Intercultural Mirrors

Marie-Claire Patron, Ph.D. (2006), University of South Australia, is Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication, French and Spanish at Bond University. She has published monographs, ethnographies and co-edited books on cultural identity issues, internationalisation of students and interpersonal relationship issues, including emotional and psychological abuse.Julia Kraven, Ph.D. (2009), Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, has a background in English and Japanese Applied Linguistics. She is currently teaching ESL whilst doing her second Ph.D. in the field of Intercultural and Global Citizenship Education at Bond University, Australia.

"This book is an excellent synthesis of cultural influences, and the effects of moving from one culture to another, told by those who experienced it firsthand. It is unique and original contribution to the field. Highly recommended."– Ami Rokach, Ph.D., York University (Canada) and the Centre for Academic Studies (Israel)

• ForewordRaoul MortleyAcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors1 Expansion of Self through Intercultural ExperiencesJulia Kraven2 Hansel and Gretel Revisited: Quixotic Reflections of Online DatingMarie-Claire Patron3 Doni Doni Kononi Danala – Little by Little the Little Bird Builds Its Nest: Intercultural Reflections: Western Travel in Non-Western CultureAlexandra Hoyt4 Migration and Making Sense of Place: Against a Backdrop of Negative Media Discourse About AfricaPeter Mbago Wakholi5 Mirror Mirror: What Culture Am I?: Using Philosophy to Reconstruct Our Images and Cultural IdentitiesTom Frengos6 Spreading Roots Globally, Losing Roots Locally: Coming to Terms with Being an Expat as an Intercultural IdentityLucyann Kerry7 Barceloneta as Heterotopic Mirror: A Place of Different SpacesTony McHugh8 Reflection and Aspiration: Mirrors and Models in Traditional European and Chinese ThoughtR. James Ferguson9 Becoming a Person through Intercultural Communication: A White American’s Experiences in Asia and AfricaWilliam Kelly10 Affect MirrorsDamian Cox11 List Yourself: An Autoethnography of Intercultural IdentityDonna Henson12 I’m So Normal, I Must Be DifferentTaryn J. Mathis13 The Decentred Delegate: Adapting Identity within a Model United Nations Learning EnvironmentDennis Harmon II and Mark Dinnen14 Scotland the Brave? An Exile’s Perspective on Scottish Identity from AbroadDarren Swanson15 Intercultural Mirrors and Cultural Humility: My Journey as an EducatorJames Arvanitakis16 Cultural Observations and a Conversation about Drawing by a Wandering ArtistKristin Newton