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The 21st International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)
The 21st International Conference of the International
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Call for Submissions
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Conference Theme: “Cultur
Conference Time: July 15-1
Conference Venue: The Hon
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Guidelines for Submissions
Categories: Abstract, panel proposals, and workshop proposals may be accepted.
Categories: Abstract, panel proposals, and workshop proposals may be accepted.
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Abstract, 150-250 words in English, including positions, affiliations, email addresses and mailing
addresses for all authors.
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Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme may be submitted. All panel proposals should
provide a 100-word rationale and a 100-200 word abstract of each panelist's paper; include
affiliation and email addresses for each panelist.
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Workshop proposals relevant to the conference theme may be submitted. Proposals should be 3-5
pages in length, single spaced.
Deadline: Please submit abstracts by January 11, 2015, and panel/workshop proposals and roundtable discussion sessions by February 1, 2015.
Submission to: iaics-cafic.2015@polyu.edu.hk
Conference Working Languages: English and Chinese
Conference host: Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
Conference website: http://www.cbs.polyu.edu.hk/2015iaics_cafic/; http://www.uri.edu/iaics/
Sample Abstract
The Development and Validation of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale
Guo-Ming Chen, Ph.D. Department of Communication Studies University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881, USA Email: gmchen@uri.edu
The present study developed and assessed reliability and validity of a new instrument, the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). Based on a review of the literature, 44 items thought to be important for intercultural sensitivity were generated for the purpose of analyses in this study. A sample of 414 college students rated these items and generated a 24-item final version of the instrument which contains five factors. An assessment of concurrent validity from 162 participants indicated that the ISS was significantly correlated with other related scales, including interaction attentiveness, impression rewarding, self-esteem, self-monitoring, and perspective taking. In addition, the predicted validity test from 174 participants showed that individuals with high ISS scores also scored high in intercultural effectiveness and intercultural communication attitude scales. Potential limitations and future direction for the study in this line of research were discussed as well.
State Arts Council Announces New Art on Display at T.F. Green Airport Gallery
State Arts Council Announces New Art on Display at T.F. Green Airport Gallery
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that a new art exhibition, entitled THE GREATER WHOLE, will be held from September 12, 2014 through January 2, 2015 at GREEN SPACE, an art gallery at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick that presents the work of contemporary Rhode Island artists.
The exhibition presents works by Ben Watkins, Ben Blanc and Troy West. Watkins and Blanc present their works in multiples or assemblages to create a larger whole, while West presents a body of work which collectively forms a pictorial history. The ancient quote by Aristotle, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”, is particularly apt in reference to the works by these three artists.
Much like a parade of scientific specimens, Ben Watkins’ installation Time Line features multiple small reliefs arranged off of a center axis. Each relief depicts a single form or line, executed in pristine white plaster; the absence of color allows each form to take center stage. Displayed collectively, the work becomes encyclopedic, showcasing the possibilities of sculptural relief. Among other honors, Watkins is the 2015 recipient the RISCA Fellowship in three-dimensional art.
Ben Blanc’s sculptural works use the repetition of shape to create new experiences. His grouping, Graphite Pendant Lights creates three different variations simply by rotating one shape. In his freestanding sculpture Cloud, individual translucent forms are combined to create a collected mass of shape and color. Blanc is a visiting faculty member in furniture design at RISD, and has exhibited his sculptural and functional objects both nationally and internationally.
Troy West has had a lifelong fascination with the abandoned mill buildings of New England. Executed exclusively on site, each individual drawing has a passionate, obsessive quality. Exhibited as a group, the work documents a part of New England history; A record of each site individually, as well as the bygone economy they represent. As an architect, artist and sculptor, West has exhibited widely and received numerous accolades in a career spanning over 50 years.
The artists were selected for exhibition by an accomplished panel: Sam Duket, artist and former GREEN SPACE exhibitor; Ellen McBreen, art historian and professor at Wheaton College and Victoria Lichtendorf, Director of Education at Storm King Art Center.
GREEN SPACE, a partnership between the Rhode Island Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, promotes outstanding work by artists living and working in Rhode Island. The gallery presents art to an ever-changing audience of local, national and international travelers. GREEN SPACE is located in the airport terminal where the skywalk meets the main building. Art is exhibited on both levels of the terminal.
About RISCA:
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts is a state agency supported by appropriations from the Rhode Island General Assembly and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. RISCA provides grants, technical assistance and staff support to arts organizations and artists, schools, community centers, social service organizations and local governments to bring the arts into the lives of Rhode Islanders.
About RIAC:
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation operates T.F. Green Airport and the five general aviation airports in Rhode Island. A long-time supporter of public art in Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation has worked with the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts on a number of public art commissions.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
羅德島州初選 馮偉杰大勝10% 將代表共和黨爭州長
羅德島州的初選結果，讓華人社區大感振奮。該州有史以來首名參選州長職位的華人馮偉杰(Allan Fung)，九日晚順利成為共和黨的參選代表，向羅州州長大位再邁進一步。
羅德島州報章指出，在共和黨部分的羅德島州州長選舉中，馮偉杰一直處於守勢，但最終順利贏得選戰，打敗了擁有企業，創辦了羅州溫和黨（Moderate
Party），2010年曾經參選州長的軟體工程師布羅克（Ken
Block）。
根據羅德島州政府網站，馮偉杰和布羅克的得票差距高達10%，馮偉杰的得票率為55%，共得17011票，布羅克得13932票。馮偉杰可說贏得十分漂亮。
現年44歲的馮偉杰已連任三屆克蘭斯頓（Cranston）市長，有著把該市預算轉虧為盈，創造了逾千個工作機會的政績。十一月四日，他將和在民主黨初選中脫穎而出的羅州現任財政廳廳長雷萌朵（Gina Raimondo）競爭。
九日晚，馮偉杰在皇冠廣場（Crown
Plaza）酒店發表贏得初選講話時，重申他的參選目標是要重振羅州經濟。他說只有經由教育和創造工作機會，才能振興羅德島州的大環境，把年輕人留在羅州。
馮偉杰強調，所有的州長參選人，不論是民主黨或共和黨，其中包括他的高中同學，普欲敦斯（Providence）是市長塔維若斯（Angel Taveras），都有心想要改善羅州的經濟，就業環境。
馮偉杰在克蘭斯頓市的得票率，高逾75%，在普欲敦斯市的得票率也高達61%。在沃維克（Warwick）市才贏得幅度小些，51%。
在參選政見上，馮偉杰提出的改善經濟主要方案是減稅二億元，包括把羅州的銷售稅從7%降到6.25%，和麻州一樣，以期羅德島州在吸引企業入駐上更有競爭力。他還打算把企業稅逐漸降到5%，把房產稅的門檻提高到五百二十萬元。
為了弭平減稅造成的州政府收入減少，他打算把州政府的開支漲幅維持在2%左右，把州政府的人員規模減少5%，並擺脫因為38遊戲工作室的失敗，得付給投資者的一千二百五十萬元等等。
馮偉杰在初選前，爭取到一系列的背書支持，包括兩名共和黨籍的麻州前任州長，朗尼（Mitt Romney），威爾德（William Weld），以及至少一名羅州前州長艾蒙德（Lincoln Almond）。
民調老手費萊明（Joseph Fleming）表示，馮偉杰能贏得初選，和他能更廣泛的接觸到選民有關。
雖然美國的選舉，似乎一直被金錢左右，但馮偉杰和麻州總檢察官奚莉（Murau
Healey）一樣，都只籌得比較少的競選經費，卻都贏了初選。
在馮偉杰的這場代表共和黨選戰中，布羅克放了七十萬元進自己的競選戶口，馮偉杰只籌到了四十五萬元。
在羅德島州的所有州長候選人中，民主黨籍的雷萌朵是超級籌款者，手邊的競選經費一度高達約二百萬元。熟悉羅德島州選情的人都說，馮偉杰要入主有“小白宮”之稱的羅德島州州政府大樓，恐怕還得找到更多金援，才撐得住選戰。
在羅德島州今年的選戰中，還有一名年輕共和黨籍亞裔參選，布朗大學醫學院畢業，曾獲提名羅州年度教師的越南裔Stanford
Tran，參選第一區的聯邦眾議員。他爭取到2404票，得票率27.7%，輸給得了6282票的Cormick Brendan Lynch。
在羅德島州的州長參選人中，現年32歲的培爾（H. Claiborne Pell），因妻子是著名的華裔溜冰皇后關穎珊，他本人又能說流利中文，在華人社區中廣受歡迎，不過他到底太年輕，政界經歷不足，一如外界預料的敗給雷萌朵。
圖片說明：
羅德島華人協會的葉超（右起），黃樺，吳子平，陳任卓（左一）等人九日晚都出席慶功會，恭喜馮偉杰（右三）順利贏得初選。（圖由吳子平提供）
Stan Tran受近年的亞裔參政風氣鼓勵，今年參選聯邦眾議員。
曾任欖城安良工商會會長的鄺英偉（右一）透露，當年美國徵兵，要不是培爾（H. Claiborne Pell）（右三）的祖父一通電話，他很可能被派往越南戰場，落為炮灰。他至今都還記得這一恩情，希望找機會報答。圖中右二為關穎珊，左三為陳任卓。（菊子攝，檔案照片）
羅德島功夫團舞獅歡迎基金會主席朱珍妮
Dr. Jane Chu, new Chairwoman of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), visited made her first visit to Rhode Island on August 18. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June as the 11th chair of the NEA.
Dr. Chu is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Rhode Island Kung Fu Club welcomed her and paid respects to her Chinese heritage with a lion dance at one of her multiple stops in RI.
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