Posted in Authors (Other), Change, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Identity, Riveting Expat Reads, Writing, tagged Anne P. Copeland, change, cultural adjustments, cultural dimensions, cultural sensitivity, cultural transitions, culture shock, expat transitions, identity, In Their Own Voice: Intercultural Meaning in Everyday Stories, Marissa Lombardi, The Interchange Institute, writing on April 18, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Earlier this year I read what I can only describe as an incredibly uplifting book, but I am only now getting around to sharing it with you. Shame on me, because it is the kind of informative, thought-provoking book that stays on your mind long after you read it. Its name? In Their Own Voice: […]
Posted in Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, September 11th, tagged cultural sensitivity, David James Smith, September 11th, suicide, terrorism, The Sunday Times on September 4, 2011 | 30 Comments »
I’m not sure which is worse: one of Britain’s largest newspapers sending a culturally insensitive diminutive to cover a highly emotional story, or the fact that the publisher and editors of said newsrag believed the story had merit in the first place. Let me be perfectly clear upfront. Both as a writer and someone who […]
Posted in Dutch Life, Expat Life, Light Bulb Moments, Netherlands, Travel, tagged cultural sensitivity, Dutch, German on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Standing in line at Centraal Station in Den Haag, waiting to buy tickets for a train trip to Belgium.Nederlanders queuing up patiently. Woman decides standing in line somehow doesn’t apply to her, so she goes up to the teller at the closed window and peppers her with questions while the poor teller tries to count […]
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