Dec 29, 2020 | Hot Topic, Practitioners
We are all anti-racist, but — how do we teach this in our classroom? by Kirsten Waechter Not only since Black Lives Matter gained momentum, interculturalists have been tackling issues of bias, prejudice, stereo types and diversity – and thus racism and...
Dec 29, 2020 | Hot Topic, Research
The Golden Rule vs the Platinum Rule – The trap of projecting similarity by David Trickey In a recent poll on LinkedIn, I asked if people agreed with the following statement: We should treat others as we ourselves would like to be treated Known as the...
Dec 29, 2020 | Practitioners
Preventing Radical Fundamentalism – Thoughts from an expert on countering violent extremism Here is an interview with the Mission Manager of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Prison under the Belgian Ministry of Justice, Selim Cherkaoui. Selim is...
Dec 29, 2020 | Community in Action
In 1963, the Gay African-American writer and social critic James Baldwin published ‘The Fire Next Time’, two long essays on American race relations. His book, in midst of the civil rights movement, created a great stir by eloquently expressing the tragic experiences...
Sep 29, 2020 | Practitioners
My first experiences with Online Teaching by Patrick Schmidt Before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out last March, I, like most facilitators, had little experience with online teaching. This is not to say we haven’t been indirectly ex posed to its potential — all...
Sep 29, 2020 | Community in Action
Anyone who has travelled to Ireland will tell you, it’s a wonderful country full of romanticism and eternal optimists. You can see it in the bright eyes and warm smiles, the love of language, learning and laughter. It’s no wonder that Ireland has become a desired...
Aug 25, 2020 | Media Views
Decoding Chinese Business Culture The hidden dilemmas of working with China by Tianwa Li Spitzenberg World Press, 192 pages It goes without saying that China has become the most dynamic country in the world and will bypass the U.S.A. in GNP by 2030...
Aug 4, 2020 | Hot Topic, Media Views
Caste – The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Random House, 447 pages Given the current focus on racism and the Black Lives Matter movement, I was invited to review a few of the latest books addressing racism and, particularly, what is...
Jun 1, 2020 | Hot Topic, Research
54Lights: Africa out of the Shadows To understand language is to understand thought. By Kondwani Mwase A seemingly inescapable shadow looms over conversations about Africa. This shadow infiltrates, informs, and influences our views of the continent and its people. It...
May 28, 2020 | Media Views
Intercultural Management in Africa: The Renaissance By Benoît Thery EMS Editions, Management & Society, 2020, ISBN 978 2-37687-354-9 Reviewed by Dr. George Simons at diversophy.com When it comes to Africa, my school geography and history classes failed me...
Nov 28, 2019 | Media Views
Emotify! The power of the human element in game-based learning, serious games and experiential education. By Michael J. Sutton and Kevin Allen, EI GAMES LLC, 1865 Daytonia Road, Miami, FL, 33141, USA ISBNs: 978-1-7046046-8-8 (paperback); 1733223401 (eBook);...
Oct 1, 2019 | Media Views
Extraordinary Experiences: Tales of Special Needs Abroad Tales from a Small Planet Book Kathi Silva (Author), Patricia Linderman Nicole Schaefer-McDaniel Francesca Kelley & Jen Dinoia (Eds). Reviewed by Dr. George Simons at diversophy.com This book is a collection...
Sep 28, 2019 | Hot Topic, Media Views
Neuroscience of Inclusion by Mary Casey & Shannon Murphy Robinson Outskirts Press, 165 pages At the end of the last SIETAR congress in Leuven, Shannon Murphy Robinson received the award as the best speaker for her presentation on neuroscience and inclusion. Her...
Sep 12, 2019 | Media Views
Cross-Cultural Management with Insights from Brain Science By Mai Nguyen-Phuong-Mai Routledge International Business Studies, 2019. ISBN: 1138304662 Reviewed by Dr. George Simons at diversophy.com Interculturalists are familiar with the range of approaches to...
Jun 28, 2019 | Community in Action
The Gestalt Approach deals with the way people perceive and react to outside stimuli. Derived from the German word “Gestalt” (shape, form), it attempts to show how we pro cess information as a holistic, meaningful phenomenon in an apparently chaotic world. The central...
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