Week reflection Part 2 of 10
Minor Internationalisation 2012
By Laura Selvi
This week we started with lectures about intercultural communication and culture, By Hilde van Schaeren, Chantal van Lieshout and guest speaker Edwin Hoffman. We also had Pie van Weersch as a guest speaker about poverty in The Netherlands and Limburg, which gave insight in the poverty situation in our own country. Now I even know that the city I live in, is in the Top10 of the poverty list in The Netherlands witch I didn’t know before.
Guest speaker Edwin Hofmann introduced us to the TOPOI model. Its a way to help you analyse situations when it comes to interaction between people from a different culture, and how to understand them better.
This week I also chose the novel I want to read, so sais the next assignment. ‘The White Massai’ from Corinne Hofmann about the life of an western woman in the Samburu tribe in Kenya. Hopefully next week I will get the chance to start reading.
We also had an excursion to the food bank in Landgraaf, a place where people can get a food package if they don’t have the means so. We got a very interesting tour and he told us how it works, what they do and why, the difference with other countries, finance etc!! Very interesting to know is that it entirely runs on volunteers. Next week we will go to the food bank in Hasselt, Belgium. I’m curious to see the similarities and differences.
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