Review of the Book: Adam Komisarof and Zhu Hua (eds.) Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities (= Routledge Research in Higher Education). London and New York 2016: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-1 Cover Image

Review of the Book: Adam Komisarof and Zhu Hua (eds.) Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities (= Routledge Research in Higher Education). London and New York 2016: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-1
Review of the Book: Adam Komisarof and Zhu Hua (eds.) Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities (= Routledge Research in Higher Education). London and New York 2016: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-1

Author(s): Justyna Alnajjar
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Communication studies, Book-Review
Published by: Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk we Wrocławiu
Keywords: intercultural communication; acculturation; communication studies; sociology; interdisciplinary research

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present a review of a book edited by Adam Komisarof and Zhu Hua entitled Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life, and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities which is a collection of articles from various research disciplines and approaches to the field of intercultural studies such as cross-cultural and acculturation psychology, communication, sociology, cultural anthropology, applied linguistics, language teaching, and multilingualism studies. The editors point out that auto-ethnography is the method employed for the purposes of the volume, as it is both researcher- and reader-friendly and allows the connection of personal experiences to broader socio-cultural contexts. As the editors promise, the book provides the reader with a variety of perspectives on intercultural communication and gives an overview of how intercultural academics combine their work, life, and scholarship, and how they juggle between various perspectives, cultures, and languages

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 177-181
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English