Thanks to everyone who attended Patti Digh’s wonderful workshop and talk on April 5!
Here are the links to the videos Patti showed during her talk:
Educational Uses of Second Life
And here’s Patti’s blog.
Join us next Sunday, April 5 for for a workshop and public lecture with renowned intercultural trainer, author, and SIETAR-USA keynote speaker Patti Digh!
Thanks to the Robertson Scholars Collaboration Fund for making these events possible.
Light refreshments from the Mediterranean Deli will be provided for workshop participants.
***This event is free but space is limited. Please RSVP by Friday, April 3 to: info “at” sietarnc “dot” org
Workshop Description:
We learn best by first having a “hot” experience that knocks us off balance, then making meaning of it second. And yet we often teach in exactly the opposite order, providing models and meaning, then asking if those fit the experiences we have had. This highly interactive workshop will approach training from the learner’s perspective, will embrace surprise at the “edges” where learning really occurs, and will explore ways to achieve diversity and intercultural learning through experiential processes. We will:
• Utilize unique experiential training tools to explore concepts like dominant culture
• Move from intellectual learning to embodied learning
• Explore how to teach core intercultural and diversity concepts through experiential and nontraditional processes
Bring both hemispheres of your brain and wear comfortable clothing.
Please RSVP by Friday, April 3 to: info “at” sietarnc “dot” org
Dessert reception from the Mediterranean Deli will follow.
Description:
Patti Digh worries that the field of intercultural communication is largely irrelevant to the challenges of the 21st century. She asks: Are we using old tools and models to grapple with intercultural realities vastly changed because of the new “mongrel, global Me,” increased cultural “sampling,” the leveling effect of technology, and the transparency of social media? In fact, are these challenges revolutionizing our very concepts of culture? And are we keeping up?
What are the radically new tools we need to deal with these challenges? Patti believes they include Hip-Hop, Manga, Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, and myth, all rooted in one local simplicity: STORY. As Jerome Bruner has said, human beings are hard-wired for story. We know that. But the ways in which we are transmitting and learning from story are changing rapidly. And many of us are not keeping up. Some of us even disparage these new forms of learning, communicating, and building relationship across cultures.
This address will delve into the primacy of story, how central it is to intercultural learning and practice, and how new forms of story and new technologies can be important tools for interculturalists.
Patti Digh is a storyteller, author and facilitator. Digh’s first book, Global Literacies: Lessons on Business Leadership and National Cultures (Simon & Schuster, 2000), was named a Fortune magazine “best business book” for the year 2000. Her second book was The Global Diversity Desk Reference (Wiley, 2003), and her most recent book is the widely acclaimed Life is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally (Globe Pequot Press, 2008). Life is a Verb is focused on the power of story and is one of five finalists for the prestigious “Books for a Better Life” award,” to be awarded in February 2009. She and David Robinson are co-founders of The Circle Project, an innovative consulting firm focused on providing experiential learning experiences to help communities and organizations navigate differences.
Join us for our first SIETAR-NC meeting of 2009!
Title: The Seven Steps of Building a Sustainable Culture of Inclusion
Topic: Participants will learn how to develop and strategically navigate organizational dynamics to create lasting change and inclusion in today’s environment.
Presenter: Al Sullivan, SPHR – President and Owner of Inspirus Consulting, Inc., is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) with 20 years total experience.
Date/Time: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 / 6pm-7pm
Location: The Visiting International Faculty Program, 201 Sage Road, Suite 100 Chapel Hill, NC 27514
The Visiting International Faculty Program office is on Sage Road, just down the street from the Border’s bookstore you can see from 15-501. There is free parking in front of the building. Please enter through the main doors. (Here’s a link to google maps for directions: http://maps.google.com/maps)
Please RSVP by Tuesday morning: info@sietarnc.org
We look forward to seeing you next Tuesday!
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The 2009 SIETAR USA Conference is going to be in the Raleigh-Durham area!
Date: April 1-4, 2009
Theme: “Intercultural Solutions for Challenging Times”
For more information, please visit www.sietarusa.org
*Join us for our December SIETAR-NC meeting! *
When: Tuesday, December 16 from 6pm-7pm
Where: “3 Cups” coffee shop in Chapel Hill (down the street from Whole Foods at 227 S. Elliott Rd., Chapel Hill, 27514) www.3cups.net
What: Coffee, tea, hot chocolate or wine and networking
Who: Anyone interested in intercultural education, training or research
See you on December 16 at “3 Cups”!
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The 2009 SIETAR USA Conference is going to be in the Raleigh-Durham area!
Date: April 1-4, 2009
Theme: “Intercultural Solutions for Challenging Times”
For more information, please visit www.sietarusa.org
Speaker: Nick Gozik, Assistant Director of Study Abroad at Duke University (presentation & discussion)
Date/time: Tuesday, November 18, from 6-7pm
Location: UNC’s Global Education Center, Room 2009 (Parking is free after 5pm underneath the building. The entry to the parking garage is on Pharmacy Lane.)
***You can also visit our Resource Library at this meeting. Our available resources are listed on our website: http://sietarnc.org/resource-library/
About the Presentation & Speaker:
Rethinking Internationalization: The Case of Area Studies Centers
In this presentation, Gozik explores the role of area studies centers within broader internationalization initiatives on U.S. campuses. This presentation draws on data collected by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) on area studies centers and the production of knowledge on world regions. Funded through the U.S. Department of Education’s International Research and Studies Program, the six-year project is entitled “Internationalization, Interdisciplinarity and Boundary
Crossing: An Evaluation of Title VI National Resource Centers for the Middle East, Eurasia and South Asia.” From the data collected, the team has found that area studies centers, which are in many ways poised to contribute to such initiatives, due to their long-standing tradition of providing language training and deep cultural knowledge, have largely remained at the periphery. Gozik explores the relationship between internationalization and area studies, as well as the ways in which internationalization is being defined on U.S. campuses more broadly.
Nick Gozik has served as a Project Researcher at the SSRC since January 2006. He holds a B.A. in History, an M.A. in French, and is in the final stages of a Ph.D. program in International Education at NYU. His doctoral research, conducted in the French overseas department of Martinique, explores the relationship between schooling, identity, and race in France. In September 2008, Gozik was named Assistant Director of Study Abroad at Duke University. Additionally, he has worked in study abroad offices at New York University and the University of Richmond, and taught English in France and South Korea.
Posted on behalf of the American Turkish Association of North Carolina, A Member Supported, Not for Profit, Cultural Organization
This fall, The American Turkish Association of North Carolina (ATA-NC) will be offering Turkish Language Classes for Beginners (101) and Intermediates (201).
Classes will be held here:
ATA-NC Turkish House
303 East Durham Road, Suite E,
Cary, NC 27511
Registration will take place on the first day of classes, from 6:30 to 7:00 pm. If you have any questions about these classes, please feel free to contact Buket Aydemir (buket@nc.rr.com).
If you are interested in individual lessons, we can make special arrangements. Let us know about your requests by sending an e-mail to: contact@ata-nc.org
Since we are constantly adding new classes and workshops, please check our web site frequently: www.ata-nc.org
About the classes:
1. Turkish as a Foreign Language (101) – Beginners
This is a beginners’ level course that will mainly follow the book and cover chapters 1 – 5. Instructors will provide additional supporting materials. If you have always wanted to learn another language but never took the step, this might be the right time!!!
No pervious knowledge of the Turkish language is necessary.
Ages: 16 and up
Duration: 8 weeks
Schedule: Wednesdays 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
October 8 thru December 3, no class on November 26
Fee: (8 sessions) ATA-NC members $100, non-members $150
Materials: Bring your own book: “Teach Yourself: Beginner’s Turkish Audiopackage” by Asuman Çelen-
Pollard
Instructors: Zahit Sahin and Buket Aydemir
2. Turkish as a Foreign Language (201) – Intermediate
This will be a fast pace class where participants are expected to study the book and complete weekly assignments. Basic concepts, basic past and present continuous tenses will only be reviewed.
Completion of Teach yourself Turkish – Beginners book or equivalent knowledge is expected.
During classes, we’ll focus on listening comprehension and verbal communication skills, and engage in discussions in different topics.
Ages: 16 and up
Duration: 8 weeks
Schedule: Mondays 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
October 6 thru December 1, no class on November 24
Fee: (8 sessions) ATA-NC members $100, non-members $150
Materials: Bring your own book:
“Teach Yourself: Turkish Complete Course Audiopackage (Paperback)”
by Asuman Çelen-Pollard and David W. Pollard
Instructor: Buket Aydemir
Tags: Community
Join us Tuesday, September 30 from 6pm-7pm in the downstairs conference room at the Chapel Hill Public Library for our first SIETAR-NC meeting of 2008-09!
Pamela Ararras, an ESOL teacher in Greensboro from Argentina, will demonstrate how to make “mate” and talk about the importance of mate in Argentina. We’ll also enjoy light refreshments.
Please RSVP to info@sietarnc.org or in the comment section below.
SIETAR-NC meetings are still free and open to anyone interested in attending.
Chapel Hill Public Library address:
100 Library Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 968-2777
Questions? Email us at info@sietarnc.org
Tags: SIETAR-NC Event
Welcome to our new and improved website!
Last year we organized several fantastic events — alternatives to the U-curve with Kate Berardo, intercultural competence with Darla Deardorff, India and Turkey with special guests, VisualsSpeak with Cate Brubaker, education in Germany with Diana Levy, and of course Michael Paige’s public lecture!
Now we’re busy planning events for Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. We typically meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 6:00-7:00pm in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, but if there’s enough interest we might try out a Saturday event or two.
Here are some topics/events we’re thinking about:
We’d like your input so please leave a comment! Please introduce yourself and tell us…
Which topics interest you the most?
What are your event suggestions?
Would you like to be, or recommend, a presenter?
We look forward to hearing from you!
Tags: SIETAR-NC, SIETAR-NC Event
Our last meeting of the year will be held Tuesday, April 22nd from 6pm to 7pm (or so) at Bosphorus restaurant in Cary. We will have special Turkish guests who will give us some insights on Turkish culture and traditions.
Please RSVP to info@sietarnc.org.
Directions from I-40: Exit onto Harrison Avenue and go south towards Cary. After crossing over Chapel Hill Road, Bosphorus is on your right in Northside Station.
SIETAR-NC is excited to announce Dr. R. Michael Paige, University of Minnesota, as our 2008 Invited Speaker!
“Intercultural Learning in International Contexts: the Impact of Education Abroad Experiences.” 
Admission is free but seating is limited. Please RSVP to: info “at” sietarnc.org
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