Intricate spatial scales and decolonial possibilities in transcultural communication
Global mobility offers increasing opportunities for more transient encounters. As a corollary, it is not always clear what specific named cultures participants draw upon in communication. Nor is it always possible to assume specific shared cultural practices among interactants. So far transcultural communication studies have addressed blurred boundaries across spatial scales ranging from the local to the global, as well as across the physical and the digital. Less explored is the possibility of transgressing and transcending the boundaries between the virtual and actual meanings through communicative resources, including English. Taking some East Asian pop songs as examples, this talk will explore the possibility of multilayered meaning construction through the intertwining of metaphorical and physical dimensions of ‘storytelling’. This expanded understanding of spatial scales will be linked to decoloniality in multilingualism with English.
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Thursday 23 October, 5-7pm in person
King’s College London
Franklin-Wilkins Building Rm 1.17
multilingualismwithenglish.org 