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• Marrying a Korean? Before you sign that marriage certificate…

  
  Buhay sa Korea — Authority: 121
  Before finally deciding to marry my husband, I took the time to research about what life would be for me in his country. I didn’t really have a concrete idea on what life as a “foreign” married woman in Korea would be like since information on the net was rather scarce during that time. (And [...]Related posts: ...
  2 days ago

• Indian Wedding Story – Part Seven

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 117
  This is Part Seven - the last of a continuing series on my Indian wedding adventure. If you’re new to Gori Girl, try checking out Part One , where the story starts. When we left off (oh so long ago) on the story of Aditya’s and my Hindu wedding in Part Six , I mentioned we had just finished performing the ...
  3 days ago

• Unconscious Bias #44 Revealed: Skinny, White, Beautiful Blondes, aka “Shiksas”

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
      Let me clarify two things upfront, before explaining my most recent revelation of unconscious bias: 1) Self-revelation of an unconscious bias is the best way to address it and overcome it. It’s like the old AA adage. You have to acknowledge there’s a problem first. 2) I was about to defend my use of the ...
  6 days ago

• The Best Cultural Resource You Have

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 117
  Photo Credit: by ϟnapshot 19   If there is ONE piece of advice I could give to intercultural couples with questions and concerns – only one – it would be to Ask Your Partner!   It seems like such a simple thing. If you have a question about your significant other’s culture, religion, traditions, or ...
  1 week ago

• complete this sentence

  
  Lavender Lily — Authority: 116
  "Thanksgiving Dinner just wouldnt be Thanksgiving Dinner without __________________." So, yeah, I already have my menu pretty well planned out, but I want to make sure Im not missing anything. We have a friend coming over, and hes bringing his Japanese girlfriend with him - he wants her to experience a "real ...
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• Intercultural Theology: Pluralist Relativism or Democratic Asolutism?

  
  King's Evangelical Divinity School Blog — Authority: 113
  Several weeks back I asked for definitions of intercultural theology from both postmodern and Christian perspectives, offering a guest blog post for the best answer in 200 words or less. There were no takers (!) so I thought I’d better wrap up this one so we can move on. Here are my 200 words on the topic. ...
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• My Cross-Cultural Kissing Habits May Be Getting Me in Trouble

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
    I went to a going away party for a long time colleague last night, and ran into a young man I had worked with on art installations at Chicago’s airports more than 10 years ago.  I was happy to see that his business was still thriving (I was possibly even patronizing, since I am older and he had to be in ...
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• Cultural Generalizations and Stereotypes, Beware

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
   I’ve been following Cindy King both on the internet and on Twitter.  She’s an International Sales Expert, but also an amazing connector of all things interntional and intercultural.  In the past I’ve referenced websites like culturecrossing.net , which aim to provide a quick “How To” guide to ...
  1 week ago

• When in Rome, Do As the Romans Do… Sometimes

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 117
  Photo Credit: wili_hybrid Most of my American friends live in horror of being that American tourist when traveling abroad. We’ve all heard the horror stories of the rude American traveler who behaved in a completely culturally insensitive way while traveling, working, or living abroad. The person who tromps ...
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• intercultural

  
  http://the160acrewoods.com — Authority: 125
  Intercultural Marriages.  Do you consider yourself in one.  My husband and I are.  We may have similar skin tones, but that has little to do with our different backgrounds.  He is Dutch and I am a mishmash of Canadian heritages that have caused us some extreme upheaval throughout our 17 years together.  .  How ...
  2 weeks ago

• Learning from Hofstede: Postscript

  
  The Grey Chronicles — Authority: 424
  For the past five days, «The Grey Chronicles» presented a series of posts tackling Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions of the Philippines in relation to ASEAN5 , BRIC , East Asia , the top five OFW destinations and the top host countries of permanent Filipino immigrants .
  2 weeks ago

• c-e-o Networking and Diversity Workshop: Conscious vs Sub-conscious Review

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
  The short version of this post is a summary of the workshop I presented today at the C-E-O conference for collegiate entrepreneurs in Chicago.   One person who arrived at the end had asked if there was anywhere to capture the information in the 50 minute workshop.  So, here is the “objective” short version: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shenandoah

  
  Evenshine's Weblog — Authority: 117
  Why does it amaze me that things like this  still happen? We’re supposed to be so enlightened, ushered in to a new age of racial friendship by President McNobelPrize, the deeply-rooted problems of this country solved miraculously over a Bud. And yet. And yet. I have a son. He’s mixed. He’s not remotely ...
  2 weeks ago

• Twinkies, White Castle and Chocolate Chip Cookies…now that’s American

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
    True American experience for international visitors?  How about White Castle…  This blurb on Brandfreak about endearing images of Twinkies in popular media reminded me of past attempts to showcase our culture to international visitors.  For David from Paris, we spent the week trying to find the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pakistani, Belgian bag UN prize for promoting Gandhian ideals

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  United Nations, Oct 21 (IANS) A Belgian human rights defender and a Pakistani philanthropist have been awarded a prestigious United Nations prize that draws its inspiration from the life of Mahatma Gandhi for their work in promoting tolerance and non-violence.François Houtart of Belgium and Abdul Sattar Edhi of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tuesday’s Hot Links

  
  Hollywire.com — Authority: 631
  Joss Whedon, Britney Spears, Timbaland and More in Todays Hot Links!
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• What is Yours Will Come to You, If you Articulate it First

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
  In the past three days, direct to my in box, without having to lift a finger, I’ve received info about an amazing symposium on Stereotypes of Women in the Middle East , info on a workshop for Cultural Competency Facilitation Skills , a note from a friend in St. Louis re-connecting me to a mutual friend in Chicago ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Office Diwali Celebration

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 117
  Photo Credit: Abhinaba Ah, Diwali. Festival of lights. A celebration of good triumphing over evil. A time to bemuse your boss and win free dessert from your local Indian buffet. …right? As I’ve mentioned previously, I happen to work in a very diverse office – and with a recent switch in teams, I now report ...
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• Learning from Hofstede

  
  The Grey Chronicles — Authority: 424
  Geert Hofstede is the pioneer of culture studies in business and organizations. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Delft as well as obtained a cum laude Doctorate in Social Psychology at the University of Groningen. From 1965 to 1971 he founded and managed the ...
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• Guinea is not New Guinea is not Papua New Guinea, or 6 Ways to Learn about Another Culture

  
  Intercultural Talk — Authority: 118
   There are many reasons to learn about other cultures.  While some may be ‘cramming’ to prepare for a business trip to China next week, I was thinking more about an interest in learning about another culture in general.  Granted in today’s fast-paced purpose driven business world where meaning is communicated ...
  2 weeks ago

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