What makes you happy in your job as a Lecturer for Intercultural Competences?
This semester I’m really blessed with the cultural diversity of my students in the course: Development of Intercultural Skills. Despite a small number of students, they represent four continents: Asia, …
What is the situation of women in Switzerland ?
It was one of the frequently asked questions during my conversations at the IACCM-IESEG conference in Paris in October this year. My respond was: “Well, it’s quite a complex …
Education and Culture
The welfare of the country and a high amount of its public or private expenses on education don’t necessarily guarantee a high outcome of results. Measured by the standards of …
‘Armenia? Do you really want to go to Armenia?!’
‘Armenia? Do you really want to go to Armenia?!’ – asked my mother a couple of weeks ago when this April Armenian people went on the streets to fight for a better …
‚Röstigraben‘ and the ‚Willensnation‘ or how the Swiss master their multilingual country.
What does it mean to live in a multilingual country? Is it a curse or an advantage in our globalized world? Despite the ‚Röstigraben‘, the mental border between the French- …
The Importance of Historical Heritage
A very interesting article on how the tradition of respectful language of the indigenous populations in Mexico influence the today’s Mexican way of communicating. Moreover, it makes visible the link between …