Pre-Conference Workshop - Cultural Translation Across Virtual Boundaries as Intercultural Encounter
Presentation Summary
This workshop explores intercultural learning through cultural translation. Participants will examine the process of extracting and relocating texts across virtual boundaries and the ways in which cultural understandings are rearticulated in a new context.
Primary Presenter
Meike Wernicke, University of British Columbia
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Canada
Professional Biography
Meike Wernicke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on French second language teacher professional development and teacher identity, multilingualism and intercultural education, as well as curricular indigenization and decolonizing approaches in second language education.
Secondary Presenters
Carl Ruest, University of British Columbia
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Canada
Professional Biography
Carl Ruest is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Language and Literacy Education and French Program Coordinator in Teacher Education at the Okanagan School of Education at the University of British Columbia. His research interests include intercultural competence, study abroad, second language learning and teacher education.