Category: Introductory Seminar
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Intercultural Praxis
How does the “Intercultural Praxis” approach differ from other intercultural models or methods you’ve read about this past week, or even experienced yourself? Based on your readings of other theories these past two weeks, in what ways (if any) do you think this model may work better? What might it be missing? The intercultural praxis…
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My Carbon Footprint
My overshoot day falls on March 7th, and the calculations indicate that we would need 5.4 Earths if everyone lived like me. I suspect the primary contributor to my carbon footprint is my frequent and long-haul flights. Traveling back and forth between home and school necessitates extensive air travel, and I have yet to seriously…
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Final Reflection
on Positionality Positionality is crucial in navigating communication within intercultural settings because it is inherently subjective and dynamic, unlike identity, which tends to be more stable. For instance, I am Korean and ethnically East Asian, making me part of the racial majority in Korea. However, in the United States—particularly in settings like Wesleyan’s predominantly white…
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CGST 205
In this course, we begin our global engagement journey at Wesleyan. Students are introduced to the historic and theoretical context of intercultural competence. They apply this critically to a number of different concepts via guest speakers and readings, all the while writing reflections that can be posted on their own developing eportfolios. They engage in…
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Salta, Argentina!
I’m super excited to announce that I’ve connected with Professor Susanna (Su) Maria Company, an English Literature professor in Salta, Argentina. We will be connecting with her class in COIL fashion during the fall of 2023.
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FLTA Potluck
I attended the amazingly popular FLTA Potluck this past Wednesday during IEW. Among many others, I met an FLTA from Algeria who I got to chat with. Amira was super interesting and shared a lot about the food that she had cooked and the cultural concepts that they represented. I found it interesting that she’s…
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How do I teach “Global Engagement”?
Well, for one, I maintain a transborder network by engaging with people around the world myself and then coordinating those connections back to my course. For example, Elizabeth Jackson, who teaches Portuguese, and I are collaborating with Iracambi, a research station in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil, to connect interested students to summer internship, volunteer,…
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WING Event IEw
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