Researching interculturally: Conceptual and methodological issues

Friday 24 November | October Gallery, Central London (map)

Research is very often an intercultural encounter. For students and scholars of Arts and Humanities subjects, researching interculturally requires a critical and creative understanding of the contested concept of culture, the ‘inter-’ aspects of cultural encounters and researchers’ own positions.  This workshop will focus on the core conceptual and methodological issues of researching interculturally and is designed to create a space for thinking through and about interculturality both critically and creatively.

The workshop consists of four parts:

• Thinking interculturally through art;
• A conversation with a panel of speakers from a range of fields such as sociology, art education, applied linguistics, language and intercultural studies and literature and culture;
• Group discussion;
• Discussion and summary.

The workshop is coordinated by

• Professor Zhu Hua (Birkbeck, University of London)
• Dr Bojana Petric (Birkbeck, University of London)
• Dr Alessia Cogo (Goldsmiths, University of London)
• Professor Maria Roth-Lauret (University of Sussex).