Intercultural communication studies: the policy background Michael Kelly

Language context

• The challenge of multilingualism
• High level of competence needed
• Diversity exceeds capability
• English as international language
• Language is more than communication
• Communication is more than language

The solution of intercultural communication education

• Supplement to multilingual communication
• Supplement to lack of multilingual communication
• But there are issues…

Issues in intercultural communication

• Cognitive response of research and development community:
• Construct ICC from existing disciplines
• No single discipline dominates
• ‘Bricolage’ (Claude Levi-Strauss)

Issues in intercultural communication

• Connected with different policy areas, including, for example:
• Business
• Immigration
• Citizenship
• Culture

Issues in intercultural communication

• Business
• ICC education for management of cultural diversity
• Disciplines
• Economics
• Management theory
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Area studies

Issues in intercultural communication

• Immigration
• ICC education for community development
• Disciplines
• Sociology
• Social work studies
• Anthropology, ethnology

Issues in intercultural communication

• Citizenship
• ICC education for civic responsibility and international understanding
• Disciplines
• Political science and political philosophy
• Ethics
• History
• Geography

Issues in intercultural communication

• Culture
• ICC education for cultural diversity and enrichment
• Disciplines
• Literary and cultural studies
• Creative and performing arts
• History and archaeology
• Language and linguistics
• Communication studies
• Critical theory