Outreach Events
Fall 2008 Professional Development Events for K-12 Educators:
September 13: Teaching Mexico through Art (Workshop)
September 13: Second Language Teachers Symposium
September 20: The Anatomy of Sorrow: The Art of Daniel Martin Diaz (Exhibit)
October 10-11: Developing and Assessing Intercultural Competence Conference
October TBA: Politics and Elections in Latin America and the Middle East Workshop
Tucson Museum of Art
Mexican Photographers Today: Facing a World in Transition Selected Works from the Margolis Foundation
Exhibit Open June 7, 2008 - September 28, 2008
K-12 Educator Workshop, September 13th, 9:30-12:30
Addressing the role of the socially-committed documentary tradition in photography, this exhibition features works by Manuel Alvarez Bravo, its greatest exponent, as well as those of Rodrigo Moya, and Nacho Lopez. The broad range of subjects—rites of passage and religious performances, struggles in the belly of a megalopolis, cultural displacement and incongruous realities—are addressed from highly personal points of view and styles. The resulting images are at times provoking and disturbing; poetically evocative and beautiful—but always strongly engaging.
For the past twenty two years, the College of Humanities has sponsored the Second Language Teachers' Symposium. Teachers from all over Arizona have attended the symposium. Click here for registration and more information.
Public Celebration and Culture Craft Saturday, Saturday, Sept 20, 2008 1–4 p.m.
In celebration of Daniel Martin Diaz’ solo exhibition, Anatomy of Sorrow, ASM presents family activities, an exhibit tour and book signing. Free and open to all.
Nationally recognized for an archaic style redolent of centuries past, the work of Tucson artist Daniel Martin Diaz is based upon his deep interest in early devotional art. His works are noted for rich visual complexity punctuated with mystical arcane iconography.
University of Arizona
Organized by the
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)
and Cosponsored by the
Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
October 10-11, 2008
Professional Development for K-16 Educators
Featured speakers: Janet Bennett, Intercultural Communication Institute, Executive Director,
Benjamin Broome, Arizona State University, Darla Deardorff, Duke University, Kamakshi Murti, Middlebury College, Gail Robinson, San Diego State University, Renate Schulz, University of Arizona, Christian Sinclair, University of Arizona
Intercultural competence is [the ability] “to see relationships between different cultures - both internal and external to a society - and to mediate, that is interpret each in terms of the other, either for themselves or for other people.” It also encompasses the ability to critically or analytically understand that one’s “own and other cultures’” perspective is culturally determined rather than natural.
- Michael Byram, Professor, University of Durham, England
A simple definition [of intercultural competence], might be: the abilities to perform effectively and appropriately with members of another language-culture background on their terms.
- Alvino E. Fantini, Ph.D., School for International Training, Vermont
Intercultural competence might also be defined as knowledge of others; knowledge of self; skills to interpret and relate; skills to discover and/or to interact; valuing others’ values, beliefs, and behaviors; and relativizing one’s self.
- Darla Deardorff, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators, Duke University, North Carolina
Although the term is increasingly used today, there is by no means consensus about what it is. So what is Intercultural Competence? How can we help students develop it? How do we assess it? These are the many questions that we will try to answer during this conference.
Participants will examine how to develop and assess Intercultural Competence within four disciplines (Foreign Languages, Social Studies, Language Arts, and Fine Arts) with a focus on two regional areas: Latin America and the Middle East. The schedule culminates in discipline-based workshops in which participants can begin to create curriculum units and lesson plans using the materials presented in the keynote and plenary talks.
Registration information:
Cost: $60 regular; $30 students. Early bird registration by September 5th: $50/$20
Scholarships available (PDF)
Credit: K-12 educators receive Arizona Continuing Education credit