Going Performative in Intercultural Education

John Crutchfield is a theatre artist and lecturer in the Department of Didactics, Institute for English Language and Literature, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.Manfred Schewe is Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the founding editor of SCENARIO (http://scenario.ucc.ie), a bilingual Online Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research.

• John Crutchfield and Manfred Schewe: IntroductionI: First Impressions1. Magdalena Haftner and Alexander Riedmüller: The Intercultural Surprise – Teaching Improvisational Theatre in Different Cultural ContextsII: Focus on Schools (Immigrant/Refugee Children)2. Katja Frimberger: The Ethics of Performative Approaches in Intercultural Education3. Evi Kompiadou, Antonis Lenakakis and Roula Tsokalidou: Diadrasis – An Interactive Project on Language Teaching to Immigrant Families in a Greek School4. Joëlle Aden: Developing Empathy through Theatre – A Transcultural Perspective in Second Language EducationIII: Focus on Teacher Training5. Micha Fleiner: Interculturality in Foreign Language Teacher Training – Performing Arts Projects across National, Language and Cultural Borders6. Almut Küppers: Exploring Diversity through Drama Education – English-Turkish Perspectives on National German Stereotypes in Foreign Language Teacher Training7. John Crutchfield and Michaela Sambanis: Staging Otherness – Three New Empirical Studies in Dramapädagogik with Relevance for Intercultural Learning in the Foreign Language ClassroomIV: Focus on Specific Performative Approaches: Process Drama and Playback Theatre8. Julia Rothwell: Using Process Drama to Engage Beginner Learners in Intercultural Language Learning9. Erika Piazzoli: Intercultural/Dramatic Tension and the Nature of Intercultural EngagementV: Focus on Performance and Biography10. Daniel Feldhendler: Enacting Life: Dialogue and Mediation in Cross Cultural Contexts11. Jane Arnfield: Suitcase of Survival – Performance, Biography and Intercultural EducationVI: Performative Approaches to Intercultural Education – A Culture-Specific Perspective12. Eucharia Donnery: The Intercultural Journey – Drama-Based Practitioners in JFL in North America, and JSL and EFL in Japan

This is a thought-provoking collection that provides a series of rich insights into the way intercultural education is enhanced by performative approaches. It makes a significant contribution to the field. The variety of perspectives from different countries and contexts, and the open, enquiring tone means that the book itself embodies some of the key principles of interculturality.