Giuliana Ferri
Biographic Data
| ID | 4083251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giuliana Ferri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giuliana |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferri |
| SIGNATURE | FERRI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4843-3273 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Language, culture, and AI
AI and the (im)possibility of intercultural dialogue
In this paper we conceptualise AI as belonging to a continuum of technological progress that we trace from the mechanical reproduction of the work of art progressing to the pervasiveness of media in mediating and alienating our relationship with the world within a capitalist world system. In doing so, we situate the development of AI within broader social and historical processes which recognise the ways AI has developed as a product of capitalis…
Navigating gender and language
This paper explores the intersection of language and gender within a cross-institutional project in which future language teachers and students of applied linguistics collaboratively investigated educational practices in diverse contexts. The eight-month project in the UK and Switzerland examined how gender is addressed in and beyond the classroom. Qualitative data were collected through four recorded virtual reading sessions, two school visits, …
Exploring AI for intercultural communication
AI is not new. What is new, however, is the speed and depth of its expansion in almost every aspect of our lives. This discussion forum is dedicated to exploring new frontiers and agendas for language and intercultural communication research. In this concluding piece, we invite the contributors to share insights on five key questions: their experiences (Question 1), the challenges and opportunities that we face (Question 2), the strengths and ski…
Artificial intelligence and depth ontology
Despite increasing concerns over the use of AI in surveillance, privacy, public health, climate change, global migration and warfare, the implications of its use in the field of intercultural communication are still not clearly defined. This paper critically examines the contemporary emergence of AI through the lens of a critical realist depth ontology to argue that AI, with its unending interplay of signs and symbols, is the ultimate simulacrum.…
The danger of a single story’
This article employs Bakhtinian dialogism to create reflexive narratives that illustrate identity formation in the context of migration. Starting from the assumption that engaging dialogically with stories is a powerful tool to resist one-dimensional narratives, in this study, we engage dialogically with the writing of Italian author Igiaba Scego. Considering the inherent dialogism of texts, we aim to encourage the active reading of narrative thr…
Guest editorial
Exploring internationalisation and EDI
Purpose In this concluding piece, we created an open forum and invited contributors to share insights on two key questions, the first relating to their experiences of internationalisation and the second dedicated to the most pressing issues in the field. Through these inquiries, we aimed to provide a platform for contributors to further elaborate on their own voices and experiences in the field. Design/methodology/approach XXX. Findings XXX. Rese…
Student perceptions of diverse accents of English in a multilingual London post-1992 university
Previous research in language attitudes has focused primarily on the attitudes of international students toward different accents of English, the attitudes of home or domestic students in the UK remain still under researched. However, the higher education sector in England is not homogenous, with the two-tier system between research-intensive universities and teaching intensive, or post-1992 universities. There is a lack of understanding of the l…
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house
The issue of representation has polarised public discourse and in recent years the decolonisation of research methodologies has entered the field of interculturality. However, universalistic discourses of dialogue and tolerance can be harnessed to silence certain voices by construing them as ‘other'. With this paper I confront this conceptual knot of representation and I recognise the role of epistemic violence in speaking for ‘the other’. I empl…
Exploring the language ideology of nativeness in narrative accounts of English second language users in Montreal
The current study qualitatively examines 23 interviews with English second language users focusing on their lived experiences of communicating in the context of multicultural and multilingual interactions in Montreal. The interpretative phenomenological analysis of data reveals two superordinate themes: the idealized native speaker of English and ambivalent attitudes toward linguistic diversity which uncover the contested and shifting nature of l…
Difference, becoming and rhizomatic subjectivities beyond ‘otherness’. A posthuman framework for intercultural communication
The recent turn in intercultural studies demonstrates an increasing concern with contingency, precarity and fractures over the search for reliable indicators of competence and measurable outcomes. In order to harness this potential emerging in the intercultural field, I aim to engage theoretically with the notion of otherness from a posthumanist perspective. Employing the notions of difference and becoming through biomythography and the ‘fusion o…
The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca
The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca." Language and Intercultural Communication, 17(2), pp. 244–245
Ethical communication and intercultural responsibility
The ethical dimension of dialogue represents a major concern in the context of current research in intercultural responsibility. In this paper, I discuss the modalities in which the notion of competence is used to conceptualise responsibility and the relationship between self and other in intercultural research, in order to critique the Cartesian presuppositions of intercultural communication theory. I argue that models of competence and responsi…
Ethical communication and intercultural responsibility
The ethical dimension of dialogue represents a major concern in the context of current research in intercultural responsibility. In this paper, I discuss the modalities in which the notion of competence is used to conceptualise responsibility and the relationship between self and other in intercultural research, in order to critique the Cartesian presuppositions of intercultural communication theory. I argue that models of competence and responsi…
Difference, becoming and rhizomatic subjectivities beyond ‘otherness’. A posthuman framework for intercultural communication
The recent turn in intercultural studies demonstrates an increasing concern with contingency, precarity and fractures over the search for reliable indicators of competence and measurable outcomes. In order to harness this potential emerging in the intercultural field, I aim to engage theoretically with the notion of otherness from a posthumanist perspective. Employing the notions of difference and becoming through biomythography and the ‘fusion o…
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house
The issue of representation has polarised public discourse and in recent years the decolonisation of research methodologies has entered the field of interculturality. However, universalistic discourses of dialogue and tolerance can be harnessed to silence certain voices by construing them as ‘other'. With this paper I confront this conceptual knot of representation and I recognise the role of epistemic violence in speaking for ‘the other’. I empl…
Ethical communication and intercultural responsibility
The ethical dimension of dialogue represents a major concern in the context of current research in intercultural responsibility. In this paper, I discuss the modalities in which the notion of competence is used to conceptualise responsibility and the relationship between self and other in intercultural research, in order to critique the Cartesian presuppositions of intercultural communication theory. I argue that models of competence and responsi…
The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca
The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a Lingua Franca." Language and Intercultural Communication, 17(2), pp. 244–245
Difference, becoming and rhizomatic subjectivities beyond ‘otherness’. A posthuman framework for intercultural communication
The recent turn in intercultural studies demonstrates an increasing concern with contingency, precarity and fractures over the search for reliable indicators of competence and measurable outcomes. In order to harness this potential emerging in the intercultural field, I aim to engage theoretically with the notion of otherness from a posthumanist perspective. Employing the notions of difference and becoming through biomythography and the ‘fusion o…
Exploring the language ideology of nativeness in narrative accounts of English second language users in Montreal
The current study qualitatively examines 23 interviews with English second language users focusing on their lived experiences of communicating in the context of multicultural and multilingual interactions in Montreal. The interpretative phenomenological analysis of data reveals two superordinate themes: the idealized native speaker of English and ambivalent attitudes toward linguistic diversity which uncover the contested and shifting nature of l…
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house
The issue of representation has polarised public discourse and in recent years the decolonisation of research methodologies has entered the field of interculturality. However, universalistic discourses of dialogue and tolerance can be harnessed to silence certain voices by construing them as ‘other'. With this paper I confront this conceptual knot of representation and I recognise the role of epistemic violence in speaking for ‘the other’. I empl…
Student perceptions of diverse accents of English in a multilingual London post-1992 university
Previous research in language attitudes has focused primarily on the attitudes of international students toward different accents of English, the attitudes of home or domestic students in the UK remain still under researched. However, the higher education sector in England is not homogenous, with the two-tier system between research-intensive universities and teaching intensive, or post-1992 universities. There is a lack of understanding of the l…
Exploring AI for intercultural communication
AI is not new. What is new, however, is the speed and depth of its expansion in almost every aspect of our lives. This discussion forum is dedicated to exploring new frontiers and agendas for language and intercultural communication research. In this concluding piece, we invite the contributors to share insights on five key questions: their experiences (Question 1), the challenges and opportunities that we face (Question 2), the strengths and ski…
Artificial intelligence and depth ontology
Despite increasing concerns over the use of AI in surveillance, privacy, public health, climate change, global migration and warfare, the implications of its use in the field of intercultural communication are still not clearly defined. This paper critically examines the contemporary emergence of AI through the lens of a critical realist depth ontology to argue that AI, with its unending interplay of signs and symbols, is the ultimate simulacrum.…
The danger of a single story’
This article employs Bakhtinian dialogism to create reflexive narratives that illustrate identity formation in the context of migration. Starting from the assumption that engaging dialogically with stories is a powerful tool to resist one-dimensional narratives, in this study, we engage dialogically with the writing of Italian author Igiaba Scego. Considering the inherent dialogism of texts, we aim to encourage the active reading of narrative thr…
Guest editorial
Exploring internationalisation and EDI
Purpose In this concluding piece, we created an open forum and invited contributors to share insights on two key questions, the first relating to their experiences of internationalisation and the second dedicated to the most pressing issues in the field. Through these inquiries, we aimed to provide a platform for contributors to further elaborate on their own voices and experiences in the field. Design/methodology/approach XXX. Findings XXX. Rese…
Language, culture, and AI
AI and the (im)possibility of intercultural dialogue
In this paper we conceptualise AI as belonging to a continuum of technological progress that we trace from the mechanical reproduction of the work of art progressing to the pervasiveness of media in mediating and alienating our relationship with the world within a capitalist world system. In doing so, we situate the development of AI within broader social and historical processes which recognise the ways AI has developed as a product of capitalis…
Navigating gender and language
This paper explores the intersection of language and gender within a cross-institutional project in which future language teachers and students of applied linguistics collaboratively investigated educational practices in diverse contexts. The eight-month project in the UK and Switzerland examined how gender is addressed in and beyond the classroom. Qualitative data were collected through four recorded virtual reading sessions, two school visits, …
Sociology (9 works) · Intercultural communication (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Intercultural relations (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works)