Allophilia and Intergroup Leadership
Why not promoting liking of other groups instead of keep talking about prejudice and tolerance? I find that Todd Pittinksky developes a very interesting approach of reducing problems like racism, sexism, discrimination and you know the rest… and he argues that the necessary approach is not to replace prejudice with the neutral stance of tolerance. He uses the concept of allophilia, that provides a powerful anchor for a new framework for understanding intergroup leadership. “To help solve some of our most pressing domestic and global public problems, social scientists must develop an equally sophisticated understanding of intergroup liking and love.”
Allophilia and Intergroup Leadership. By Todd L. Pittinsky. 2005 (PDF, 200KB)
Raising children bilingually
Raising children bilingually and biculturally should be something that ultimately brings you satisfaction and joy. This doesn’t mean you won’t hit many bumps in the road and at times feel like you are the only person in the world speaking your language.
“Ask Yourself: Why, What, Who, When, Where?“
In this article, Corey Heller, from the Bicultural family Network , explains some inicial considerations about raising kids bilingually and to help you start things off on the right foot.
21.06.07 | biculturalism, bilingualism, binational families, family, multicultural, multilingualism | CommentsCross-cultural communication in intimate relationships
What is a cross-cultural intimate relationship? What does it has to do with globalization?
The author focuses on one type of intimate relationship, namely romantic and sexual couple relationships and analyses couples in which the partners come from different national and/or linguistic backgrounds. Globalization has a main role in this research concerning the increasing international mobility, international data flow, and international cultural exchange.
Cross-cultural communication in intimate relationships. Ingrid Piller, Basel University. 2007(PDF, 120KB)
15.06.07 | binational families, communication, multicultural, multilingualism |Favorite Myths about Bilingualism
There are a lot of myths about being a bilingual person. Maybe you are bilingual and you did not know… A bilingual person uses two languages in the everyday life; but it does not mean that this person knows the two (or more) languages equally well and optimally.
Read the following article, written by an expert, and find out another perspective about Bilingualism.
Favorite Myths about Bilingualism by François Grosjean.
Need Advice in Raising Bilingual Children?
Have you found yourself hitting some stumbling blocks along the way in raising your children in more than one language? The Bicultural Family Network is specialized on helping multicultural families on how to deal with difficulties in raising bilingual and multilingual children. I strongly recommend the Multilingual Living Magazine if you´re interested in research, tips, advice, examples and more…
7.06.07 | advice, biculturalism, bilingualism, binational families, family, multicultural, multilingualism, tips | CommentsGender and Multilingualism
The authors of this paper do a brief explanation of how the use of “multilingualism” in direct relation with gender, economic production and social reproduction in the context of globalization.
“Globalization has been described as consisting of flows of goods, capital, communication, and people. Many of these flows throw people of widely different linguistic and cultural backgrounds into contact, be it the flows of information and mass media, or be it actual people flows as in migration and tourism.”
Globalization, Gender and Multilingualism. Ingrid Piller and Aneta Pavlenko, 2007(PDF, 68KB)
Individual bilingualism
In this paper, François Grosjean, from the Neuchâtel University in Switzerland, describes the bilingual person and addresses such issues as bilingual language behavior, the psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics of bilingualism, as well as the psychology of the bilingual individual. He also introduces the bicultural person and discuss topics such as bicultural identity and bicultural behavior.
Individual bilingualism. F. Grosjean. Elsevier, 1999
Cultural Shock
The following article is about the « culture shock » and explain it cycles and sympthoms. If you are living in a country where another language is spoken, you may have to go throught this. It has happened to me many times, and it´s much better when you are concious of what´s happening:
Culture Shock. Harriet Cannon, 2006 (PDF, 40KB)
http://www.harrietcannon.com Here you´ll find more interesting articles and information about workshops.
24.02.07 | cultural shock, multilingualism |
