Life capital within everyday life : a dialogue for Intercultural Communication research

Located within the sociolinguistics of capitalism, this paper brings together an adaptation and extension of Pierre Bourdieu's notion of capital and how this has been integrated within ecological approaches to language education research with Henri Lefebvre's notion of everyday life. Specifically, we problematise the ways in which forces of political economy mediate social relations regarding Intercultural Communication phenomena. We argue for an approach to Intercultural Communication research that considers the epistemic to be constantly metamorphosing in relation to people, structures, and systems. In doing so, we suggest moving beyond epistemological and ontological dissonances towards a more multi-layered vision of Interculturality.