A few weeks back I read Sebastian Junger’s Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. This wasn’t too long of a read, but full of interesting research, history, and assessment on modern society. I’m working through developing my…
Category: cross-cultural
The Virtues Vs. The Grocery Store: RE-ENTRY #2
In another reflection on life back from extended time in the developing world, any reflection on re-entry or reverse culture shock typically always includes some thoughts on the abundance…and perhaps excess…of grocery…
The Virtues Vs. The Soda Machine: Re-Entry #1
It’s the second straight summer we’ve been back in the United States and it’s the second straight summer of cross-cultural weirdness. Many are familiar with the concept of re-entry, it’s the idea…
Quick Review: Political Tribes
I got a chance to read Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame. Her realm of expertise is globalization and ethnic conflict, which is…
Quick Review: Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific
I have been reading Bruce E. Barnes’ Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific and found it unbelievably helpful as one who has been working in Asian contexts for the last decade…
Quick Review: Conflict Coaching
I’ve been working through the textbook Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual by Tricia S. Jones and Ross Brinkert over the past few weeks. It was written about 15 years ago…
Quick Review: The Fire Next Time
I read James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time over the weekend and found it really powerful. I had wanted to read it for a while and have heard many people compare Te-Nehisi Coates’ Between…
Quick Review – Re-Centering: Culture & Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice
This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
Quick Review: Between the World and Me
Last week I finished Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What a powerful book. I did this by audiobook, which was read by the author, and I think that made it even…