by Dr. Helen Spencer-Oatey, University of Warwick Employers frequently identify the ability to work effectively in diverse teams, including the ability to communicate and relate well with others, as one of the crucial skill sets they are looking for in graduates (e.g. British Council, 2013, 2018; Coffelt & Smith, 2020; Diamond, Walkley, Forbes, Hughes, & […]
Interview with Anne-Claude Lambelet, President SIETAR Switzerland Developed by local youth in Simrishamn, Sweden, and by that municipality’s Department of Culture and Leisure, the More Than One Story card game helps to build bridges between people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures. It has proven to be a valuable tool for social workers, teachers, religious […]
An Interview with Russell Harlow at TMA World in the UK Introduction Russell Harlow is TMA World’s Senior Learning Consultant with over 33 years’ experience designing and delivering international management development programmes. Now based in the UK, he is one of TMA World’s lead trainers on issues of global leadership and cross-cultural intelligence. He is […]
What follows is based on an interview with Johanna Kohn, a professor of social work and co-founder of the Netzwerk Erzählcafé Schweiz Definition: An Erzählcafé is a moderated group conversation on a particular topic that allows the participants to talk about certain aspects of their past, to view their experiences in a broader context and […]
“Mentoring is a new adaptation of the age-old concept of reciprocity practiced by all cultures. Usual reciprocal practices are implicit, whereas the mentoring contract makes the agreements explicit.” Elaina Zuker In this spirit, SIETAR Switzerland is launching a mentoring program to assist its members with their professional development. Interested in hearing more? Think this may […]
This German booklet on intercultural competence gives a good overview of the topic and uses layman’s language to explain basics of intercultural dimensions, culture standards and differences based on research by Hofstede, Trompenaars, and Hall. The booklet also gives ideas on how to develop intercultural competence and has pragmatic examples, that are relevant in today’s […]
It was a sunny afternoon in May and I was on my way to ‘On the Road with Migrants’, a SIETAR event, where people would be asked to imagine what it feels like to be an asylum seeker or refugee. I was walking quickly towards the Allegra Sprachschule, conveniently located at Löwenstrasse 51, just a […]
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence edited by Janet M. Bennett SAGE Publications, Inc. 2015 This new encyclopedia is an authoritative source on intercultural competence and related issues. It covers topics such as assessment of intercultural competence, constructivism, cultural distance, culture shock, diversity and inclusion, intercultural code switching, leading global teams, mediation, mindfulness, space or […]
As the intercultural profession develops and matures by each passing year, the list of resources for intercultural work keeps growing. Books, articles, journals and research on various aspects of the intercultural field are published regularly, making the intercultural literature more and more eclectic. The Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, Oregon offers a rather exhaustive list […]
May 28th was our first Culture Pop-Up! We were blessed with a lovely evening as we settled in my garden with wine and nibbles. We had a nice group of Suisse Romande Members, a Young Sietar Member and some followers. Christa Uehlinger, the President of Sietar Switzerland, gave a brief update of developments since the […]
