China
Chinese Woman In Her Thirties Takes First Gap Year
YanYan Yan, 34, was a Chinese expat in London until the day she decided needed a change. After moving to London when she was 24 for her second master’s degree in Economics and Business and then to Helsinki for a […]
It’s in the Mindset: Understanding Leads to Better Cultural Communication
Today, as we observe the tensest interactions between the United States and its allies in years and as globalization takes root deeper in the world, interacting with people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds has become more common for most, especially for Americans. Considering U.S. history and policies over the past 250 years, we see a vacillation of how other cultures have been met by Americans.
At the Crossroads of Culture and Career – Part 2 of 2
Interview with an Interculturalist — Part 2 Cross-Cultural Kid (CCK), Immigrant, Expatriate, Third Culture Adult (TCA) and Interculturalist — Mishell Hernandez describes her career as an Interculturalist in her own words. If you missed the video interview with Mishell and part 1 of this interview […]
Empire of The Sun, a TCK Movie Analysis
Third-culture-kid (TCK) and cross-cultural-kid (CCK) lifestyles — and the subsequent benefits and struggles — rarely enter the media. Often, only TCKs themselves seek to tell their stories while those who have experienced a less nomadic upbringing remain unaware of this […]
Celebrating The Beginning Of Spring: The Vernal Equinox
Warm weather, sunny skies, birds chirping and flowers in bloom; spring has finally sprung! However March 20, 2016, marks the beginning of more than just the spring season; it’s the celebration of the Spring, March, Equinox. The March Equinox is […]
Chinese New Year Delicacies
At the beginning of every New Year, we sit back and reflect on how we can take what happened in years past, and try to move forward with as much good luck and good fortune as possible. Here are some […]
VISUAL: A closer look: Religion around the globe
This visual shows the distribution of the most popular religions around the globe. Christians (32%) and Muslims (23%) make up the largest religious groups, while those unaffiliated with a religious group make up 16% of the total population. In China, the […]
VIDEO: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama’s take on Study Abroad
Here at Culturs, of course we’re all about global living. For TCKs, this is a way of life that often includes study abroad when at University. Imagine our delight to find that the First Lady of the United States shares […]
