2022 International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence

Virtual. All sessions will be accessed through the conference app, which will be accessible to registered attendees in January.

Toward Ecological Intercultural Rhetoric

Friday, January 28, 2022 at 3:15 PM–5:15 PM MST

Jackrabbit

Presentation Summary

An ecological view of intercultural rhetoric highlights the importance of studying political, economic, and administrative ecosystems in which texts are funded, disseminated, sold, bought, and cited. This presentation responds to the question: What is beyond ‘culture’ in ‘intercultural rhetoric’ that impacts the process of writing across languages?

Primary Presenter

Amir Kalan, McGill Univerity

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Country

Canada

Professional Biography

Amir Kalan is Assistant Professor at McGill University. His interests include critical literacy, second language writing, and writing in times of crisis. In his research, he studies sociocultural, discursive, and power relational aspects of literacy engagement. He is interested in the experiences of minoritized students in multicultural and multilingual contexts.

Secondary Presenters

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