Critical Intercultural Communication

Provides an introduction to the study of intercultural communication through a critical lens, with a special emphasis on how power affects communication between different types of cultures on a transnational, national, and local level. The course highlights the many communicative contexts (economic, governmental, legal, educational, family, media and more) that surround this power and lead to both cross-cultural collaboration and conflict. Students will engage with global perspectives that challenge Western worldviews and offer alternative narratives about issues such as borders, bodies, space, and place.