Finland, the land of (at least) 10,000 lakes, an endless space of forest and an educational system that has drawn accolades and reporters from around the world. And let’s not forget sauna, salmiakki and Santa (unless of course you’re from Denmark, Greenland or Iceland). The last three obviously figure in several countries but, just like…
Category: Long(er) Reads
Posts that cover a wide variety of topics you can really sink your teeth into.
Moving from the Cross-cultural to the Intercultural – finding your identity through language(s)
The problem is that too often people tend to associate identity and belonging with language, and will label the speaker accordingly. For my part, I don’t want to be labeled as being part of a culture I either rejected early on or have absolutely no connection to by virtue of its changed geography. I also don’t want to come across as assigning more value to one culture than another
The (un)Glamorous Notion of the TCK / CCK Conundrum
The Personal Experience that Set the Initial Identity I first came across the term TCK in college, when someone much older than me made me aware of the term. I devoured all the material available, only to realize that it ticked all the boxes. Caught between this culture and the next, check. Code switching on…
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