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+DIALOGUE2010 Spring podcast "Mapping the hybrid life"+

Senso unico

A serial expat reflects on how her expatriatism has changed through place, and over [...]

February 17th, 2010 | Tags: acculturation, basic needs, Canada, Canadian, community, cultural acclimation, cultural nuance, expat, expat package, expatriate, fluency, four stages of an expat, history, idioms, Italy, Italy Beyond the Obvious, language, Madeline Jhawar, medical systems, political systems, relationships, serial expat, social welfare, Sweden, tourism, United States | Category: community, home, origin, self-image | 17 comments

How do you say...me?

A Brit in the Netherlands finds a foreign language is a hurdle to being true to herself in her relationships with locals, family and [...]

February 9th, 2010 | Tags: Almost French, Amanda van Mulligen, Brit, British, communication, Dutch, emotion, English, expat, Holland, language, Letter from the Netherlands, muted, Netherlands, opinion, Paris, public speaking, Sarah Turnbull, self-expression, shy, United Kingdom, vocabulary | Category: community, family, identity, self-image | 35 comments

Frozen roots

When a Turk raised in a conservative Brooklyn emigrant community studies in Istanbul she realizes progress comes from a community, not a [...]

February 3rd, 2010 | Tags: arranged marriage, aunt, Boğazıçı University, boyfriend, Brooklyn, conservative, discussion, Elmira Bayraslı, emigrant community, expat+HAREM series, grandmother, Istanbul, language, love, modernity, mother, progress, progressive, sexual mores, tradition, virginity, young women | Category: community, family, global niche, home, identity, origin | 13 comments

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