Researching Identity and Interculturality

"This strong, imaginative and timely volume significantly widens the discussion on identity and interculturality in several domains, including research methods, education, ethnography and non-western discourses. It represents a major contribution to the literature."—Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology in the Global & International Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

"This volume makes a valuable contribution to developing research in interculturality by going beyond description of research method to engage critically with the methodical consequences of the complex constructs of identity, culture and interculturality that confront any researcher in the field. The volume works through important new possibilities for developing accounts of identity in intercultural contexts that will enrich scholarship in the field both conceptually and methodologically."—Tony Liddicoat, Professor in Applied Linguistics, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia

"This collection of empirical studies makes an important contribution towards developing researcher awareness and capability in intercultural communication research. The studies draw on critical/interpretive research frameworks and methodologies to illustrate the possibilities and complexities of doing intercultural research. Readers will gain useful and important methodological insights, invaluable to their own research, where language, culture, identity, power and intercultural communication intersect."—Prue Holmes, Senior Lecturer/Docent, University of Durham, UK

"...this volume coherently integrates articles that articulately shed light on core concepts, significant controversies and new directions in the field and offer expertise, insight, and resources for teaching and learning identity and intercultural encounters in the broad context of globalization. It is an engaging and useful reading for scholars and graduate students in multiple disciplines such as applied linguistics, cultural studies, and international education." -Le Chen, University of Western Ontario, The LINGUIST List