Re-thinking the collective and the community in interculturality

We are currently living through times of multiple crises. Whether that be the crisis of knowledge due to the permeation of Artificial Intelligence technologies in society, the on-going ecological crisis in terms of the destruction of the environment, notwithstanding the human crisis, the proliferation of wars, conflicts and genocide across the world. Whether conceptualised as multi-crisis, polycrisis or permacrisis – we can no longer look away from the development of simultaneous yet interconnected crises across society.

This in-conversation with discussion problematises the role of Interculturality in the age of multiple crises. In engaging with the politics of Interculturality we focus on the collective and community as a critical intervention for redressing both scholarship on Interculturality and multiple crises alike.

This event will be particularly useful to interculturalists, decolonial scholars, applied linguists, creative practitioners and curious minds.

Intercultural creativity: Exploring the potential offered by intercultural creativity as praxis

This event is part of the International Centre for Intercultural Studies’ 2026 seminar series for UCL’s bicentennary. In this series, we invite a number of leading academics, working across the fields of intercultural communication and creative arts, to share their work. 

The UCL200 special series aligns with the bicentennial theme of ‘culture, creativity and difference’. Through the intercultural concepts explored in this series, we set out to cultivate the sense and stance of a ‘shared humanity’ so definitive of the UCL community.

Related links

• International Centre for Intercultural Studies
• Department of Culture, Communication and Media

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Sam Robinson for UCL.