MA MA Intercultural Practices

We select applicants according to potential and current ability in the following areas as evidenced through the CV and personal statement: 

• Prior experience and achievement;
• Creative practice evident through documentation in the portfolio; 
• Capacity for independence in learning;  
• Awareness of cultural and social contexts of relevance to the candidate and their practice;
• Appropriate communication skills and a preparedness to support others in the learning community; 
• Experience of working with digital software for writing, image-making, and communication. 

Selection is based on evidence demonstrated through a CV, a personal statement (letter of application) and an edited online portfolio. You can upload up to 10 pages or documents using Pebble Pad. This could cover between 1 and 10 examples of practice and can include written accounts as well as image, film, documentation, and audio materials.  

• Where appropriate, include short annotations and notes to give context to the work;
• If you have worked on any group projects or collaborations, you may want to explain your role; 
• In many instances, it is helpful to indicate the scale of the work and the media used. 

The personal statement should reflect on your readiness to engage with self-directed learning; that you are able to learn from experiences (trial and error), and that you are motivated to learn from others. You should briefly describe what you hope to gain from the course.

MA Intercultural Practices will support you in developing an intercultural practice to create culture-based change in roles that demand collaboration, creativity, innovation, learning, and knowledge of human behaviour and organisation across contexts. Depending on the expertise our graduates cultivate through the course, they work as intercultural artists, content creators, consultants, curators, designers, educators, entrepreneurs, facilitators, organisers, performers, researchers, trend forecasters and development workers in NGOs and government. Through MA Intercultural Practices, you will recognise and resource your sensibility as a creative agent as you embrace lifelong and lifewide learning as the lifeblood of your practice.

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The course is structured in three sections. Units 1, 2 and 3 challenge you to initiate critical discoveries for yourself, deconstruct existing interpretation and explore ethics from applied perspectives. Unit 4 focuses on reflection and reflective encounters that supports the consolidation of your intercultural learning to date and to open this up through cultural themes, including experimentation. Unit 5 prioritises processes and strategies for sharing, impact and practice research. 

Unit 1: Curiosity and Place  

This first unit explores your locality, your background, your place and your context. Unit 1 introduces you to the course’s culture and its emphasis on interdisciplinary, intergenerational and intercultural learning. You will get to know your peers, online learning environment and institutional context. Professional development anticipates the evolving focus and specialism of your distinct approach after graduation and the contribution you want to make.  

Unit 2: Stuff of Cultures  

Unit 2 asks you to appraise your own situation as a creative and critical practitioner, maker, and producer. Using a multimodal approach, you will map your positionality and develop a stronger sense of intersectionality through and for your intercultural practice. You will also exchange material with peers and work with this to create something new: an intercultural mixed form. This production invites you to negotiate culture, context and meaning. This unit promotes a sense of mutual empathy and curiosity. You will deepen your intercultural understanding by sharing the co-ordinates of your own culture(s) and working with the culture(s) of others. 

Unit 3: Consideration and Collaboration