Resumen de Two stories, one vision: A plea for an ecological turn in intercultural communication

S. Lily Mendoza, Etsuko Kinefuchi

• This paper calls for a “fifth moment” in the field of intercultural communication that re-examines modern culture’s values, beliefs, and assumptions about humanbeingin the world and the role of such in fomenting today’s ongoing planetary-wide ecological crises. To conduct this re-examination, we turn toethnoautobiography, a framework rooted in story and in the indigenous paradigm. We raise deep questions regarding the default assumptions of a discipline ensconced almost exclusively within the monocultural logic of modern culture and civilization. We end by posing key problematics that we deem crucial for renewing the discipline toward contemporary relevance, ecological awareness, and responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]