Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Practices, IOW Project and Dictionary Presented at the 6th ESTIDIA Conference

Abstract

The methodological workshop IN OTHER WORDS. Coming to grips with critical, creative, inter-/cross-cultural dialogue across space and time. A methodological workshop to explore the role of keywords in (re)producing or problematizing Otherness was scheduled on June 15th and organized in four parts/hours - two hours of theoretical background, one hour of actual work in groups on the different keywords, and one hour of feedback. Based on our collective and ongoing work on the online dictionary In Other Words, our Workshop addressed these questions referring to the three paradoxes illustrated in the Call to demonstrate how a critical, creative and collective approach can challenge redundant monologues, enhance the plurality and diversity of perspectives, and promote inclusion - rather than reproducing exclusion - by offering alternatives to manipulative rhetoric and discriminating language against individuals and groups. Our Workshop invited participants to explore methodologically how dialogue-shared experiences of inter-/cross-linguistic and inter-/cross-cultural practices can develop across time and space by adopting a multilingual perspective and a multi-level dialogue among researchers, practitioners, activists, educators, and artists.