Description
This course serves as an introduction to foundational and contemporary concepts, practices, and processes of intercultural communication, methods of critical intercultural analysis, and the scholarly field of intercultural communication. Students in this course will engage in a critical assessment of intercultural communication theories and applications with the explicit goal of addressing issues of social justice and ethical, mindful, and self-reflective intercultural practices. This course will address topics ranging from the contested nature of culture and cultural definitions; privilege, power, and oppression in historical and contemporary U.S. society; globalization, transnational conflict, and modern technological influences in intercultural practices; representation of cultures and identities in popular media; and the relationship between language, power, and culture.