Phipps, A. (2013) Intercultural ethics: questions of methods in language and intercultural communication. Language and Intercultural Communication, 13(1), pp. 10-26. (doi: 10.1080/14708477.2012.748787)
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Abstract
This paper explores how questions of ethics and questions of method are intertwined and unavoidable in any serious study of language and intercultural communication. It argues that the focus on difference and solution orientations to intercultural conflict has been a fundamental driver for theory, data collection and methods in the field. These approaches, the paper argues, have created a considerable consciousness raising industry, with methods, trainings and ‘critical incidents’, which ultimately focus intellectual energy in areas which may be productive in terms of courses and publications but which have a problematic basis in their ethical terrain. Dieser Artikel untersucht wie ethische und methodische Fragen nicht nur ineinander greifen, sondern in keiner ernstzunehmenden Studie ueber Sprache und interkulturelle Kommunikation ausgelassen werden duerfen. Es wird hier argumentiert, dass der Schwerpunkt auf Verschiedenheit und Problemorientierung im interkulturellen Konflikt einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf theoretische Entwicklungen, Datenerhebung und Methoden in diesem Bereich hatte. Dieser Artikel legt auch dar, wie diese Ansaetze eine betraechtliche ‘Bewusstseinsbildungs – Branche' erzeugt haben, mit Methoden, Trainings, und ‘kritischen Interaktionssituationen’, welche letztendlich allen intellektuellen Arbeitseifer auf Bereiche konzentriert hat, die zwar ertragreich sind in Bezug auf Kurse und Publikationen, jedoch eine problematische Grundlage im ethischen Bereich aufweisen.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article whose final and definitive form, the Version of Record, has been published in the Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013 © Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14708477.2012.748787 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Phipps, Professor Alison |
Authors: | Phipps, A. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Creativity Culture and Faith College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy |
Journal Name: | Language and Intercultural Communication |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 1470-8477 |
Published Online: | 25 January 2013 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2013 Taylor & Francis |
First Published: | First published in Language and Intercultural Communication 13(1):10-26 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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