Reconfiguring Intercultural Communication Education through the dialogical relationship of <i>Istina</i> (Truth) and <i>Pravda</i> (Truth in Justice)

This conceptual paper argues for the reconfiguring of Intercultural Communication Education (ICE) through a dialogical engagement with Istina (Truth) and Pravda (Truth in Justice). The that field ICE is predominantly characterised by normative conceptualisations truth (e.g., fixed or ‘objective’ interpretations language culture) hyper-relativist post-truth non-essentialist approaches to ICE). paper, therefore, addresses following research question: To what extent can approach address redress epistemic power imbalances ICE? Through engaging Russian Mikhail Bakhtin non-normative proposed. conceptually moving beyond binary dialogism. serves at an important juncture amidst calls violence imbalances. proposed aims arguing form ethics.