by :: Cate
I wanted to let you know about two new opportunities to get involved in things intercultural.
The first one is a project that two of my awesome intercultural colleagues (one in North Carolina, the other in California) have started. They’re looking for innovative intercultural activities and ways of conceiving of culture and cultural concepts. Got an idea to contribute? Read more about their project below.
The second one is the annual SIETAR-USA intercultural conference. Last year I attended both the global conference in Granada, Spain and the national one in Raleigh, North Carolina. This year I’m helping organize the 2010 conference in Spokane, Washington.
So, it’s from personal experience that I recommend participating in the SIETAR-USA conference if you’re interested in learning more about the intercultural field and meeting wonderfully friendly and interesting people from all over the world. You can read more about the conference below.
1. Call for Proposals –
Innovative Approaches to Training and Talking about Culture
Submit for consideration your latest and greatest idea for working with culture! You can submit your ideas in one of two formats:
Training Activities.
Icebreakers, exercises and activities, simulations, case studies, role plays, games, or other types of creative training activities that you have created or discovered and that are highly effective.
Creative Alternatives for Culture Concepts.
New models, analogies, pictures, processes, proverbs, quotes, cartoons, or other interesting and visual approaches to helping people understand culture concepts.
>> Interested? Read more about this project – and how to submit your innovative idea – here.
2. SIETAR-USA Conference 2010 –
Living and Working in an Intercultural World
SIETAR-USA = Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, U.S.A.
We seek to inspire the exploration of new solutions, new ways of thinking and new ways of taking action in a world where the many facets of diversity are encountered each day and where any hope for living peacefully lies in living constructively with difference.
What has been learned through intercultural research, through our experience with training and education, and by applying the theories and concepts that support intercultural work? What do we know about living and working in diverse societies, across generations as well as other differences, in places of violence and hatred, under conditions of deprivation and exploitation, when dealing with political strife? What can we learn from the stories we share?
There is much to learn and there is much to create as we face the reality of living and working in an intercultural world and as we learn to be part of or engage with the global generation.
The conference will be held in Spokane, Washington this year.
>> Interested? Read more about the conference – and how to submit a session proposal – here.
If you have any questions about either of these opportuntities, feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email! cate [@] culturallyteaching [dot] com
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