Going Performative in Intercultural Education - International Contexts, Theoretical Perspectives and Models of Practice

Contributors from various contexts explore the extent to which performative approaches, emphasising the role of the body as a learning medium, can achieve deep intercultural learning and create rich opportunities for intercultural encounters that transport students beyond the parameters of conventional approaches to language and culture education.

About the author

John Crutchfield is a theatre artist and lecturer in the Department of Didactics, Institute for English Language and Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Manfred Schewe is Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the founding editor of SCENARIO (http: //scenario.ucc.ie), a bilingual Online Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research.

Summary

Contributors from various contexts explore the extent to which performative approaches, emphasising the role of the body as a learning medium, can achieve deep intercultural learning and create rich opportunities for intercultural encounters that transport students beyond the parameters of conventional approaches to language and culture education.

Product details

• Authors: John Crutchfield
• Assisted by: John Crutchfield (Editor), Manfred Schewe (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781783098545
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-854-5
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 596 g
• Series: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Co; Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education; Languages for Intercultural Co
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures