Embodied Practices, Empathy and Social Activism in Virtual Exchange
Presentation Summary
This presentation demonstrates a pedagogical approach to raising awareness of embodiment in an intercultural virtual exchange. We report on a project between university students from Germany and the USA, in which the topics of embodied collective memory and empathy in social activism practices were explored.
Primary Presenter
Ivett Guntersdorfer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
State (if in the U.S.)
Country
Germany
Professional Biography
Ivett Guntersdorfer earned her Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the JYM Study Abroad Program and the Institute of Intercultural Communication at the LMU, where she is leading the Institut für Interkulturelle Kommunikation. Prof. Guntersdorfer`s research includes: study abroad in higher education, intercultural competence and empathy.
Secondary Presenters
Irina Golubeva, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
State (if in the U.S.)
Maryland
Country
USA
Professional Biography
Irina Golubeva is an Associate Professor at UMBC (USA), where she directs the MA program in Intercultural Communication. Golubeva’s main research interests concern the development of multilingual awareness and intercultural competence, internationalisation of higher education, and conceptualization of intercultural citizenship.