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 Social Inclusion in the School of Education, University of Glasgow. Giovanna’s research focuses on inclusion in education of children and young people from refugee backgrounds and on refugee education more in general, with a focus on the role of languages and cultures in the process of integration. She has led several projects working with partners in the Gaza Strip and other Low and Middle Income countries, including the Welcoming Languages projects. Giovanna teaches on several Master’s degree programmes with a focus on inclusion in relation to cultural and linguistic diversity, gender identity and sexuality, socioeconomic backgrounds. She currently co-convenes the Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet).

Nazmi Al-Masri is an Associate Professor of English Language Teaching at the Islamic University of Gaza. He is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK until 2029. He has served as a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for various international research projects, including Disabled Voices from Gaza, Disability under Siege, Culture for Sustainable & Inclusive Peace (CUSP), Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language: The Body, Law & the State, Welcoming Languages, and eTraining FinPal.
Alison Phipps holds the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow, where she is also professor of languages and intercultural studies and co-convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNET).

Product details

• Assisted by: Nazmi Al-Masri (Editor), Giovanna Fassetta (Editor), Fassetta Giovanna (Editor), Alison Phipps (Editor), Phipps Alison (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781788929592
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-959-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 483 g
• Series: Researching Multilingually
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; 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