Cultural cognition, effective communication, and security: Insights from intercultural trainings for law enforcement officers in Poland
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Monika Kopytowska
Monika Kopytowska is Assistant Professor at the University of Lodz, the Department of Pragmatics. Her research interests revolve around media discourse and the pragmarhetorical aspects of the mass-mediated representation of conflict, ethnicity, and religion. She has published internationally in linguistic journals and volumes (e.g. [ed.]
Contemporary Discourses of Hate and Radicalism across Space and Genres , Benjamins, 2017, with Y. Kalyango [eds.]Languages, Cultures, Media , Université Savoie Mont Blanc, with C. Karner [eds.],National Identity and Europe in Times of Crisis , Emerald, 2017, with P. Chilton [eds.]Religion, Language and Human Mind . New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). She was the coordinator of the “Open Lodz” project (grant no. POWR.03.01.00-IP.08-00-T155/18).
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Julita Woźniak
Julita Woźniak received her Ph.D. from the the University of Lodz after completing Interdisciplinary Interfaculty Doctoral Studies in the Humanities. Currently she is an academic lecturer at Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce. Her research interests focus on Critical Discourse Analysis, hate speech, and intercultural communication. She is also an intercultural trainer, global educator and active member of SIETAR Polska.
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Svetlana Kurteš
Dr Svetlana Kurteš has an extensive international experience in the area of linguistic and intercultural education, spanning over three decades. She has held academic positions at universities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She is currently affiliated with the University of Madeira, where she is engaged on an invited basis, teaching on a number of units in the area of English and Comparative Linguistics, Advanced English for Specific Purposes and Intercultural Communication. The focus of her research interests clusters around interdisciplinary approaches to communication, culture and society and issues surrounding their pedagogical applications. She regularly presents and publishes internationally.
Abstract
Economic migration, international mobility and refugee crises have brought about both risks and opportunities. Alongside the socio-economic and cultural potential to capitalize on they have generated challenges that need to be addressed. In such an increasingly globalized and diverse world, intercultural competences have become strategic resources underpinning the concept of democratic citizenship and social integration. The objectives of the present article are thus two-fold: firstly we want to explore the concept of cultural cognition and highlight the importance of intercultural and diversity awareness, and, secondly, we intend to present and discuss the results of intercultural training sessions for uniformed services conducted within the “Open Lodz” project (Otwarta Łódź POWR.03.01.00-IP.08-00-3MU/18) (2019-2022) coordinated by the University of Lodz in collaboration with the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź, the Municipal Police, the City of Lodz Office and the City Guard in Łódź. The project was aimed at enhancing foreigners’ quality of life and functioning in Poland. With this goal in view project activities, addressed at two groups of beneficiaries, namely foreign nationals and frontline workers (police, city guard officers, and municipal clerks) focused on improving communication skills (linguistic and cultural competences)
About the authors
Monika Kopytowska is Assistant Professor at the University of Lodz, the Department of Pragmatics. Her research interests revolve around media discourse and the pragmarhetorical aspects of the mass-mediated representation of conflict, ethnicity, and religion. She has published internationally in linguistic journals and volumes (e.g. [ed.] Contemporary Discourses of Hate and Radicalism across Space and Genres, Benjamins, 2017, with Y. Kalyango [eds.] Languages, Cultures, Media, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, with C. Karner [eds.], National Identity and Europe in Times of Crisis, Emerald, 2017, with P. Chilton [eds.] Religion, Language and Human Mind. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018). She was the coordinator of the “Open Lodz” project (grant no. POWR.03.01.00-IP.08-00-T155/18).
Julita Woźniak received her Ph.D. from the the University of Lodz after completing Interdisciplinary Interfaculty Doctoral Studies in the Humanities. Currently she is an academic lecturer at Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce. Her research interests focus on Critical Discourse Analysis, hate speech, and intercultural communication. She is also an intercultural trainer, global educator and active member of SIETAR Polska.
Dr Svetlana Kurteš has an extensive international experience in the area of linguistic and intercultural education, spanning over three decades. She has held academic positions at universities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She is currently affiliated with the University of Madeira, where she is engaged on an invited basis, teaching on a number of units in the area of English and Comparative Linguistics, Advanced English for Specific Purposes and Intercultural Communication. The focus of her research interests clusters around interdisciplinary approaches to communication, culture and society and issues surrounding their pedagogical applications. She regularly presents and publishes internationally.
Funding and Acknowledgements
This study is part of the „Open Lodz” project (Otwarta Łódź POWR.03.01.00-IP.08-00-3MU/18) (2019-2022) co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund as part of the Knowledge, Education, Development Operational Program, coordinated by the University of Łódź under the National Center for Research and Development in collaboration with the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź, the Municipal Police, the City of Lodz Office and the City Guard in Łódź.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Between grammar and culture: Cognitive insights into language use
- Conceptualising multiple-Marking in NZE
- Games and turns: Considering context in language use
- Conceptualization of emotions in the novel The Slynxby Tatyana Tolstaya
- Translation of Perso-Arabic loanwords from Hindi into Polish: A pilot study
- Ukraine’s Voice Makes Russia Angry; Lithuania Speaks Boldly... Constructing attitudinal stance through personification of countries
- Scare rhetoric as a device used to bolster Jewish fighting and pioneering spirit: David Ben-Gurion’s use of antithesis reference
- Cultural cognition, effective communication, and security: Insights from intercultural trainings for law enforcement officers in Poland
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Between grammar and culture: Cognitive insights into language use
- Conceptualising multiple-Marking in NZE
- Games and turns: Considering context in language use
- Conceptualization of emotions in the novel The Slynxby Tatyana Tolstaya
- Translation of Perso-Arabic loanwords from Hindi into Polish: A pilot study
- Ukraine’s Voice Makes Russia Angry; Lithuania Speaks Boldly... Constructing attitudinal stance through personification of countries
- Scare rhetoric as a device used to bolster Jewish fighting and pioneering spirit: David Ben-Gurion’s use of antithesis reference
- Cultural cognition, effective communication, and security: Insights from intercultural trainings for law enforcement officers in Poland
