historically, intercultural communication has lagged in including intersectional works that center on queer and transgender voices, theorizings, and methodologies. Queer intercultural communication has worked to expand the voices that are being centered as a way to theorize about potential and hope. As this work continues, scholarship on sexualities must remain open to broadening discourse, theory, and methodologies that are inclusive of multiple stories that evoke queer possibilities.

scholarly journals From 'Politics in Command' to 'Economics in Command': A Discourse Analysis of China's Transformation

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 65-87
Author(s):  
Li Xing
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Discourse Theory ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Chinese Revolution ◽  
Political Project ◽  
The Way

This article proposes a framework for understanding the way the Chinese Revolution emerged, developed and achieved power (1921-49), then further consolidated in the period of socialist 'uninterrupted revolution' (1949-77) and was finally abandoned by the post-Mao regime (1977 to the present). This analysis is based on a perspective of discourse theories framed in historically new forms of political, social and ideological relations. In other words, it attempts to conceptualize the transformation of China and the Chinese Communist Party by analysing the role of ideological discourses (arguments and interpretations) and the cognitive elements (beliefs, goals, desires, expertise, knowledge) as the driving-force behind societal transformations. The discourse theory applied here – logocentrism and econocentrism – also serves both as a political arena of struggle to confer legitimacy on a specific socio-political project and as a distinctive cog ni tive and evaluative framework for understanding societal transformations. The conceptualization of the paper is informed by the work of David Apter and Tony Saich on discourse theory.

scholarly journals Controlling and the Use of UAVs as Important Components of Smart Logistical Operations

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-203
Author(s):  
Martin Holubčík ◽  
Jakub Soviar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Good Decision ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Controlling Measures ◽  
A Company ◽  
The Way

Abstract Modern controlling is an interdisciplinary field that allows management to manage properly, thereby creating the basis for good decision-making. Logistics operations in smart companies need to be not only properly set up, but also properly controlled and improved. The purpose of the article is to analyze the controlling environment in a selected company and point out possible improvements in logistics activities and devices, with a view to preventing different types of problems. For this purpose, observations of the internal logistics processes in a selected company were used and quantified to assess its internal state. On the basis of the data, controlling measures are put forward to improve the management of the company’s logistics activities. The results of the research highlight the opportunities that exist through controlling activities to collect and analyze information about the logistics activities of a company. By doing so, employees can be given greater responsibility for the fulfilment of their tasks and contribute to the streamlining of logistics processes. For managers, the implementation of controlling represents a change in the way of thinking and managing a company.

scholarly journals A Judge at the Crossroads of Cultures: Shi Tianlin

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 1137-1151
Author(s):  
Florence Hodous
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
The West ◽  
Chinese Values ◽  
The Law ◽  
Mongol Empire ◽  
The Prestige ◽  
The Way

Abstract Shi Tianlin is one of only two known officials who was appointed to act as judge both in the West and the East of the Mongol Empire, during the period of the united empire when officials were often appointed cross-regionally. Coming from near today’s Beijing, he came to prominence for his knowledge of languages, and was granted a Mongol name. He was a judge in a Western campaign, probably that of Batu against the Qipchaqs and Russians. Later, he was sent by Möngke Khan to Qaidu in Central Asia, and detained there for 28 years, before returning to Yuan China. Despite his long absence from China and though his activity as judge was very short (he declined to be re-appointed as judge when he arrived back in China), the prestige of the appointment stuck, and his son and grandson were both judges in China. The shendaobei, or Spirit-Way Inscription, of Shi Tianlin is particularly interesting for the way in which it explains Mongol concepts in Chinese terms. One of these is the jasagh (held to be the law code of Chinggis Khan), which is equated with Chinese falü (statute or law code). Rather than explaining its contents however, the inscription talks about the importance of following “the jasagh of Confucius”, namely the Lunyu or Analects of Confucius. The inscription – and presumably Shi Tianlin during his lifetime – thus uses a widely-known Mongol concept to promote Chinese values, showing the complexities of intercultural communication and exchange during the Mongol era.

The ‘bad’ and exceptionally ‘good’: constructing the African refugee

2020 ◽  
pp. 1329878X2092654
Author(s):  
Rohan Miller Davis
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Discourse Theory ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
African Refugees ◽  
Daily Telegraph ◽  
African Refugee ◽  
The Way

An increase in refugees entering Australia from Africa, particularly Sudan, in recent times has inspired debate about the implications associated with immigration. Combining insights from the fields of discourse theory and metaphor analysis, this work explores the construction of the African refugee as presented in the Australian tabloid news media newspapers the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph. Special attention is dedicated to how the ‘bad’ and ‘good’ African refugees have been constructed. While the constitution of the ‘good’ refugee appears to be a positive development, it is argued that the way in which this has been done does more harm than good as it reinforces the idea that it is unusual for African refugees to be non-violent and successful.

Internal e-mail communication in the workplace: Is there an “East-West divide”?

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelise Ly
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Role Enactment ◽  
Internal Work ◽  
Business Units ◽  
E Mail ◽  
East West ◽  
The Way

AbstractWesterners are often depicted in intercultural communication literature as direct and Asians indirect when they communicate. If their communication styles are so different, however, how can they understand each other and collaborate in the workplace? The present article looks at internal e-mail communication in the workplace. More specifically, the aim of this article is twofold: first, to analyze the way Western employees formulate three different speech acts (request, criticism, and disagreement) when writing internal work e-mails to their Asian colleagues, and second, to examine the way these e-mails are perceived by the Asian employees in terms of politeness, friendliness, and clarity. The data consists of 182 elicited e-mails produced by Western employees using role enactment and 33 perception questionnaires collected in different Asian business units of an international company. The procedure to analyze the elicited e-mails is inspired by the CCSARP while the questionnaires are analyzed following sociolinguistics studies. Last, the discussion of the results is anchored partly in the ongoing East-West politeness debate.

scholarly journals Language Context of Intercultural Communication (on the Material of Educational and Cultural Activities of Confucius Institute)

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (26) ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Din Xin
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Confucius Institute ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Confucius Institutes ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Intercultural Conflicts ◽  
Language Context ◽  
The Way

The article is devoted to the study of the influence of lexical, phonetic, grammatical differences on the way of thinking. The author examines the connection between thinking and understanding, as well as the interpretation of the message received. Ways of avoiding intercultural conflicts that were discovered during the process of conducting educational and cultural activities of the Confucius Institutes were outlined.

scholarly journals Intercultural communication from the perspective of individualist and collectivist cultures

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
Stela Spinu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Cultural Transformations ◽  
Individualism And Collectivism ◽  
Economic Sphere ◽  
Collectivist Cultures ◽  
The Way

The process of globalization, which initially dominated only the economic sphere, subsequently led to profound socio-political and cultural transformations, influencing interethnic and inter-confessional relations in multicultural and multilingual environments. In the context of the new socio-political and cultural realities, the need to raise awareness of the importance of intercultural communication is evident. Intercultural communication contributes to overcoming the negative aspects of individualism and collectivism, changes the human perception of traditional values, causes changes in the way people think and behave.

scholarly journals Communicative behavior as the way of expressing cultural identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 02025
Author(s):  
Alyona Korneeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way ◽  
Interethnic Communication

The article is devoted to the problem of intercultural communication. Intercultural communication is presented as a special communication process, having its own characteristics and passing conditions. The analysis of the process of intercultural interaction shows that the national and cultural specifics of communicative behavior affect the effectiveness of this process. Communicative behavior is conditioned by national mentality and is a component of national culture, as contained in national communication norms and rules. The article also emphasizes the connection between the communicative behavior of a person and his cognitive and linguistic consciousness. The author comes to the conclusion about the undoubted interrelation of interethnic communication with the awareness of one’s cultural identity, which is fixed in the linguistic consciousness of the individual and is reflected in his communicative behavior.

scholarly journals LEGAL AESTHETICS, OR THE ART OF THE LAW

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
D. O. Shniger
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Legal Form ◽  
Legal Text ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Aesthetics ◽  
The Way

The author focuses on the legal aesthetics dilemma, which appears in the dominant sense that the legal content prevails over the legal form. Some possible reasons and consequences of the aesthetical crisis are considered. The article offers the way to overcome that crisis. To this end the author outlines the new interdisciplinary field of legal studies called legal aesthetics. According to the author’s opinion the aesthetical criteria shall be applied primarily to the legal text and also to all the tools, such as visualisations, which make it more comprehensible. The key issues of the new discipline are scrutinized, such as objectives, subject, method and relations with other legal studies, such as legal technique. The author shows the connection between the legal aesthetics and legal design, arising within philosophy of design-thinking.

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