Master
2024/2025
Research Seminar "Cultural Stereotypes in Professional Intercultural Communication"
Type:
Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)
Area of studies:
Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
Where:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1 year, 4 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Master’s programme:
Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The Course aims to build awareness of the destructive potential of national cultural Stereotypes as a Psychological Phenomenon in the context of Intercultural Communication. Within the framework of interactive communicative strategies (workshops, provocations, case-study, provocative showcase, etc.) the Participants will learn to conceptualize and tackle the problem of Stereotypes exemplified in their specific professional (research) area. The Course finalizes with the showcase of collaborative research projects applied to the specific practical contexts of the chosen professional (research) areas.
Learning Objectives
- to build awareness of the destructive potential of national cultural stereotypes as a psychological phenomenon in the context of intercultural communication
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students can define and analyze stereotypes through relevant theoretical frameworks.
- Students become aware of stereotypes' distinctive features and can identify them.
- Students can identify, realize, and reflect upon autostereotypes
- Students are aware of cultural relativity and can establish and apply mindfulness in intercultural strategies.
- Students can identify cultural stereotypes in cases of professional intercultural communication and handle them effectively.
Course Contents
- Grasping the Theory: Stereotypes as a Phenomenon of Intercultural Communication
- Exemplifying: our (hetero)Stereotypes about the English
- Mirror-glass effect: Autostereotypes
- Bridging the Gap: Relative Phenomenon of Culture
- Masterclasses and showcases
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 4th module5 Interactive activities and participations * 5 + 2 Collaborative research tasks * 10 + Workshop * 30 + Showcase program/Moderation/Extended feedback/Commentary * 5 + Essay *20 = 100. The grade is then converted to the 10-point scale in the following manner: Points gained / 10 = Course grade. E.g. You earned 78 points. You divide them by 10 and get 7.8 which is rounded to 8. So your course grade is 8.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Irene V. Blair, Pers Soc, & Psychol Rev. (2002). The malleability of automatic stereotypes and prejudice. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.4D20DD3F
- Piller, I. (2017). Intercultural Communication : A Critical Introduction (Vol. Second edition). Edinburgh: EUP. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1585003
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Anthony G. Greenwald, Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Grtenwald, Department Of Psychology, Washington Mahzarin, & R. Banaji. (1995). Implicit social cognition: Attitudes, self-esteem, and stereotypes. Http://Brainimaging.Waisman.Wisc.Edu/~perlman/Papers/Self/Greenwald_Banaji_PsychRev_1995.OCR.Pdf.
- Holliday, A., Hyde, M., & Kullman, J. (2017). Intercultural Communication : An Advanced Resource Book for Students (Vol. Third edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1424446
- Liu, S., & Gallois, C. (2014). Integrating intercultural communication and cross-cultural psychology: Theoretical and pedagogical implications. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.AD7AAB0B
- Межкультурная коммуникация в многополярном мире (Intercultural Communication in a Multipolar World) : учебное пособие / И.И. Климова, Н.А. Козловцева, С.Ю. Дронова [и др.]. - Москва : ИНФРА-М, 2024. - 200 с. - (Высшее образование). - ISBN 978-5-16-019808-8. - Текст : электронный. - URL: https://znanium.ru/catalog/product/2138095