Multilingual Online Academic Collaborations as Resistance Crossing Impassable Borders

This book details online collaborations between universities in Europe, the USA and Palestine. The chapters recount the challenges and successes of online collaborations which promote academic connections and conversations with the Gaza Strip (Palestine) and forge relationships between individuals, institutions and cultures.

About the author

Giovanna Fassetta is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Her research interests include multilingualism, intercultural communication, language education, migration studies, and indigenous knowledges and methodologies in research.
Nazmi Al-Masri is an Associate Professor of Education at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine. His research interests include language teacher education, intercultural communication, curriculum development, and evaluation and technology in education.
Alison Phipps is UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She writes and publishes widely in both academic publications and the media, and is a respected activist and campaigner for humane treatment for those seeking refuge.

Product details

• Assisted by: Alison Phipps (Editor), Giovanna Fassetta (Editor), Nazmi Al-Masri (Editor), Phipps Alison (Editor), Fassetta Giovanna (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.08.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education
• EAN: 9781788929592
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-959-2
• Pages: 204
• Dimensions (packing): 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 483 g
• Series: Researching Multilingually
• Subjects: EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, Palestine, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Higher education, tertiary education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Collaboration, Collaboration and group software, Collaboration & group software