Tag: cultural identity

  • Hofstede Framework

    Hofstede Framework

    Geert Hofstede analyzed culture and came up with this framework to help describe basic cultural dimensions.  We are currently talking about this in a course that I am teaching – Intercultural Communication. Whenever you read about this framework, you will come across a few warnings when you use it.  The…

  • Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    …..for breakfast no less.  How does your taste buds respond to that?  Fermented cabbage, marinated beef with salsa all rolled up in a tortilla – meant to be the Korean-Mexican breakfast treat.  I was bummed when I saw the sign because I wanted to try it.  I wasn’t hungry, but…

  • Identity and Places

    I just came home from Hawaii.  I love going home and seeing things and places that have so much significance for me – places where I experienced my first “you name it” or places that have shaped my identity.  There are some places that I go to where there used…