General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Intercultural Dialogue: Workshop |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | dr Borys Szumański |
| Lecturer's email | bs72021@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | adiunkt |
| Faculty | Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| USOS code | 03-AP-IDW |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
- basic issues and vocabulary related to the theory of culture and intercultural communication;
- analysis of cultural texts and situations in which intercultural content appears;
- understanding and deepening the ability to analyze values, norms and behaviors in intercultural contact;
- becoming aware of one's own cultural conditions and their influence on the perception of the world and behavior;
- gaining knowledge about the dynamics of intercultural contact and phenomena occurring at the meeting point of cultures (ethnocentrism, cultural filters, stereotypes).
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
- competence in the field of the student’s native culture;
- ability to establish and maintain contact with representatives of other cultures.
Syllabus
Course learning content: |
| Culture and acculturation |
| Core assumptions of intercultural communication |
| Auto- and heterostereotypes |
| The concept of multiculturalism |
| Intercultural differences in the language and texts of culture |
| Analysis and interpretation of texts |
| Values, norms and behaviors in intercultural contact |
| The dynamics of intercultural contact and phenomena at the meeting point of cultures (ethnocentrism, cultural filters, stereotypes) |
Reading list
- T. Hall, The Hidden Dimension, 1990.
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication, ed. by G. Rings, S. Rasinger, Cambridge 2020.
- Stier, Intercultural communication and intercultural competence, January 2009, „Journal of Intercultural Communication” 11.
- Cultures of Economy in South-Eastern Europe. Spotlights and Perspectives, ed. by J. Murašov, D. Beganovic, A. Lešic, Bielefeld 2019.
- Wierzbicka, Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, Japanese, 1997.
- Wierzbicka Cliff Goddard, Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures, Oxford 2014.
- Toury, Descriptive Translation Studies and Beyond, 1995.
- White, Maps of Narrative Practice, 2007.