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Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration (2023)
Journal Article
Xu, F. H., Zhou, V. X., Penman, C., & Ratz, S. (2023). Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration. Journal of Praxis in Higher Education, 5(1), 93-121. https://doi.org/10.47989/kpdc409

In this article, we examined an oft-observed ‘interaction problem’ in the internationalising classroom by adding some reflections on universities’ internationalisation-interculturality praxis. Drawing on existing research and examples, we scrutinised... Read More about Negotiating interculturality in internationalising higher education: a multi-voiced exploration.

Developing critical intercultural competence through understanding the location, product and processes of dialogue (2022)
Book Chapter
Pilcher, N., & Zhou, V. X. (2022). Developing critical intercultural competence through understanding the location, product and processes of dialogue. In M. Sommier, A. Roiha, & M. Lahti (Eds.), Interculturality in Higher Education: Putting Critical Approaches into Practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003322702-3

The idea of ‘intercultural competence’ (ICC) has been beset by tension between training models presenting culture as understood through ‘nation’ based constructs, and counterarguments disparaging such models as reductive and othering, dividing nation... Read More about Developing critical intercultural competence through understanding the location, product and processes of dialogue.

Engaging non-essentialism as lived wisdom: a dialogue between intercultural communication and Buddhism (2022)
Journal Article
Zhou, V. (2022). Engaging non-essentialism as lived wisdom: a dialogue between intercultural communication and Buddhism. Language and Intercultural Communication, 22(3), 294-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2022.2046768

This paper examines some philosophical groundwork underlying intercultural studies through an inter-epistemic dialogue with Buddhism. This dialogue joins resonating developments in the two fields through their common goal of overcoming essentialism a... Read More about Engaging non-essentialism as lived wisdom: a dialogue between intercultural communication and Buddhism.

Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning (2020)
Book Chapter
Holmes, P., & Zhou, V. X. (2020). Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning. In J. Jackson (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. Routledge

Workplaces, both locally and globally, are increasingly characterised by complexity, ambiguity, and diversity, but also by individual distinctiveness and local relations. People in the workplace encounter this complexity through technology, and other... Read More about Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning.

Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue (2018)
Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018). Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue. Language and Intercultural Communication, 19(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2018.1545025

In this paper, we explore intercultural communication as dialogue occurring in a third space. Through seven students' reflective essays on group-based intercultural learning, we analyse the ever-shifting communicative space that interlocutors produce... Read More about Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue.

‘Intercultural competence’ as an intersubjective process: a reply to ‘essentialism’ (2017)
Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018). ‘Intercultural competence’ as an intersubjective process: a reply to ‘essentialism’. Language and Intercultural Communication, 18(1), 125-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2017.1400510

In this paper, we problematise a competence-oriented reflective approach to intercultural education by drawing on four students’ reflective essays about their experiential learning experiences on an ‘Intercultural Competence’ (IC) module. Their refle... Read More about ‘Intercultural competence’ as an intersubjective process: a reply to ‘essentialism’.

A 'third space' perspective on intercultural dialogue (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2017, June). A 'third space' perspective on intercultural dialogue. Paper presented at 17th International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) annual conference - Interrogating the 'Third Space': Negotiating meaning and performing 'culture'

No abstract available.

Developing intentionality and researching multilingually: An ecological and methodological perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Stelma, J., Fay, R., & Zhou, X. (2013). Developing intentionality and researching multilingually: An ecological and methodological perspective. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 300-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12040

This paper uses an ecological perspective to understand a researcher's developing intentionality vis-à-vis her multilingual engagement with research processes, namely, ‘researching multilingually’. The paper discusses ecological thinking in Applied L... Read More about Developing intentionality and researching multilingually: An ecological and methodological perspective.

Acculturation as storied cultural learning experience (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, V. X. (2012, May). Acculturation as storied cultural learning experience. Paper presented at Narrative Matters 2012 – Life and Narrative, Paris

In intercultural communication studies, acculturation is a popular topic that addresses the process through which individuals acquire new cultural patterns through intercultural contact. Acculturation is a dynamic process that often involves changing... Read More about Acculturation as storied cultural learning experience.

Becoming an independent learner through cultural transitions (2011)
Book Chapter
Zhou, V. X. (2011). Becoming an independent learner through cultural transitions. In F. Su (Ed.), Chasing the Dream: Chinese Learning Journeys, (89-103). Chasing the Dream: Chinese Learning Journeys: Trentham Books

No abstract available.

The dissonance between insider and outsider perspectives of the 'Chinese problem': Implications for one of the UK's largest undergraduate programmes (2009)
Book Chapter
Smith, P. V., & Zhou, V. X. (2009). The dissonance between insider and outsider perspectives of the 'Chinese problem': Implications for one of the UK's largest undergraduate programmes. In T. Coverdale-Jones, & P. Rastall (Eds.), Internationalising the university: The Chinese context (130-146). Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, I., Firth, R., Foster, M., & Zhou, V. (2014, October). Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?. Presented at International Journal of Art & Design Education 'Collaborative Practice in Arts Education

This paper explores the reception and analysis of different methodologies in an inter-disciplinary pedagogical collaboration involving Design and Business academics and their students. The authors examined the learning experiences of students (origin... Read More about Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?.

Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M., Macdonald, I., Firth, R., & Zhou, V. (2014, July). Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK. Presented at HEA Annual Conference ‘Preparing for learning futures: the next ten years’

Following previous Teaching Fellows funding to undertake a joint research project between Business School and the School of Arts & Creative Industries we would like to present our findings at the HEA Annual Conference this year. Using the results fro... Read More about Re-constructing “culture of learning” – international student experiences in China and the UK..

Researching multilingually and inter-epistemically: constructing a ‘cross-cultural dialogue’ between intercultural communication and Buddhism
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, V. X. (2021, November). Researching multilingually and inter-epistemically: constructing a ‘cross-cultural dialogue’ between intercultural communication and Buddhism. Paper presented at IALIC 2021 'Language, culture and interculturality: Global debates, local challenges', Bogota, Colombia (online)

In this talk, I discuss how I identified points of dialogue between intercultural communication theories and the Buddhist Middle Way by traversing linguistic and epistemic landscapes. In a study where I pondered the potential value of Buddhism for in... Read More about Researching multilingually and inter-epistemically: constructing a ‘cross-cultural dialogue’ between intercultural communication and Buddhism.