Month: October 2022

iDiaspora Photo Contest

Photo ContestiDiaspora Photo Contest, International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland. Deadline: 4 November 2022.

iDiaspora photo contextThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) and IBER-RUTAS – Program that aims to contribute to the promotion of cultural diversity in Ibero-America for the protection of migrants’ rights from an intercultural perspective – invite professional and amateurs photographers to participate in the iDiaspora Photo Contest. Through this activity, the IOM and IBER-RUTAS seek to highlight the socio-cultural contributions of diasporas and migrant communities around the world and recognize their talent.

The principal theme of the contest is “Diaspora.” The IOM defines Diaspora as “Migrants or descendants of migrants whose identity and sense of belonging, either real or symbolic, have been shaped by their migration experience and background. They maintain links with their homelands, and to each other, based on a shared sense of history, identity, or mutual experiences in the destination country.”

(For further information on the topic, see Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 62: Diaspora.)

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Equality vs. Equity Graphic

Intercultural Pedagogy

There’s a wonderful graphic image of the difference between equality and equity, created by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

RWJF Equality vs. equity graphic

Their concern is with the context of health, but presumably the same image would be valuable in discussing equality vs. equity in a wide range of contexts, including discussions of intercultural differences. (They ask that people share this image.)

Tamara Makoni provides one example of using the RWJF design within the context of discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

NOTE: A few years after the original poster was made public,  in response to feedback, RWJF created two new, different versions. They have also published the original version in Spanish.

CFP South Asian Media and Cultural Studies 2023 (USA)

ConferencesCall for Papers: South Asian Media and Cultural Studies Conference: #OneSouthAsia:
From Crisis to Resilience, 3-4 February 2023 (hybrid), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Deadline: 11 November 2022.

The 9th Annual Conference of South Asian Media and Communication Studies (SAMCS) conference, Feb. 3-4, 2023 focuses on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals #16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, which promotes sustainability by supporting social justice, improved infrastructure, and an end to conflicts in countries around the world. Under the theme of “#OneSouthAsia: From Crisis to Resilience”, the conference aims to discuss the challenges that the region grapples with, and explore how media landscape, communication culture, and digital technologies can help to recover regional resilience.

The South Asian Media and Cultural Studies Conference (SAMCS) is an alliance of scholars, academicians, and practitioners dedicated to fostering greater understanding of the region’s global importance. The annual conference is held at the Center for Global and Multicultural Engagement, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Organizers are glad to partner with the Department of Media Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore, India for the annual conference.

KC89 Xenophobia Translated into Turkish

Key Concepts in ICDContinuing translations of Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, today I am posting KC89: Xenophobia which Anastasia Karakitsou wrote for publication in English in 2017, and which Candost Aydın has now translated into Turkish.

KC89 Xenophobia_Turkish

As always, all Key Concepts are available as free PDFs; just click on the thumbnail to download. Lists of Key Concepts organized chronologically by publication date and number, alphabetically by concept, and by languages into which they have been translated, are available, as is a page of acknowledgments with the names of all authors, translators, and reviewers.

Karakitsou, A. (2022). Xenofobia (Trans. C. Aydın). Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue, 89. Available from: https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/kc89-xenophobia_turkish.pdf

If you are interested in translating one of the Key Concepts, please contact me for approval first because dozens are currently in process. As always, if there is a concept you think should be written up as one of the Key Concepts, whether in English or any other language, propose it. If you are new to CID, please provide a brief resume. This opportunity is open to masters students and above, on the assumption that some familiarity with academic conventions generally, and discussion of intercultural dialogue specifically, are useful.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

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U Utah: Journalism: Race, News & Community (USA)

“Job

Assistant Professor of Journalism: Race, News and Community, University of Utah, UT, USA. Deadline: Open until filled (posted 22 September 2022).

The Department of Communication at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Journalism: Race, News and Community effective July 1, 2023. Qualified applicants will have a Ph.D. in journalism, communication, media communication, or a closely related discipline or interdisciplinary program (ABD will be considered). The Department of Communication seeks applicants whose research, teaching, service and praxis focus on journalism and race in the U.S. The successful candidate will engage with—and facilitate academic and professional conversations about—critical topics such as newsroom diversity, inclusive and fair reporting, sourcing, community engagement, community journalism and racial justice, structural racism in the news media industry, vernacular news media and cultural power, anti-racist news practices, and solutions journalism. Also important is teaching journalism students skills to report responsibly on race. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach several journalism courses ranging from hyperlocal reporting of diverse communities to cross-disciplinary communication and race courses, including graduate-level courses.

U Cambridge: Senior Teaching Associate in Education and International Development (UK)

“JobSenior Teaching Associate in Education and International Development, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Deadline: 20 October 2022.

The Faculty of Education is looking to appoint a Senior Teaching Associate in Education and International Development. The postholder will be expected to contribute to a range of duties on two core Faculty programmes: MPhil ‘Education, Globalisation and International Development’ (EGID) and the BA Education ‘Education Policy and International Development’  track, for the 2022-23 academic year. The Senior Teaching Associate will lead and contribute to the Faculty’s teaching and learning at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including teaching, supervision of Master students’ research, as well as important leadership, administrative and management duties for the academic year 2022/23.

Why ‘Hamilton’ Is Tough to Translate

Applied ICD

Paulson, Michael. (2022, September 14). Six Lyrics That Show Why ‘Hamilton’ Is Tough to Translate. New York Times.

Translation is central to intercultural dialogue since there are so many different languages in the world. This article is a pragmatic example of the need to take context into account when translating. The example is a translation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton from the original English into German.

There were many moments when Miranda et al. allowed the German translators to bend the original meaning in order to preserve lyricism and melody. But there were other moments when they insisted on literalism…

Six specific sections of the musical are analyzed in detail, focusing on different issues from avoiding hyperbole, to quoting rap songs, from providing new imagery to prioritizing meaning. The translators worked hard to display intercultural competence. (For a one-page introduction, see KC3: Intercultural Competence.)

 

swisspeace: Postdoc in Peacebuilding (Switzerland)

Postdocs
Postdoctoral Researcher in Peacebuilding, swisspeace, Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Deadline: 15 October 2022.

The postdoctoral researcher will become part of the swisspeace research community and will be hosted by a respective programmatic team. The researcher is expected to contribute to the research profile and intellectual environment at swisspeace by producing high quality research in the, broadly defined, area of peace studies and participating in scientific activities. Candidates with a research background and plan fitting within swisspeace’s areas of expertise and strategic interests will be given preference. Postdocs at swisspeace are affiliated with the University of Basel’s Department of Social Sciences, where they can also teach and enjoy full access to the university’s resources. swisspeace strives to create conditions for the Postdoc to complete their research plans, initiate new research agendas, and apply for third-party research funding.

Understanding Race: Are We So Different?

Intercultural Pedagogy

Understanding Race: Are we so different?, originally designed as a traveling museum exhibition, has been updated and is now available online.

The exhibition RACE: Are we so different? was developed as a museum exhibit in 2007, by the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota. RACE has been the first nationally traveling exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural, and historical points of view. Combining these perspectives offers an unprecedented look at race and racism, with a focus  on the United States.

[Racism] is not about how you look, it is about how people assign meaning to how you look. – Robin D.G. Kelley, Historian

The exhibition brings together the everyday experience of living with race, its history as an idea, the role of science in that history, and the findings of contemporary science that are challenging its foundations. Interactive exhibit components, historical artifacts, iconic objects, compelling photographs, multimedia presentations, and attractive graphic displays offer visitors to RACE an eye-opening look at its important subject matter.

The online version includes additional resources that are not typically included in a museum exhibition: a bibliography of related publications, list of related websites, and a glossary. This should be a useful tool for anyone teaching about the concept of race.

Migration Oxford Podcasts

Podcasts

Migration Oxford Podcasts, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

For several decades, researchers based at the University of Oxford have been addressing one of the most compelling human stories; why and how people move. Combining the expertise of the Centre on Migration Policy and Society, the Refugee Studies Centre, Border Criminologies in the Department of Law, and researchers involved in the multidisciplinary Migration and Mobility Network, the University has one the largest concentrations of migration researchers in the world. All of these come together at Migration Oxford.

The aim of the Migration Oxford podcast is to bring together researchers and other observers to address the major migration issues of our time, both in UK and internationally. They hope to inform and influence public debate and policy considerations, and to engage with people who want to engage more deeply with issues of human movement.

Podcast topics covered to date include: Immigration to innovation; Movement of money; Rwanda and refoulement: Can the 1951 Refugee Convention survive?; Citizenship Deprivation; and Leaving Ukraine.