Your Children Aren’t Speaking Your Language?
Wondering why your children aren’t speaking your language? It is hard to say why one child will gladly speak a second (and third and fourth) language while another will resist it. Corey Heller, from the Multilingual Living Magazine explains us the top 10 most likely reasons. Do some of these resonate with your multilingual family’s situation! Read the article here: Top 10 Reasons Your Children Aren’t Speaking Your Language
25.05.10 | advice, bilingualism, binational families, communication, conflict, experiences, family, tips | Comments
Love through Computer-Mediated Communication
Almond Pilar N. Aguila shares with us a research about couples at the distance, their ways of communication and their perception about them. She investigates how do new media (the Internet and mobile phone) re-shape the long-distance relationships of OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) and their left-behind loved ones.
It is a very interesting paper, theoretically guided by Marshall McLuhan
and Stuart Hall, that presents three case studies – married, heterosexual and homosexual – that depict how individuals mindfully use communication technology to enact their relationships. Such interactions also entail the exchange of new ideas on gender roles, family relations, and dominant-subordinate roles that lead to cultural change. Read the complete document: Almond Aguila. Living Long-Distance Relationships through Computer-Mediated Communication
23.04.10 | economy, long distance relationship, new technologies | Comments
The Economics of Long-Distance Relationships
This paper starts by exploring some of the statistical and qualitative evidence on long-distance relationships, and then examines a few economic models of households split due to migration. Further on, David Karp, constructs a simple model of a university student choosing whether to enter a long-distance relationship or not. The author finds out that long-distance relationships tend to increase with income and preferences favouring consumption are consistent with the findings of the majority of split-household migration models, which find money is the underlying reason for a long-distance relationship occurring. When the potential financial gains from a long-distance relationship exceed the cost to the relationship, a couple will enter a long-distance relationship… Read here the complete paper: Karp, David. The Economics of Long-Distance Relationships (PDF, 151Kb)
15.04.10 | economy, long distance relationship, statistics, students | Comments
Togetherness through Virtual Worlds
Virtual worlds play a very important role in social interactions nowadays. People use these environments as a resource to meet friends and family at remote locations, in order to shorten physical distance. Until now there is not a generally accepted theory of presence, since the scientific research into this subject is considered to be in its initial stage.The present work analyzed the sense of physical presence and togetherness experienced by users of two different platforms available on the internet: iSpQ Videochat and ActiveWorlds, by interviewing them about these subjects. The answers obtained from users are quite interesting. Read complete paper: Togetherness through Virtual Worlds (PDF, 124Kb)
15.04.10 | | Comments
Liebe Grenzenlos
Wenn einem die große Liebe beim Schüleraustausch, Auslandssemester oder während des Interrail-Urlaubs begegnet, ist eine Beziehung nicht ganz so einfach. Häufig trennen einen nicht nur hunderte Kilometer, sondern auch unterschiedliche Sprachen und Kulturen. Doch Liebe überwindet ja bekanntlich alle Schwierigkeiten – oder? Für die Fokus Europa Serie “Liebe grenzenlos” hat Nicole Scherschun mit einigen binationalen Pärchen gesprochen. Hier Interviews und Audio
14.04.10 | communication, cultural shock, experiences, multicultural, students | Comments
Amores Migrantes - Día de la Mujer
Con el objetivo de conmemorar el día de la Mujer del 8 de marzo y conversar sobre estos temas, el Museu d´Història de la Immigració de Catalunya (MhiC) ha organizado la charla “Un tè i tres històries”. Cecilia Montero, antropóloga, habla del amor durante el proceso migratorio y las relaciones a distancia, de las que tienen que sobrevivir cuando la mujer emigra y su pareja se queda en el país de origen. También de las que surgen entre inmigrantes y nativos: de sus problemas, sus miedos y sus retos… Ver artículo completo: Amores Migrantes
8.03.10 | long distance relationship, press, romance, woman | Comments
Gender, Jealousy and Reason
“Please think about a romantic relationship you have had in the past, currently have, or would like to have. Imagine that you discover that your romantic partner has become interested in someone else. What would upset you more?”
This research suggests that men are specially bothered by evidence of their parter’s sexual infidelity, whereas women are troubled more by the evidence of emotional infidelity. Read Article here: Gender, Jealousy and Reason
31.08.09 | | Comments [1]
Población Extranjera empadronada en España
El total de residentes en España a 1 de enero de 2009 es de 46.661.950 habitantes, según el avance del Padrón municipal, lo que supone un aumento de 504.128 personas respecto a los datos de 1 de enero de 2008. De este total, 41.063.259 corresponden a personas de nacionalidad española y 5.598.691 son extranjeros (that´s me!), lo que representa el 12,0% del total de inscritos. Los ciudadanos de la UE-27 representan el 40,5% del total de ciudadanos extranjeros (that´s Fri!). A continuación el Cuadro Población extranjera por Países
Aunque en el cuadro no lo dice, al parecer habemos alrededor 600 ticos empadronados en Espana en este momento…
(Para acceder a los datos más actuales, ver el Instituto Nacional de Estadística)
6.06.09 | | Comments [1]
How to Tell If Your Long Distance Relationship is at Risk
Lately, I have notice a lot of frustration and indifference from close friends that are going through a Long Distance Relationship. The distance is a significant factor, but also the lack of common goals or plans for the future. It is difficult to help them or to say if it is going to work or not, it depends on their effort and priorities in life. I found this interesting questionnaire that helps to determine how difficult an LDR could be and will help pinpoint areas within the person and within the relationship that may be particularly at risk from the separation.
Read it here: The Separation Inventory
2.05.09 | | Comments
7 Tipps für Fernbeziehungspaare
Die Fernbeziehungen lassen sich überstehen – wenn man als Paar die richtigen Vehaltensstrategien anwendet. Das Workfamily Institut hat verschiedene Tipps zusammengetragen, die dabei helfen, die Distanz im Alltag zu überwinden.
Vollstandiger Artikel hier: 7 Tipps für Fernbeziehungspaare. Von: Joachim E. Lask & Bettina D. Weidenbach. WorkFamily-Institut
Neben dem Dokument, gibt es auch interessante Audiobeiträge zum Thema:
Chancen für die Liebe – Fernbeziehung, Training für die Liebe, Wie Fernbeziehungen glücken können
28.04.09 | advice, communication, long distance relationship, romance, tips | Comments [1]
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): winter depression!
It is very hard for a tropical being to live in a country with winter. So if you feel weird during the winter season, don´t get too stressed, it will hopefully go away by the spring!!
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter or, less frequently, in the summer, repeatedly, year after year. The US National Library of Medicine notes that “some people experience a serious mood change when the seasons change. They may sleep too much, have little energy, and crave sweets and starchy foods. They may also feel depressed. Though symptoms can be severe, they usually clear up.”
The condition in the summer is often referred to as Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder, and can also include heightened anxiety.
There are many different treatments for classic (winter-based) seasonal affective disorder, including light therapies with bright lights, anti-depression medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and carefully timed supplementation of the hormone melatonin.
More info: What is SAD? and Symptoms and Treatment – SAD Association
24.04.09 | | Comments
Internet-Liebe: Zur technischen Mediatisierung intimer Kommunikation
“Was ist überhaupt unter Cyber-, Online-, Netz- oder Internet-Liebe zu vestehen und wie verbreitet ist das Phänomen? Wo findet das Kennenlernen statt? Nach welchen Kriterien erfolgt die Partnerwahl? Welche Beziehungsformen werden realisiert? Welche besonderen Chancen und Risiken sind mit intimer Netzkontakten verbunden? Anhand von authentischen Fallbeispielen und sozialwissenschaftlichen Studien geht der Beitrag diesen Fragen nach.”
PDF Dokument: Internet-Liebe: Zur technischen Mediatisierung intimer Kommunikation. Doring, Nicola (2003).
22.03.09 | communication, long distance relationship, new technologies, statistics | Comments
Feminist Views of Cybersex: Victimization, Liberation, and Empowerment
“Cybersex can be defined as a social interaction between at least two persons who are exchanging real time digital messages in order to become sexually aroused and satisfied. This article first describes video- and text-based cybersex as a new kind of sexual encounter with its own particularities. Then the feminist literature on cybersex is reviewed revealing two basic perspectives: The victimization perspective interprets cybersex as a heterosexist practice, and focuses on how women and girls as individuals and as a group are harmed by online-harassment, virtual rape and cyber-prostitution. The liberation perspective, in contrast, focuses on the options computer-mediated communication offers women and girls who actively seek sexual pleasure online. From that viewpoint, cybersex frees females to explore their sexualities more safely and to enjoy more sex, better sex and different sex”.
This article, from Nicola Döring , criticizes both the victimization and the liberation perspective and offers an integrative empowerment perspective that acknowledges power discourse as an essential sexual issue online and off.
Read the complete paper here: Döring, N. (2000). Feminist Views of Cybersex: Victimization, Liberation, and Empowerment. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 3 (5), 863-884.
11.03.09 | cybersex, intimacy, new technologies, woman | Comments [1]
And what about the Gay Long Distance Relationships? (GLDR)
We always talk about how difficult the LDRs are, but there are special kinds of LDR that make them even more complex. This is the case of the Gay Long Distance Relationships. I know many cases of GLDR, however there are not many articles in the web talking about that. In the following article Ivi writes about her experience of a bicultural 4-year long relationship at the distance with another woman. Read the complete article here: And what about the Gay Long Distance Relationships?
25.02.09 | homosexuality, long distance relationship | Comments
Sensation: a Presence Enabler for Long-Distance Relationships using Skype and Visual Presence Representation
“In this paper Eric Wahlforss and Alexander Ljung describe “Sensation”: “a system that enables two persons to establish a non-intrusive audiovisual link between one another, utilizing Skype for audio transmission and subtle pulsating lights for presence indication. Sensation is not a phone, not a conference system, and – most importantly – it is not about connecting just spaces. The Sensation is a presence enabler in longdistance relationships, connecting people who happen to live far apart. It is intended as a realistic near-future consumer product, as such affordable and easy to use”. Complete PDF and Foto here: Sensation: a Presence Enabler for Long-Distance Relationships using Skype and Visual Presence Representation
25.02.09 | | Comments
