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  • Nate Pucci '22 RGLP Reflection: "Facilitating Dialogue Across Difference by Building Trust"

    March 2, 2020

    When reflecting upon comedy and its role in facilitating cross-cultural conversations, Sadhana shared that humor depends ultimately on trust; jokes can serve to challenge our comfort zones and engage us in meaningful conversations as long they are made in good faith. Comedians fill a unique position in society as they are expected to push the boundary and direct attention to issues in a way that does not attack any single group of people but invites us all to think and reflect more deeply upon our own experiences.

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  • Mia Iqbal '21 RGLP Reflection: "Intercultural Communication in Today's Interconnected World"

    March 2, 2020

    RGLP has broadened my perspective on culture and the role it plays in not just academic and professional settings, but the world in general. Our world today is extremely interconnected thanks to the development of technology. We can easily communicate with someone from across the world or travel to another continent in a short amount of time, and although this unquestionably has many benefits, conflicts are bound to arise when there is a lack of intercultural understanding.

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  • Matt Beroza '22 RGLP Reflection: "A Global Mindset Centered on Compassion and Understanding"

    March 2, 2020

    The Rockefeller Global Leadership Program is unique in the fact that most, if not all, leadership programs around the country in various universities fail to address the cultural differences that could inhibit true effective leadership, yet this program’s main objective is to educate and train participants to identify and work with these differences in order to become a more effective leader. I, as a participant, can attest to the mission of the program and its value in helping me become a more open-minded and collaborative leader.

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  • Leeza Poselski '21 RGLP Reflection: "Themes of Migration"

    March 2, 2020

    For our sixth RGLP session, Becky Field, who photographs cultural diversity in New Hampshire, came to show us her photo projects and speak to us about immigration to New Hampshire. We were joined by three very special guests: Martin Toe, Mmunga Masimango, and Emelyne Niyoyandemye. They were African immigrants who had arrived in the United States either as refugees or to seek asylum.

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  • Kristina Strommer '22 RGLP Reflection: "Adaptability"

    March 2, 2020

    Adaptability is one of the most challenging aspects of intercultural interactions. This is reflected through personal experiences, such as the challenges of experiencing culture shock, as well as through theory, for example as seen in the idea that we must use accommodation practices when communicating with people of other cultures (see: Communication Accommodation Theory [Giles, 1971]). However, there are several tactics that one can use to be more adaptable in intercultural encounters.

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