Curiously Intercultural Archives
“Parental involvement (PI) can vary across cultures, and when immigrant parents move to a new country, their PI perspectives may differ from those of local teachers. My research aims to address the problem of teachers’ lack of awareness regarding different PI perspectives and its impact on the partnership between teachers and immigrant parents in educating elementary school-aged children."
Welcome to Lifestyle Expeditions
You are cordially invited to join the Lifestyle Expeditions to experience Food Cultures around the world, read Travel Notes of fellow colleagues and Wellbeing advice of specialists in the context of intercultural communication. Please, buckle up your seatbelts and off we go to our first expedition …
Coffee with MG: Practising Diversity and Inclusion Across the Ocean
“I always tend to see more similarities than differences. I always tend to see more things that we share than our contradictions”
“Find the commonalities and emphasize them. Resolve conflicts not by force but by mutual acceptance”
Dr. Herbert Traxl, Former Austrian Ambassador
The Deep Culture Podcast
As we continue introducing podcasts from the intercultural communications field, here is the Deep Culture Podcast that "explores the psychological impact of intercultural experiences, informed by the sciences of brain, culture and mind."
Why transcultural approaches are indispensable in addressing mental health: a focus on Sámi Indigenous People
Which definition would you give the word transculturalism? To me, transculturalism is not just a concept that describes a mix of multiple cultures existing together. Transculturalism is the will to understand the other, finding common values, and seeing the fruits of intercultural connection––to a further extent, to see each other’s difficulties, pain, and trauma.
“How can I help you today?”
Human: Hello, who are you? AI: I am an AI created by OpenAI. How can I help you today? Human: I was wondering how AI can improve intercultural training. ...
The podcast series “Between the East and the West”
The series showcases the journey of people who have straddled continents in their work and...
Coffee With MG… Digital, Diverse and Divided
You have not heard from me in a while for good reasons and one of them was that I was busy reading. Generally, I would have coffee or tea with a chosen guest to bring you the long and short of it. This time, I ended up having gallons of tea with a book written by our last chosen guest, David Livermore.
What gives you hope?
And while the warmth on our skin invites us to relax, an alarm clock is ticking in the back of our mind. Something is not right, something should be done about it, and we just don’t know what. So what gives you hope when it comes to climate change?
Coffee with MG and David Livermore
Meet my charming, affable guest of the month- the founder of the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan, and a visiting research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He consults with global organizations around the world, including the Harvard Business School, Google, Coca-Cola, the US Department of Defense, BMW, Qatar Airways, the United Nations, and dozens more.
Introducing our new hot topic: Climate Change & Migration
What are the intercultural impacts of migration due to climate change? Will there be a need for increased intercultural awareness? What role does interculturalism play in the climate debate? These are some of the questions that will be explored in our content during the upcoming months.
Cultural Trauma and Identity: How A Cruel Past Can Generate Ukrainian Strength
Former states under Soviet rule experienced cruelties that present themselves again in Ukraine - however, the past might serve as a strong connector between present communities. This post explores the collective trauma experienced by Czechs in the Communist era and how past cultural trauma can pulse through today’s communities by means of cultural identity.
Coffee with MG: diversity and inclusion with Deepa Purushothaman
Her views were quite different from those of some people I know in the USA, where, irrespective of race, religion, colour or gender, they have scaled ladders of success as defined by society. Therefore, it was important to meet her…to get a different voice on Diversity and Inclusion at my table.
Happenings in Malta
Does interculturalism need to be replaced, reformed or reshaped to match the challenges this world faces? The...
Touching Touchy Untouchables – Dealing with the Topics that Interculturalists Tend to Avoid
Touching Touchy Untouchables – Dealing with the Topics that Interculturalists Tend to Avoid Annabelle Bee Baumann and...