Category Archives: Culture

Thoughts about cultural differences and how they affect our perception, thinking, and communication.

Yellow Line Driving

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Ian

Travel much and you’ll look at your own culture and society differently. Cliché, perhaps, but worth remembering nevertheless. I find I’m more likely to gain such insights when consciously looking for them. South Africa has a phenomenon called “yellow line … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Ian

This is a follow-up to my previous post about normalcy, Incarceration Makes Me Crabby. My most scarce commodity, by far, is time. Given my goals, resources, and lifestyle, I’m neither cash-limited nor opportunity-limited nor knowledge-limited. I’m time-limited. There just isn’t … Continue reading →

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Incarceration Makes Me Crabby

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Ian

I’m two months into a half-year sojourn in South Africa. A colleague and I are working at the University of Fort Hare, guest lecturing and conducting workshops for rural secondary school science teachers. My colleague is here on a Fulbright-funded … Continue reading →

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