Thanks to Gillian once again for sending along the following NPR article (that's the National Public Radio for those non-Americans).
Talk about a cross-cultural moment or two! This group of Maasai warriors from Tanzania, well-trained by chasing after cattle 14-15 hours a day, flew to London to run a marathon. Enjoy this account of their pre-departure cross-cultural training in British ways.
a domani,
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- Elizabeth Abbot
- In Rome for over half my life, I have adapted, but continue to grow and strive to thrive. It is a process, but it can be fun. As a Coach and Cross-Cultural Trainer, I help international professionals, their spouses and their organizations move from survive to thrive. Living in a different cultural environment can be a catalyst for personal and professional progress
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A few books to share on Italy and Italian Ways
- Saving Rome, Megan K. Williams (short stories)
- Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy, Wallis Wilde-Menozzi
- La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind, Bebbe Severgnini
- An Italian Education, Tim Parks
- Italian Neighbors, Tim Parks
- The Italians, Luigi Barzini
- The Dark Heart of Italy, Tobias Jones
- A Concise History of Italy, Christopher Duggan
- Italian Cultural Studies: an introduction, Editors: David Forgacs and Robert Lumley
- Italy and Its Discontents: 1980-2001, Paul Ginsborg
- A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics 1943-1988, Paul Ginsborg
- The New Italians, Charles Richards
A few books to share on crossing into other cultures
- Homeward Bound, Robin Pascoe
- Studying Abroad / Learning Abroad. J. Daniel Hess
- Cultural Intelligence: Individual Interactions Across Cultures, P. Christopher Earley and Soon Ang
- CQ: Developing Cultural Intelligence at Work, P. Christopher Earley and Soon Ang and Joo-Send Tan
- Cultural Intelligence: People Skills for Global Business, David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson
- Communicating Across Cultures, Stella Ting-Tooney
- American Cultural Patterns: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Edward C. Stewart and Milton J. Bennett
- Figuring Foreigners Out, Craig Storti
- Cross-Cultural Dialogues, Craig Storti
- Riding the Waves of Culture, Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner
3 comments:
OT so glad to find out such an interesting weblog!
I read that you renovated an apartment in Trento last year. Do you live in Trento?
Would be very interesting meeting you.
I currently live in Boston MA, but you can tell since the really fist line that I'm Italian.
I spent four years in Holland with my family, then an year and half in Trento and now one year in Boston.
My seven years old daughter spent several "cross-cultural moments" and so did we.
Our next place to lie our hat would be Trento again, whic is not our native region so we feel a bit foreigners.
I'd like to share some thoughts about not loosing the invaluable contact with the English speaking community as Italians-sort-of-expats in our own country.
A presto!
elena-comidademama
Ciao!
I do not live in Trento, but my son does, so I go there every month or two for a few days and love it. You are right, it does feel foreign to an Italian (and a bit like home to me). I am originally from Connecticut with lots of friends in the Boston area, even ones that spent a year in Verona. Hope you are enjoying your American adventure and tell your daughter that I would love to here her favorite "cross-cultural moment" story. Keep in touch when you are back in Italy.
Thank you for your kind reply, I'm sure we'll see each other in fall 2008
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