ABSTRACT

Is it possible for young people to develop intercultural understanding through an ocean-crossing sailing voyage? What would happen to intercultural communication in a tall-ship space? This article unpacks the process of interculturality construction and participants’ identity negotiation within an ocean-sailing setting. It applies an analytical tool of intersubjectivity and seeks to relate interculturality to experiential learning theory. It draws upon a mini ethnographic study that collected data during a sailing voyage across the North Sea. The finding reveals six intersubjective factors that influence the process of interculturality co-construction. The article suggests that sail-training, as an outdoor medium of experiential learning, has the potential to stimulate participants to develop an analytical vision towards the self, the other and specific interactive dynamics.

摘要

年轻人是否可以通过一次跨洋航行来培养跨文化理解？高层空间中的跨文化交流会发生什么？本文揭示了跨文化建构的过程和参与者在远洋航行环境中的身份协商。它应用主体间性的分析工具，并试图将跨文化性与体验式学习理论联系起来。它借鉴了一项小型民族志研究，该研究在一次横跨北海的航行中收集了数据。该发现揭示了影响跨文化共建过程的六个主体间因素。这篇文章表明，帆船训练作为一种户外体验式学习媒介，有可能刺激参与者发展对自我的分析视野，