Japan Intercultural Institute – Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Who Needs Intercultural Education? Japan Intercultural Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray argue that the deeper goal of intercultural education is to see that our minds are shaped by culture. They explore natural biases, such as ethnocentrism and stereotypes, and the psychological impact of foreign experiences, including Oz moments and cultural shock. Emre Seven tells of his discovery that not everyone sees the world as he does.

Deep Culture Podcast explores the psychological impact of intercultural experiences, informed by the sciences of brain, culture and mind. They look at the personal growth that can come from—travel, working and living abroad, immigrating, learning a foreign language—and the challenges of bridging different cultural worlds. Other episodes available here.

Deep Culture Podcast, Japan Intercultural Institute, Tokyo, Japan. Deep Culture Podcast is in its 2nd season, with 20 episodes already published.

A Podcast that explores the psychological impact of intercultural experiences, informed by the sciences of brain, culture and mind. Join Joseph Shaules and co-creator Yvonne van der Pol, together with the rest of the podcast team — Ishita Ray, Zeina Matar and Daniel Glinz — as they look at the personal growth that can come from travel, living and working abroad, learning a foreign language, growing up in a multicultural context—and the challenges of bridging different cultural worlds.

The Japan Intercultural Institute (JII) is a non-profit institute supporting education, research and career development for intercultural professionals.