1. 1 Framing my Name: extending educational boundaries Dr Margaret Kumar Office.com Clip Art Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013

2. 2 Outline Problematising the concept of names Emerging issues The Book Qian Insights Gained Future Directions

3. Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 3 Problematising the concept of names Behavioural patterns Silence – Quyen - Quin. Physical reaction – cringing Felt offended – Kala -Kaala Insult - Jayawardena - Jaya Confusion- local students; academics, international students

4. Emerging issues Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 Office.com Clip Art4 Diversity, Dilemmas and anomalies, ‘Not knowing’, Cultural sensitivity, Gap

5. Framing my name: extending educational boundaries The ‘backstory’ to names and the naming process in Australia. Names, the envelope of destiny in the Grassfields of Cameroon. Self-authorship, the disturbing identity of the author. Locating boundaries, different rhythms to the same Name. A window onto Chinese culture and society. So what is your real name? Immortality is in your name. Names, an Australian’s personal perspective. Names, an address without a postcode. Establishing the space of naming. Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 Office.com Clip Art5

6. Insights Gained Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 Office.com Clip Art6

7. Insights Gained Ontology Continuum Agency Linguistic Markers Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 Office.com Clip Art7

8. Two Examples In the name Kanamoori Veer Venkat Lakshmi Narasimha Rao: kanamoori is the individual’s father’s name: veer venkat, indicates that he is linked with the deity: Lakshmi. Narasimha Rao is the individual’s name. In the name Teresa Monica Suman Wati Singh, Teresa is a Catholic baptismal name, Monica is a Catholic confirmation name, Suman is a Hindu birth name, Wati denotes gender indicating that this person is a female, Singh is a Kshatriya caste group as well as a Sikh clan name following a patrilineal heritage. Thus this name indicates a melding of what is referred to as eastern and western cultures, a Hindu culture and a history of postcolonial influences. Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 8

9. Future directions Scaffolding Empowering the student Discussion and Questions Inter-cultural seminar -mk Nov 2013 Office.com Clip Art 9