Promoting Cross-Cultural Exchanges: Executive Director Scott Sugiura

Some of the most eye-opening experiences in life come from immersing oneself in another culture and having long-held beliefs challenged. Such exposure to other cultures promotes cross-cultural understanding and increases cultural literacy. The nonprofit organization VIA (Volunteers in Asia) has facilitated such cultural experiences [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 14:27:09
Blog: The CulturalConnect Mag...

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Cross cultural communication

Can you deal with other business cultures without knowing their language(s)? Yes, and no ... Cross-Cultural Competence and 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, and Geert Hofstede, check out his site ... Dutch people speaking 5 or more languages. About cross cultural communication, which has also [more...]

Date: 2007-06-28 11:03:38
Blog: Internations Musings: I...

Cross-cultural communication

Cross cultural communication is made to sound so complex you'd swear it meant dealing with aliens. The entire process is incredibly simple. When you get some of the 'right' attitude about dealing [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 12:47:10
Blog: TechnO wOrld InC - The ...

Wasai Taiwan wants your stories

John at The Real Taiwan sends along this plea from local students who want your story and are willing to pay cold hard cash to get it: ... and we need your help. Currently, we are working on a project that is chronicling cross-cultural experiences ... . In order to achieve our goal, we need more Expats to write about their cross-cultural experiences [more...]

Date: 2007-09-26 14:46:18
Blog: The View from Taiwan...

VIFF Review: Mischief Night

VIFF Review: Mischief Night Posted by Jark Filed in Film October 3, 2007 Penny Woolcock's ( ... , and cultural ignorance among the young and old, there is a reconciliation taking place under that very fire. This reconciliation is cross-cultural, cross-generations, and political: Muslims integrate [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 19:58:07
Blog: Beyond Robson | Vancouv...

“Culture Packs” from immigrants

“Culture Packs” from immigrants October 8th, 2007 Cultural Awareness ... Britain’s ethnic communities. Read more: Packs  Posted in Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News ... Cultural “briefing packs” giving tips on acceptable behaviour will be handed out to immigrants [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 16:46:40
Blog: Intercultural Communica...

Bovey Lee

Hanging Gown Clams Hollow Synchronicity   Born 1969, the artist lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA, United States Artist Statement: ... cultures and arts. Rich in cross-cultural references, my works depict personal narratives, current ... practiced by generations of village women, rapid modernization and urbanization in China threatens [more...]

Date: 2007-08-12 04:34:53
Blog: Documenta 2007 News...

Common Ground 2008: Call for Entry - REMINDER

The Common Ground Collection of Gifted Digital Artists 2008 Theme Future Earth: Our Home in Peril? ... for compelling imagery that creatively communicates this cross cultural imperative to treat our home – ... take many forms. But for the purposes of this exercise in cross cultural reflection [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 09:47:41
Blog: Digital Art Show...

How we are literally breeding youth crime

Is aspirin the answer to youth crime? Back in the early 1960s, the saying went that aspirin was the best contraceptive: “Held between the knees, ... by teenagers, frequently directed at those of their own age. In the November 2004 edition of Cross-Cultural ... Single Parenthood As a Predictor of Cross-National Variation in Violent Crime’. In the [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 15:52:40
Blog: The Ugley Vicar...

Concerned Anthropologists or Scared Anthropologists?

Two petitions; one “actual”, one in sardonic rebuttal; are making the rounds concerning anthropology and the military. We report, you decide ... a more secure world, protects US soldiers on the battlefield, or promotes cross-cultural ... and intelligence agencies and military contractors have identified “cultural knowledge,” “ethnographic intelligence [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 22:45:15
Blog: SWJ Blog...

Concerned Anthropologists or Scared Anthropologists?

Two petitions; one “actual”, one in sardonic rebuttal; are making the rounds concerning anthropology and the military. We report, you decide ... a more secure world, protects US soldiers on the battlefield, or promotes cross-cultural ... and intelligence agencies and military contractors have identified “cultural knowledge,” “ethnographic intelligence [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 16:12:33
Blog: SWJ Blog...

When Anthropologists Go to War (Against the Military)

A newly formed ad-hoc group called The Network of Concerned Anthropologists is hoping to convince their colleagues to sign a pledge of " ... US soldiers on the battlefield, or promotes cross-cultural understanding, at base it contributes instead ... contractors have identified “cultural knowledge,” “ethnographic intelligence,” and “human terrain mapping” [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 20:14:41
Blog: Danger Room - Wired Blo...

Human Spirit and the Social World

"He bore these ordeals, suffered these calamities and difficulties in order that a manifestation of selflessness and service might ... a wonderful and humorous presentation on "Cross Cultural Paradigms of Health". Unlike the usual rhetoric we hear about "cultural competence" he directly questioned whether Western paradigms of health [more...]

Date: 2007-09-25 20:19:06
Blog: Bahá’í Thought and Blac...

A Reflection on 2 Years in Ukraine

I keep thinking about how I need to start packing, to start sorting through the binders of lesson plans and classroom materials, ... in class I was teaching about cross-cultural communication. We discussed different aspects of culture [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 11:23:14
Blog: Karen and Larry's Peace...

The Social Web

Two valuable links here to posts on the 'social web': Firstly - A History of the Social Web - a draft chapter from Trebor Scholz: This is a cross-cultural, critical history of social life on the Internet. It captures technical, cultural, and political events that influenced the evolution of computer-assisted person-to-person [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 08:55:31
Blog: NEW MOBILITIES: Ce-more...

The Kingdom * * * Quacks

The Kingdom * * * Quacks The Kingdom offers one of first blockbuster movies in the “USA vs Terrorists” genre that will  predictably become a ... thoughtful cross cultural tensions that drove the film.      Hollywood always struggles so much ...  an exception to that or the rule, rather it’s a good action film wrapped in an OK cultural clashing [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 18:34:03
Blog: Joe Duck...

Trebor Scholz’s History of the Social Web

After my post about Danah Boyd’s exploration of the history of social network sites, Trebor Scholz has developed his own. It is pretty comprehensive: This is a cross-cultural, critical history of social life on the Internet. It captures technical, cultural, and political events that influenced the evolution [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 06:10:57
Blog: Cross-Media + Transmedi...

ANOTHER DAY IN LONDON Three goals today, all achieved: Tate Modern - everyone is talking about Columbian artist Doris Salcedo's "installation" ... . Done. Charing Cross Road Bookshops - there are a dozen or mosr bookshops cluetered about Charing Cross ... in the cultural life of this great city. Been than over 100 years, claims to have 7 miles of [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 15:25:05
Blog: Beattie's Book Blog...

Greetings from Chiang Mai, Thailand!

Greetings from Chiang Mai, Thailand! We are a cohort of 10 administrators from California who decided to take a risk and look at ... and their work that each of us feels about our own work. All this was communicated even with the cross cultural differences and language barrier. In one school, we saw needy children who live in [more...]

Date: 2007-07-23 07:16:36
Blog: Dangerously Irrelevant...

Oversight corrected

I have been remiss in failing to mention NRO’s Star Trek weekend. Lileks is involved, although I must say I can’t agree with his unspoken thesis ... . Hie thee thither, and enjoy. Update! Ummm. Jedi? Light sabers? The FORCE?!? What is this, an attempt at cross-cultural pollination, a reaching out, an ill-advised nod to *gulp* DIVERSITY? All those ... [more...]

Date: 2007-09-30 16:50:25
Blog: Cold Fury...

Outsourced

Apparently when John Jeffcoat first plugged his screenplay to the Hollywood heavyweights they loved the script, ... . Outsourced is a romantic, cross-cultural comedy about Todd Anderson. Todd is a manager at a Seattle-based ... of India, and the cultural faux pas of many Americans traveling to such different and exotic cultures [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 04:05:48
Blog: Past The Popcorn...

Conference Introduction

Conference Introduction Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself to all of you that will be attending the NetSquared Conference! ... non-profit organization and aim to increase youth leadership, cross-cultural dialogue, and undertstanding. Through this we hope that we will increase awareness about key global issues and encourage [more...]

Date: 2007-05-23 18:15:50
Blog: Blogs | NetSquared, a p...

The Google Connection

I am in Hong Kong this week, my first visit since I was here with a PBS camera crew a decade ago for the handover when the former Royal Crown Colony ... to get through this trip. This kind of cross-cultural experience is exactly what lies in store ... was given back to China. I remember the surreal experience of watching Prince Charles sail away [more...]

Date: 2007-06-22 05:16:16
Blog: I, Cringely | PBS...

Christine Lu, Executive Producer and Show Host

The host, Christine Lu began her own learning curve in doing business in China 11 years ago as a very driven Boston University undergrad student who ... of creativity and cross cultural insight since 1996, Christine’s entrepreneurial career in China has included designing 2 lines of women’s ready to wear clothing, co-founding a dot-com startup, traini [more...]

Date: 2007-05-22 07:00:37
Blog: Doing Business In China...

The Hollow Men

After reading what Cura had to say about the afterlife, I was googling around on the subject and came across a poem by TS Eliot ... I cringed when I saw that this poem I've never read has had an influence so wide it's touched cultural ... in his inability to cross into Hell itself or to even beg redemption, unable to speak with God. Dancing "round [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 20:08:27
Blog: Perspective...

Come Hang Out With Me, This Sat. at the New York-Tokyo Music Festival!

This Saturday, I’m really looking forward to hanging out in Central Park at the New York-Tokyo Music Festival because for ... P. Coldchain, Pharoahe Monch, etc. Also, a Nike SB/ZooYork skatepipe, and more all-around cross-cultural enlightenment : ) I also heard a rumor that there will be a surprise guest showin’ love [more...]

Date: 2007-09-18 09:09:03
Blog: MissInfo.tv BLOG...

AIGA Next Design-based K-12 learning

AIGA NEXT focus session Meredith Davis Meeting Standards through Design in K-12 Education. Doreen Nelson, NYTImes 30 most innovator educators ... that we understand design. Does not include design thinking. Design can help (from Nigel Cross, designerly ... cultural values because it does not have British example. Use design scenarios and role playing [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 22:26:45
Blog: Dori's Moblog...

Our Fearless Leaders - Technologically Incompetent?

Nothing brings President Bush’s references to “the Google” (and his apparent lack of technology literacy) ... , and our students’ heightened need for increased collaboration, global awareness, and social & cross-cultural skills. Essentially, I framed most of my points around the framework created [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 17:39:38
Blog: Drape's Takes...

The Theological and Cultural Cross Pollination of Southern Seminary

While some Southern Baptists are worried about Mohler’s commitment to Reformed theology, ... , staff and faculty at University of Louisville. The office also offers education and awareness on LGBT ... specifically — to provide for the cross-pollination of ideas between partnered schools in the Lousville area [more...]

Date: 2007-09-09 06:08:52
Blog: SBCOutpost - Southern ...

Ethnic consultation in Melbourne……

Vision: That the greatest number of ethnic churches and Christians in Melbourne be enlisted, equipped, ... will be on October 24th 2007 (Wednesday), 10 am to 3.00 pm. at the Cross-culture Church of Christ ... us. We need to hear what God is telling you about the ethnic and multi-cultural Church in Melbourne [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 13:58:39
Blog: The OIKOS Australia Off...

China Law Trends: The Radio Interview

China Law Trends: The Radio Interview Posted by Dan Harris on June 1, 2007 at 11:47 PM Discussion: Comments (2) : TrackBacks (0) ... blend of creativity and cross cultural insight since 1996, Christine’s entrepreneurial career in China ... : Linking Blogs : Add to del.icio.us China Law Blog's own, Steve Dickinson, was recently [more...]

Date: 2007-06-02 17:18:36
Blog: China Law Blog: a blog ...

PG Presents: Inside Pac-Man!

Have you ever walked past an arcade game and wondered, what is inside that monolith of gaming history, ... franchises. First published by Namco in Japan as ‘Puckman’ and later released by Midway ... as the major symbol of the 1980’s arcade culture in America and crossed over to become one of the better known [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 06:02:48
Blog: Pink Godzilla...

Adelaide Public Forum, Monitoring the Federal Government Action in the NT

Women for Wik. Monitoring the Federal Action in the Northern Territory [ ... cross-cultural awareness, communication and engagement. Like the many Australians who walked the Sydney ... of Cultural Heritage, Social Justice and Ethical Globalisation - A World Archaeological Congress [more...]

Date: 2007-09-25 13:47:00
Blog: Transient Languages &am...

Understanding by Design: Gaining Clarity on Our Goals

I had a great deal of difficulty with this chapter ... . I had not yet graduated (I needed to complete a cross-cultural class and a 20th century literature ... , and competence at core performance tasks — are falling through the cracks of lessons, units, and courses [more...]

Date: 2007-06-15 22:09:07
Blog: huffenglish.com...

It’s The Culture, Not the System

What Shapes American Health Care Values Q: You’ve now submitted 214 consecutive daily blogs on medical innovationblog.blogspot ... m a cultural anthropologist at heart. But I appreciate how important the physician culture ... controlling forces want doctors to cross the t’s and dot the i’s of practice management, serve as quasi [more...]

Date: 2007-07-13 12:55:59
Blog: medinnovationblog...

Cycling: Reviewing the Soul of Cycling

Let's face it, the great American cycling novel has yet to be written (not lately, anyway) ... duffers and podium-minded zealots. Cycling provides a balanced cross-section of cycling's cultural ... the country to raise awareness about the papilloma virus, or Lance Armstrong's latest deep [more...]

Date: 2007-06-21 19:45:35
Blog: SFist...

KOMIKON 2007

KOMIKON 2007 7 10 2007 this is just a repost from aleli’s multiply blog ... of comics – from local to international to cross-cultural, sequential to strips, amateur to professional and traditional publication to independent comics publishing. This event will raise awareness [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 11:40:56
Blog: Blasted!...

Global Creative Leadership Summit

Hey, I attended that conference last week, it was really good, and here Louise MacBain summarizes the results: ... we have developed a new globalization platform--one that is cross-disciplinary, and that takes ... cultural identity and poverty can drive the human mind to extreme thoughts and actions. The level [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 16:28:55
Blog: cnewmark...

Lanzarote Events :: WQS La Santa Surf Pro

Playa San Juan in Famara plays host to the 2007 Surfing World Qualifying Series this month. Signalling five days of high adrenaline action both on and off-shore. With a whole raft of supporting events and activities at this cross cultural event showcasing the best of contemporary surf [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 14:58:17
Blog: Lanzarote Guidebook: In...

Nice to meet you James!it

Nice to meet you James! it sounds like you wear a lot of different hats! I'm sure you'll be adding 'webcaster' to the variety of roles you mention and I also look forward to talking to you about your experience with cross-cultural education. Regards, Graham Graham [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 11:09:33
Blog: The Webcast Academy | C...

The Problem

There isn’t much wind, my friend. And when there is, you won’t find many answers blowing in it. (One of) The problem(s) ... . What if this song had the power to cross cultural, racial, economic and even (some) political divides [more...]

Date: 2007-09-26 17:16:20
Blog: Indie Bloggers - Featu...

Why do we blog?

This article of mine just got featured on Arab Comment and its sister site, I thought I’d post it here too: For many young writers, activists, ... . Blogging can be used for cross-cultural understanding and dialogue, and there are more and more pan-Arab [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 14:17:26
Blog: Mideast Youth - Thinki...

Lost In Translation

Lost In Translation October 8th, 2007 at 12:49 pm (teh internetz) Got this as a forward from my cousin and, in the interests of cross-cultural communication for my non-Australian readers, thought I would also post it here.  Translations are at the bottom [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 02:49:53
Blog: Helter Skelter...

Red Flowers for Him

The following is a piece written by a good friend of mine who is currently training native Chinese missionaries entering into missionary service to ... of training in spiritual warfare, ministry among Muslims, cross-cultural training, and the list [more...]

Date: 2007-06-06 16:01:28
Blog: Reformation Theology...

Thursday in NYC: Scent, Culture and Friends

Ahhh Thursday was another superb day in NYC. Beautiful late summer weather ... about this class - it's a cross of entertainment, cultural studies, travel talk, comparative sexual sociology and global awareness buildong. Lots of good GLBT content too. It's so cool that I want [more...]

Date: 2007-09-09 01:42:05
Blog: Thoughts and Distractio...

NYT on the culture wars and traditional literary study

Someone on my student listserv brought our attention to this article, which looks back at Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind and its offspring ... be a very fruitful conversation about colonialism and early modern cross-cultural confrontations [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 22:33:19
Blog: The Long Eighteenth...

Join the fun at UC Santa Cruz

So, I’ve been pretty remiss about blogging lately, with all the usual excuses ( ... studies, know how to program and think about programming in the context of cultural production ... tenure, of cross-appointing with any department they wish. The Computer Science department [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 02:11:48
Blog: Grand Text Auto...

Global Missions Turned Upside Down

"Home" and "Mission Field" Disappearing "The map of global Christianity that our grandparents knew has been turned upside down ... . T or F? The U.S. remains the largest single contributor of Protestant cross-cultural missionaries. True The second [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 06:15:11
Blog: C h r y s a l i s...

I've Got a Lover (Back in Japan)

I've Got a Lover (Back in Japan) Glad this week is over--productive but super-busy. I was mercifully spared any cross-cultural encounters of the variety below (sent ... of Freedom from Self-Awareness Award for this one: Nothing really to fear, it turned [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 12:10:00
Blog: The White Peril 白禍 - ...

Initiative to kill off “African time”

Initiative to kill off “African time” October 8th, 2007 ...   Posted in Intercultural & Cross-Cultural News ... s fight it,” its organizers hope to heighten awareness of how missed appointments, meetings or even [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 16:53:38
Blog: Intercultural Communica...

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