Transcultural connections : Australia and China / / editors, Greg McCarthy, Youzhong Sun and Xianlin Song

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910506400403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 981-16-5028-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 pages)
• Collana: Encounters Between East and West, Intercultural Perspectives
• Disciplina: 327.51094
• Soggetti: Relacions culturals; Llibres electrònics; Xina; Austràlia; China Relations Australia; Australia Relations China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Series Preface -- About This Book -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Theorising Transcultural Connectedness in an Era of Global Uncertainty -- Theorising Transcultural Connectedness in an Era of Global Uncertainty -- Introduction -- Unfabling 'East and West' -- 'Deprovincializing Europe' -- The Transcultural Turn -- Transcultural Connectivity in Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- Cultural Engagements and Exchanges: Australia and China -- Australia-China Relations Through the Frame of Trade -- Privileging Politics -- Economics Triumphing over Politics -- Mutual Trade Dependence -- Strategic Nerves Versus Economic Realities -- The Age of COVID-19: Politics Strikes Back? -- Conclusion -- References -- Connectedness and Disconnectedness: Compartmentalisation, Media Representation, and Information Gap -- Introduction: Connectedness as Illustrated by the COVID-19 -- Disconnectedness: Information Flow, Representation and "Parallel Worlds" During COVID-19 -- Disconnectedness: Information Flow, Representation and "Parallel Worlds" During Australia's Bushfire Season 2019-2020 -- Implications: ; Mask-Wearing, Incompetent Government and the Future of Bilateral Relations -- Conclusion -- References -- Connecting Shanghai and Sydney: Mobility of People -- Introduction -- Global City Connectivity -- People Movement -- Global Competitiveness -- People Connection -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Will the Confucian Idea Tianxia Contribute to Australia-China Economic Relationship -- Introduction: Clash of Civilisations Versus Confucian Tianxia -- A Philosophical Reconstruction of Tianxia for a Peaceful World Order -- What Does Tianxia Look Like? -- Tianxia and Its Practice in Chinese Foreign Policy -- Response from Australia -- Obstacle and Prospect -- References -- Connected Through Global Education.; 'I don't Think This Can Be Done Overnight, Nor Can It Be Done in a Hurry': Multi-ideological Perspectives on Interculturality in Chinese Minzu Education -- Introduction -- Interculturality as a Complex Figure in a Carpet -- 'Can We Be Good at Interculturality?' -- Analysis -- Factors Contributing to 'being Good' (Or Not) at Interculturality -- On the Need to Develop Knowledge About Interculturality -- How to Develop Interculturality? -- Discourses of Benevolence -- Multifaceted Use of the Concept Culture -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Transcultural Education in Practice: 'Writing China in Country' -- Australian Higher Education in Global Learning -- Literature, Translation and the Transcultural -- The Value of the Experience -- In Conclusion -- References -- Chinese International Students' Experience: Integration or Inclusion? -- Introduction -- Conceptualization of Integration Model -- Unique Integration Experience of Asian International Students on Campus -- Academic Integration -- Networking -- Adequacy of Information, Resources and Opportunities -- Integration or Inclusion? -- Problematizing the Concept of 'Integration' -- Inclusion as an Alternative Framing -- Conclusion -- References -- Ethno-Racial Labels, Perceived Exclusion and Resistance: A Grounded Theory of American Migrants' Experiences of Being the Other in China -- Introduction -- Literature Review: Othering, Ethno-racial Labelling, Perceived Exclusion and Resistance -- Foreignness-focussed Labels, Foreign Other and Unnoticed Exclusion in China -- Research Method -- Participants -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Findings -- Perceived Social Exclusion Based on Other-identity -- Phenotypic Level Exclusion -- Cultural Level Exclusion -- Ideological Level Exclusion -- Strategies of Dealing with Otherness -- Avoidance -- Confrontation -- Utilization.; Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Connected Through Global Environment -- Val Plumwood and Lazozi in the Age of Anthropocene -- References -- Internationalising Ecological Civilisation Through Connectivity -- Introduction -- Bringing Together Epistemic Communities Under Eco-civ -- International Connections in Environmental Thought and The Origins of Eco-civ -- The Party-State Adopts Eco-civ -- Eco-civ as a Quantifiable Metric of Progress -- The 'Emerging Vision' of International Eco-civ -- Conclusion -- References -- The Complementarity of Civilisations? The Ideational and Material Drivers of Australia-China Relations -- The Conventional Wisdom -- Dealing with the China Challenge -- Geoeconomics Versus Geopolitics -- Living with Uncertainty -- Hope Springs… -- The Great Environmental Reset? -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Connected Through Texts and Cultural Practices -- National Extinctions: China, Australia and Narratives of Extinction -- Double Displacement: The Hunter -- Wolfology and National Character: Wolf Totem -- Conclusion: Extinction and Comparative Critique -- References -- Yiwarra Kuju-One Road: Storytelling and History Making ; in Aboriginal Art -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- References -- Analysis of the Online Discourse of "zhengnengliang" in the Representation of 2017 "Two Sessions" in China -- Introduction -- The Issue of Positive Energy -- Theoretic Framework and Analytical Method -- Findings and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Transgressive and Creative Liminal Smellscape in Brian Castro's Transnational Writing -- Liminality and Smellscape -- Shared Olifactory Memory: Transgressing Boundary and Building Intimacy -- Seductive Smellscape: Provoking Imagination and Creativity -- Conclusion -- References.