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 AlnajjarSubject(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
Journal: Academic Journal of Modern Philology
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 177-181
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English