Postcolonial theory and cross-culturalism : collaborative ‘signposts’ of discursive practices Kumar, Margaret 2000, Postcolonial theory and cross-culturalism : collaborative ‘signposts’ of discursive practices, Journal of educational enquiry, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 82-92. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Postcolonial theory and cross-culturalism : collaborative ‘signposts’ of discursive practices Author(s) Kumar, Margaret Journal name Journal of educational enquiry Volume number 1 Issue number 2 Start page 82 End page 92 Total pages 11 Publisher University of South Australia Place of publication Adelaide, South Australia Publication date 2000 ISSN 1444-5530 Keyword(s) postcolonial theory cross-culturalism Summary This paper is a forerunner of a detailed piece of work. It explores the notions of postcolonial theory and cross-culturalism, and whether they can be regarded as collaborative ‘signposts’ of discursive practices. The aim of this paper is to move beyond the contemporary constructs of race, culture and identification and into the arena of hybridity and multiplicity and the constituting and reconstituting of self. In this discussion, I will first outline the notions of postcolonial theory and cross-culturalism, and then explore focal points of collaborative discursive practices. In doing so, I will discuss perceptions of language and discourse and their relationships to postcolonial theory and cross-culturalism. In the context of this topic, I shall use Australia as an example of a diverse community and English as the language being discussed under the term ‘discursive practices’. Language eng Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30061103 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Institute of Koorie Education NIKERI Institute Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 27 Feb 2014, 13:02:11 EST Mon, 03 Mar 2014, 12:01:04 EST Mon, 03 Mar 2014, 12:01:53 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 09:16:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 9 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 380 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 27 Feb 2014, 13:02:02 EST by Mitchell Young