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1、JournalofCurriculumTheorizing,Spring2006HongyuWang111SpeakingasanAlien:IsaCurriculuminaThirdSpacePossible?HongyuWangOklahomaStateUniversityAsaninternationalperson,everytimeIfilloutanyofficialform,Iamremindedofmystatus:analien.Studyingandteachinginaforeigncountryasan
2、alien,Ipositionmyselfin“athirdspace”(Wang,2004)whichembracescontradictions,ambiguity,and“aporia”(Derrida,1993)toaddressthecomplicatedissueofidentityacrosstheconflictingdoublesofcultureandgendersothatnewsubjectivitiescanbegenerated.Ifcacophonyinthecurriculumfield(Mar
3、shall,etal.,2000),Iwouldargue,isnotleadingtofragmenteddisarraybutmovingtowardsashiftingrealminwhichimaginationandinspirationcanbesparked,canwegesturetowardsconflictingdirectionstocultivatethebirthofnewtheoriesandperspectives?Beinganalienintermsofcurriculumidentities
4、andpersonalidentitypointsmetowardsanewspacebeyondunity,dichotomy,orseparation.Suchanewspace,whichIwouldliketoterma“third”space,iswhatIamgoingtodiscussinthisessayfromtheidentityoftheteacherespeciallyindealingwithdiversityissues.Walkingintotheuniversityclassroomteachi
5、ngmulticulturaleducation,Ithoughtthatasapersonneitherwhitenorblack,notevenanAmerican,Imightbeabletohaveathirdspacebeyondthedichotomyofblack/whitetoteachcritically.Myillusionwasbrokenontheveryfirstdayofmyclass.Athirdspacecannotbeassumed;itmustbecreated.FormeasaChines
6、ewomanwhoteachesinanAmericaneducationalfield,theverystatusasanalieninmultiplesensesopensupacomplexsiteonwhichImusttrytodigtunnelsinordertocomeoutreachingnewgrounds.Suchisalsothechallengetoeducatorswhoaresituatedinmultipleworldsofboththemselvesandtheirstudentsinagene
7、ralsense.Totakethischallenge,Iamgoingtoelaborateonthepossibilityofgeneratingacurriculuminathirdspacewhichsignalsmutualtransformationandcreation.112SpeakingasanAlienOntheMarginofTwoCultures:CanIRefuseToBeAmericanized?Werenotallhometownsforeigntownsatthebeginning?Isth
8、eso-calledhometownactuallythelastplacewhereourancestorsstoppedintheirwanderingjourney?(MingYang,quotedinYu,1992,p.4)Icontendthatencounters
