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This chapter revolves around the idea of fragments in intercultural research. Based on a Latin word, fragmentum, for a remnant, a piece broken off, from frangere for to break, the authors argue that the very word fragments allows them to identify and free themselves from (their fear) of contradictions and indoctrination in research and education. Following Dervin (2022, Interculturality in Fragments: A Reflexive Approach. Springer), they believe that fragments can enrich the scholar’s and educator’s critical and reflexive thinking about a transient notion like interculturality which they always experience through inconsistencies, contradictions and mistakes. For the authors, accepting the fragmentation of intercultural research can allow developing one’s critical thinking, criticality of criticality and reflexivity.
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Dervin, F., R’boul, H. (2022). Fragmenting Intercultural Research. In: Through the Looking-glass of Interculturality. Encounters between East and West. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6672-9_5
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