Intercultural Communication and Education- Communication Et Education Interculturelles

In the context of cultural and economic globalization, intercultural communication is of central importance for the study of social and educational processes and practices. This volume contains contributions on conceptual issues as well as case studies on intercultural communication and education in Finland. Some of the contributions were first presented at the conference Enhancing the Visibility and Collaboration of Researchers in Intercultural Communication and Education in Finland which took place at the University of Turku, Finland, in October 2004. The other collected articles offer various contrasting perspectives on issues related to interculturality.

Dans le contexte de la mondialisation culturelle et economique, la recherche en communication interculturelle est d'une importance capitale pour l'etude des pratiques et des processus sociaux et educatifs. Les contributions de ce volume relevent tant du traitement de problemes conceptuels que de l'etude de cas, reunies autour du theme de la communication et de l'education interculturelles en Finlande. Certaines d'entre elles ont ete presentees lors de la conference intitulee Visibilite et collaboration des chercheurs en communication et en education interculturelles en Finlande, qui s'est deroulee en octobre 2004 a l'Universite de Turku. D'autres viennent s'ajouter a l'ouvrage, offrant ainsi des eclairages a la fois complementaires et differents sur les problematiques de l'interculturalite.