‘Intercultural Choreographic Dialogue' (ICD): Reconceptualisation of Cultural Relationships Through Somatic-Based Practice and ‘Māori-Centred’ Principles From a Pākehā Perspective

Fielder, Louise Annette (2023) ‘Intercultural Choreographic Dialogue' (ICD): Reconceptualisation of Cultural Relationships Through Somatic-Based Practice and ‘Māori-Centred’ Principles From a Pākehā Perspective. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool Hope University.

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Abstract

This arts-based research project positions intercultural dialogue facilitated through somatic practices as a way of working towards conflict resolution and developing
personal intercultural competence in new ways. Drawing from fieldwork conducted in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and England, and a triangulation of qualitative data detailing new insights around specific facilitation methods and experiential activities, this study is of significance to the fields of dance and intercultural communication.
For the past quarter of a century both scholars and institutions have continued to promote ‘intercultural dialogue’ as a primary method to support social cohesion and the development of personal intercultural competence. However, research identifies that the dominant frameworks intended to create spaces of intercultural dialogue, a process of communication typically concerned with verbal-based, open and respectful interaction between individuals or communities who affiliate to cultural backgrounds or world views that differ, are often limited, ineffective, or contextually inappropriate due to the prevalence of Euro-American perceptions and Western bias in intercultural
communication theories, on which many of the processes are founded. In address of this contention, some academics recognise a need for fresh perspectives and innovative
approaches around intercultural communication, including models concerned with creative practice and transformation, for example Jane Jackson (2014), Hans J Ladegaard (2019a) and Darla Deardorff (2020).

Speaking to this identified need through practice-based, interdisciplinary research with a focus on ‘somatic bodies’, in terms of embodied knowledge as discussed by Sondra
Fraleigh (2009; 2015), I propose an ‘interweave’ of methodologies and methods comprising established discourses from the fields of ‘intercultural communication’ and
‘transformative learning’, from a sensory perspective, and Indigenous, specifically Māori-centred philosophy, from the interpretation of a Pākehā (a person of European
descendancy), which may offer a new arts-based approach to intercultural dialogue.
This study produces, develops, and examines the potential of new practical workshop techniques within an original framework of intercultural dialogue, ‘Intercultural
Choreographic Dialogue’ (ICD), to establish an ethically responsive praxis of interaction between people in culturally diverse contexts.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
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Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Creative and Performing Arts
Depositing User:	Matthew Adams
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2023 14:51
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2023 14:51
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3981

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