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This chapter reports on the LIDHUM institutional partnership project between a Swiss university and three Eastern and Southeastern European partner universities. The aim of the project was to improve our understanding of the role of writing at the respective universities and introduce new ways of teaching and learning writing. This was accomplished by such activities as developing new writing courses, creating writing center conceptions, initiating writing research, networking within the local universities, presenting joint research, and publishing research papers. Beyond the project-related activities, the program involved all participants in a personal learning experience in which intercultural learning was of equal importance to the training units offered and joint research activities. This chapter discusses what the process of transition means and what it takes to set out on a personal, intercultural, and organizational transformation process.
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Kruse, O., Chitez, M., Bekar, M., Doroholschi, C.I., Yakhontova, T. (2018). Studying and Developing Local Writing Cultures: An Institutional Partnership Project Supporting Transition in Eastern Europe’s Higher Education. In: Chitez, M., Doroholschi, C., Kruse, O., Salski, Ł., Tucan, D. (eds) University Writing in Central and Eastern Europe: Tradition, Transition, and Innovation. Multilingual Education, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95198-0_3
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