University of Helsinki
Anthropology, Interculturality and Language Learning-Teaching
Fred Dervin / Béatrice Fracchiolla (eds.).
Series: Transversales – Volume 32, Peter Lang
Year of Publication: 2012
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. VI, 207 p., 2 ill., 2 tabl.
ISBN 978-3-0343-1118-2 br.
The seemingly ‘natural’ link between anthropology and interculturality is not self-explanatory. For this reason, this book aims to review the use of various forms and understandings of anthropology in language and intercultural education. First of all, it is necessary on the one hand to clarify the notion of interculturality, and on the other hand, to position oneself in the complex and multifaceted field of anthropology. While some authors in the volume describe how they initiate anthropological practices in the language classroom, others explain how they apply theories, concepts and methods from anthropology to research learning and teaching. The volume will be of great value to (novice) researchers, teachers and anthropologists interested in the relationship between anthropology and language and intercultural education.