Postcolonial interventions in intercultural communication knowledge: Meta-intercultural ontologies, decolonial knowledges and epistemological polylogue. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: R'boul, Hamza
• Is Part Of: Journal of international and intercultural communication. Volume 15:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 75
• Page End: 93
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Intercultural communication knowledge -- interculturality research -- meta-Intercultural ontologies -- postcolonial theory -- intercultural philosophy; Communication, International -- Periodicals; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 303.48205
• DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2020.1829676
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-3057

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The dominant "Western" episteme in intercultural communication knowledge exemplifies the ascendancies and silences produced by modern science that grants credibility to northern "regimes of truth". This paper makes a case for meta-intercultural ontologies as a frame of reference that is informed by the principles of post-colonial theory and intercultural philosophy. This orientation is underpinned by 1) the reconsideration of intercultural communication knowledge at the epistemological level to expand the horizons of knowledge production; 2) critique the historical Western hegemony over knowledge production and dissemination by examining the impact of power hierarchies and sociopolitical circumstances on academic practices.