Learn Bamboo from Bamboo: A Kinaesthetic Communication Approach to Curating Cultures, Crafts, and Construction for Higher Education
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| Title: | Learn Bamboo from Bamboo: A Kinaesthetic Communication Approach to Curating Cultures, Crafts, and Construction for Higher Education |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chamila Subasinghe |
| Source: | Journal for Multicultural Education. 2024 18(4):396-408. |
| Availability: | Emerald Publishing Limited. Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1WA, UK. Tel: +44-1274-777700; Fax: +44-1274-785201; e-mail: emerald@emeraldinsight.com; Web site: http://www.emerald.com/insight |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Handicrafts, Woodworking, Architecture, Resilience (Psychology), Communication (Thought Transfer), Design, Activism, Educational Cooperation, International Cooperation, Higher Education, Collectivism |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia, Thailand |
| DOI: | 10.1108/JME-05-2024-0055 |
| ISSN: | 2053-535X |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Beyond symptomatic communication barriers between designers and communities, glocal resiliency building (GRB) by intercultural groups often challenges traditional service-learning trajectories. Without ambitious performance hurdles, two higher education institutions from Australia and Thailand built rapport via their shared love for Bamboo to level hierarchies between groups: architects, both social and professional. Design/methodology/approach: The author used Basho's "self" - object nexus, as depicted in "Learn Bamboo from Bamboo" Haiku, as a methodology to structure our observations of stakeholders (Haas, 1994). This reflective account, narrated through a tabulated account of iterative engagements among various stakeholders, narrates the metacognitive process of GRB. Findings: Amidst intercultural communication tensions that could have alienated efforts, Bamboo's resourcefulness prompted positive stakeholder interactions. Interculturally relatable Bamboo culture could become an effective mode of communication via a synthesis of craft and construction to cultivate culturally intelligent behaviours. Research limitations/implications: Bamboo was a technology of community that overcame cultural tensions by completing an architectural product. Originality/value: Despite different languages, work ethics and uneasiness, this activism project sensitised differentiating perspectives to transform traditional knowledge hierarchies to negotiate local know-how. Hence, it highlights activism as a methodology for figuring out the unknown layered in spatial and aspatial attributes of material cultures. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1444018 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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