podcast – absolutely intercultural!

From a university internship to a career as an intercultural trainer we’ll be talking to people at both ends of their career in show 244 of absolutely Intercultural. My name’s Anne Fox and this show is coming to you from Denmark. First, Gabrielle Lachance, a French Canadian Masters student interning with a consultancy company in … Continue reading "remote surveys +++ formal language +++ intercultural training +++ Absolutely Intercultural 244 +++"

I am hoping that by the end of this show you will want to buy a book called ‘Toothbrush and other plays’, as this will help the wonderful Hands Up project which we are going to hear about. You will find the link to buy the book here. So what is this show about? It’s … Continue reading "Hands Up project +++ Palestine +++ Bilbrough +++ Absolutely Intercultural 242 +++"

In this show, we will find out what life in a container home in the most spectacular countryside in Queensland is like. We will discover how an industrial container from Hamburg has become the home for two Germans, Uwe Terton (lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast) and Katrin Terton (media artist). They have chosen … Continue reading "container-home +++ sustainability +++ self-sufficiency +++ Absolutely Intercultural 241 +++"

In this show, we are going to immerse you in the “culture of barber shops” which means you can expect to meet rough guys with motorcycles, full beards, dirty boots and, of course, a beer can in their hands. First, we will listen to Tomi, perhaps the happiest barber in Australia, who shares his daily … Continue reading "Australia +++ Scumbags Barbershop +++ hair dressing +++ political correctness +++ Absolutely Intercultural 240 +++"

Last week I was in Belgium in the beautiful city of Leuven for the SIETAR Congress. SIETAR stands for the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research and their biennial congress is a very friendly affair. Of course a Congress is always very diverse, forgive the pun, and in addition diversity was one of the … Continue reading "SIETAR +++ Syria +++ Pilbeam +++ diversophy +++ Absolutely Intercultural 239 +++"

I’m sitting here in Denmark after having attended the annual IATEFL conference in Liverpool in the UK. There are always people from all over the world at this conference, which is one of the biggest gatherings of teachers of English as a foreign language in the world and this year was no exception. One really … Continue reading "gender issues +++ Palestine +++ IATEFL +++ Absolutely Intercultural 238 +++"

In this show, you will hear about Sadhana Forest. This is a nonprofit organization which was set up in the alternative international township, Auroville, in the South-East of India about two hours south of Chennai. You may remember that our show 231 was also about Auroville and if you have the time you may want … Continue reading "Sadhana Forest +++ Auroville +++ India +++ Community +++ Absolutely Intercultural 237"

Thanks to Katie Stewart who contacted us about an interesting initiative she had heard of and which means that for the first time on Absolutely Intercultural we’ll be hearing about make-up and how that differs across cultures. And we’ll also be going to China to find out more about the universal social monitoring that you … Continue reading "cosmetics +++ Mara D’Louca +++ Instagram +++ China +++ Absolutely Intercultural 236 +++"

Please put your headphones on and listen to a very lively Show 235 from Australia! Today our show will take you to the “Lucky Country“,  where the Australians with their often multicultural backgrounds have developed a positive “can-do”- attitude and try to give everybody a “fair go”.  I have been pretending to be one of … Continue reading "Australia Day +++ Can-do attitude +++ The lucky country +++ Absolutely Intercultural 235"

  Happy New Year! In this show, we are going to go back to shows 70 and 74 in 2008 and 2009 when I talked to Signe Møller here in Denmark about a new charity she had just set up. This show, 234, is ten years later, so why am I re-visiting Signe’s charity 100% … Continue reading "100%forthe children +++ Signe Møller +++ Kenya +++ Ghana +++ SDGs +++ Absolutely Intercultural 234"