Rubrika: Learning journeys
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Reflection on Home/ ‚where are you from‘ / ‚where are you REALLy from‘:🏡
‚For me, Home is connected to people. Family and friends. To feelings, experiences or places where I feel comfortable. It’s specific. It can be multiple. Home can potentially but shouldn’t be tied to one’s country of birth. Home can be connected to length of time spent in a place, but doesn’t have to be.‘ 🇺🇸Am…
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3. The best of both worlds
(Pros and cons of having a multicultural identity) In Czechia, we have a saying “Kolik řečí umíš, tolikrát jsi člověkem.” In translation, it would sound something like “The number of languages you speak is the number of times you are human.” Though the word “human” doesn’t really translate well in English. But it basically means…
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2. Would you consider yourself more of a Vietnamese person or are you still figuring it out?
Reflection on Identity and multiculturalism no.2 Because of our multicultural identity we often struggle to decide on which side we belong. It’s not always 100% Vietnamese or 100% Czech. According to principle Jus sanguinis our citizenship at birth is determined by the citizenship of our parents, which may be Vietnamese nationality. But we practically often…
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1. How would you identify yourself?
Reflection on identity and multiculturalism no.1 Firstly, I’d like to mention why we should be aware of our identities. We can categorize them into gender identity, sexual orientation, ability (a football player), race, nationality, ethnicity, religion/spirituality, and social class. Each of these identities helps us to understand who we are as a person. The most…
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Interesting cultural & migrant initiatives from different corners of Europe 🇪🇺
In our journey Roots of the Future, we constantly search for opportunities to broaden our horizont and learn from different initiatives in order to get best practices, integrate them in our own work and bring out impactful results. Therefore our members of our team are encouraged to seek these opportunities and inspirations to share them…