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It’s All About You! November Edition

by Cate

It’s all about you: our readers.

No matter how passionate one is about something, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to devote ourselves to that passion as much as we would like. We’re sure you know what we mean!

The Danger of a Single Story

by Cate

Reader Lisa Velazquez mentioned the video below to me in her comment on my recent post about the Mercy Corps commercial I love. (Thanks, Lisa!)

The video, a TED talk by novelist Chimamanda Adichie, is called The Danger of a Single Story.

How You Count Cash: A Cultural Thing?

by Cate

According to this video, yes! (Hat tip @chrisguillebeau via @alanperlman)

What is Your Communication Style?

by Anamaria

Think back to the last time you were confused or a bit annoyed when talking to somebody. Was that an unpleasant experience for you because of the conversation topic or a disagreement of opinion…or was it simply because of mismatched communication styles?

A Wall, a Commercial, a Week

by Cate

Last week the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Except me.

Or so I thought.

Resource :: Anusibuno, Sasha, Cidinha & Shakeel

by Cate

by :: Cate Check out this great resource by Oxfam: Cool Planet and meet 4 kids who live in various countries around the world: :: Anusibuno – Zuo, Ghana. :: Sasha – Lekarstvennoye, Russia. :: Cidinha – Ludovico, Brazil. :: Shakeel – Hyderabad, India. Follow these students through a typical day, from waking up and going to school to playing. Learn about [...]

The Stories of Culture

by Anamaria

Culture School is in session! In this series, we take an aspect of intercultural theory and apply to daily life. Basically, our goal is to expose those cultural moonwalking bears. And because this blog is about culture and education, we consider each topic in the context of the classroom. photo by maryatexitzero by :: Anamaria [...]

Friday Foto :: Japanese School Lunch

by Cate

photo by Buck82 Photographer’s Note: I eat school lunch every day. Usually, the meals that arrive at my desk are pretty tasty. Udon, curry, ramen, etc. Today, though, it was ridiculous! I ate all of it! I could barely move the rest of the day. Note to subscribers :: If you don’t see this photo, [...]

Resource :: Absolutely Intercultural Podcasts

by Cate

by :: Cate Here’s a valuable resource in podcast form: Absolutely Intercultural. These podcasts explore intercultural aspects of human intercultural communication. The show’s hosts, Anne Fox and Dr. Laurent Borgmann, are from Denmark and Germany, respectively. They post a new podcast every second Friday. Anne and Laurent’s goal with these podcasts isn’t so much to disseminate information, but rather to start [...]