Fran Martin
Honorary Research Fellow
Phone: +44 (0)1392 724770
Address: Graduate School of Education
University of Exeter
St Luke's Campus
Heavitree Road
Exeter EX1 2LU
Phone: +44 (0)1392 724770
Address: Graduate School of Education
University of Exeter
St Luke's Campus
Heavitree Road
Exeter EX1 2LU
less
InterestsView All (13)
Uploads
Papers by Fran Martin
Across Europe education systems are experiencing increased numbers of migrants, immigrants and refugees in their classrooms. There is increasing emphasis on the idea interculturalism, yet there is little evidence that this will hold any more success than multiculturalism in terms of social cohesion. The aim of this theoretical paper is to explore the idea of interculturalism from the perspectives of two alternative onto-epistemological traditions, object-based and relational, each of which construct cultural and linguistic diversity in a different way. An object-based logic has its roots in colonialism and constructs cultural and linguistic diversity in a way that is binary, hierarchical and ultimately Othering of difference. A relational logic has its roots in Southern, Diasporic and Indigenous communities and constructs cultural and linguistic diversity in a way that dialogically engages with difference. We propose a pluriversal, plurilingual approach to critical interculturality as a way forward for decolonising classroom relations and we consider the implications of this for language education.