Diffracting Transcultural Entanglements and Teacher Education

Abstract

In this intra-view three women of color scholars attempt to diffract transcultural entanglements and teacher education through the framework of transculturality. We have attempted to model our discussion after the work of Michalinos Zembylas and his colleagues who explore education, posthumanism, and colonialism through a reflective discussion. Our intra-view is enacted through silent discussions in which we all independently write about specific events and respond to each other’s comments and by engaging in live Zoom discussions. We share our transcripts in this paper. As educators we recognize the need to learn “how to live with cultural difference in a world in which mobilities are both valued and also characterized by their uneven and unequal consequences” (Rizvi, Beech 2017, p. 126). We explore transcultural events that have been discussed through online news outlets and social media and discuss the significance of those events and how to use transculturality in meaingful ways. We do not make any ‘conclusions’. Because we find the concept of transculturality so generative, we offer readers a snapshot of our diffractive conversations. There is significantly more to our discussion than we are sharing, however the materiality of the print world that we take up space enforces us to share only a portion of our ponderings.