Posts Tagged ‘cross-cultural’
Muslim sportswear
The design of most modern sportswear puts many Muslim women athletes in a curious bind: adhere to their faith and have their motions hampered or compromise their beliefs in the name of athletic performance? This is obviously a conundrum for Muslim female athletes. However, as National Geographic recently reported, a few companies have broken new ground by developing sportswear that covers the body, [...]
A Russian looks at the British
A recently released novel by a Russian writer provides insights into British culture. Andrei Ostalski has been living in Britain for 14 years but confesses that he still struggles to understand the cultural differences. So he wrote a story (“The English Rules”) that contains some of his reflections. In an interview with the English-language Moscow [...]
Doing business in Mexico
U.S. News and World Report this week takes a look at small firms that do business in Mexico. The article provides several ideas for business assistance, as well as these cultural tips: No doubt, face time is a must for potential exporters. “You really need to get a feel for what the environment is like,” Duncan says. [...]
From Italian architecture to American reinvention
Interesting piece by Roger Cohen in the Sunday NY Times that discusses some of the cultural differences between the U.S. and Europe. Cohen begins by talking about an Italian architect who was recently wounded while working in Afghanistan: … his presence in the western city of Herat was somehow comforting, even if what had happened to [...]
U.S. scientists drawn to Singapore
Singapore is making a concerted effort to attract foreign scientists, and is beginning to have some success with U.S. stem cell researchers. The Southeast Asian city-state is trying to grow its biotechnology sector in an effort to become the “Boston of the East.” Singapore’s siren song is growing increasingly more irresistible for scientists, especially stem [...]
Immigration and national identity
It goes without saying that immigrants are central to the U.S. identity. But that doesn’t mean that Americans have always agreed about the issue of immigration. Far from it. Descendants of the early U.S. settlers struggled to assimilate the southern and eastern Europeans that came after them, such as the Italians and the Poles. Today, those immigrant groups are equally [...]
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