Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
The Dispositive of Intercultural Communication

The Dispositive of Intercultural Communication

Dominic Busch
Copyright: © 2021 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 2379-7363|EISSN: 2379-7355|EISBN13: 9781799862963|DOI: 10.4018/IJBIDE.2021010101
Cite Article Cite Article

MLA

Busch, Dominic. "The Dispositive of Intercultural Communication." IJBIDE vol.6, no.1 2021: pp.1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJBIDE.2021010101

APA

Busch, D. (2021). The Dispositive of Intercultural Communication. International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education (IJBIDE), 6(1), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJBIDE.2021010101

Chicago

Busch, Dominic. "The Dispositive of Intercultural Communication," International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education (IJBIDE) 6, no.1: 1-16. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJBIDE.2021010101

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite Full-Issue Download

Abstract

This article presents the concept of dispositives as it has been introduced by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The concept will be contrasted with competing approaches from discourse analysis, and it will then be explored in its potential as a basis for empirical analysis. Dispositive analyses provide insights into how discourse, power, and knowledge shape society on a very general macro-level. Instead of linguistic, textual analyses, dispositive analysis helps to re-read the emergence, the development, and, as an example here, the inner composition of academic fields. This article sketches insights from a dispositive perspective into the field of intercultural communication research that is then interpreted as maintaining the dispositive of intercultural communication even if recent debates primarily aim at transcending old cementations of the discipline. The article will close with a discussion of shortcomings of the method that culminate in the challenge of argumentative circularity.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.