The word ‘culture’ has a long history in Australia.The term was coined in 1842 and was first used in the early 1900s.Today, it is used in more than 150 different languages.The word originates from the Dutch word ‘champe’, meaning to hear.The Australian vernacular has a number of different terms for it.There are many different cultural […]
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How to use culture as a tool for cultural humility
A few years ago, I was asked to give a talk at a small, conservative college in California about what it meant to be a true, authentic, and caring American.The audience was mostly white men, but I also had black students and people of color.In the days after, I realized that a lot of my […]
How to wake up to cultural competency
How to Wake Up to Cultural Competency: An interview with Irish cultural competencies expert David Skelton.This interview is part of the Newsweek feature “What is woke up?” in which Newsweek spoke with Irish sociologists, political scientists, academics, and activists to explore the rise of cultural and political consciousness in Ireland, the United States, and beyond.(The […]
