This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
Tag: cross-cultural
Butt Friction
Matako ghawi ghaleka cha ku kwenthana (Two buttocks cannot avoid friction) —Malawian Proverb Niyi Gbade and John Becker start off their article “Buttocks, Bridges, and Kola Nuts”with this Malawian proverb in the…
Quick Review: Blink
In the last week, my quality time in the car battling jeepneys and tricycles on the streets of Manila allowed me to listen to the entirety of Malcom Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking…
Nothing May Be Better Than Something
In a multi-ethnic context, “Nothing May Be Better Than Something” In a pragmatic world, this statement is anathema. But in the absence of knowing how to truly serve a different community, demographic, or…
EVADING
In my last post on “MERGING” I began sharing some insights I’ve made about my cross-cultural journey in Manila that mirror life on the roads here. But MERGING is only the beginning. The…
MERGING
MERGING. The integration of two entities. I’ve been doing a lot of MERGING lately. I currently reside in Manila and if you know anything about it, you’ve probably heard the same two…
The Rush and Good Feeling of Progress
In honor of Black History Month I’m re-posting the following blog I posted a few months ago inspired by the accounts of James Meredith breaking the color barrier at Ole Miss. __________________…
Cross-Cultural Detachment: When Majority Folks Don’t Engage
As a white advocate in an ethnic minority context, I spend a disproportionate amount of my time trying to wrap my mind around why it’s so hard to mobilize majority culture leaders…
Quick Review: Lincoln (The Movie)
After my review yesterday on the book Lincoln’s Melancholy and mentioning that I had read that prior to seeing the movie, I wanted to share some of my reflections from my experience…