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Abu-Shomar, Ayman and MacDonald, Malcolm (2012) Dialogic spaces : diasporic negotiation of difference. Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies, Vol.3 (No.3-4). pp. 1-36. ISSN 1948-1845.
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Abstract
In this paper, we explore the development of a critical pedagogy that disrupts stereotypical and ethnocentric convictions and articulations of culture, identity, and the 'self'. Drawing on the concepts of 'hybridity' and 'third space' (Bhabha 1994), 'diasporic philosophy',
and 'dialogism' after (Bakhtin 1981) , this paper explores the potential of 'Dialogic Spaces' (DS) to open epistemological outlets that enable hybrid, diasporic thinking in order to deconstruct dichotomising tendencies of thinking about difference. By contextualising dialogue in a wider cultural inquiry, research participants were called to navigate between new and familiar meanings and to recognize multiple and complex alternatives through the negotiations of cultural difference, hybridity and diaspora. Such 'positioning' encouraged them to question categorical, stereotypical, and hierarchical constructions of culture. In the creation of a third space, they came
to recognize the plurality of cultural meanings, thereby working against essentialist meaningmaking in such an interstitial space. They also came to acknowledge the legitimacy of the meanings of the other as well as those of the self. This study addresses to the broader cultural
debate within postcolonial studies and critical pedagogy by raising awareness of cultural diversity, identity and representations of self. In this way it offers an original contribution by exploring intersecting areas of theory, so far believed to be discrete: diasporic philosophy, postcolonialism and dialogism
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies | ||||
| Publisher: | Guild of Independent Scholars | ||||
| ISSN: | 1948-1845 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
| Number: | No.3-4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-36 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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