Category: Reflections
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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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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,…
