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Japan Intercultural InstituteReligions and Culture (Part 1): Starting ConversationsAre you a believer? 84% of the world’s population identifies with religion, yet intercultural education barely mentions the topic. In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray explore the connection between culture and religion. We learn how culture shapes attitudes towards secular and religious values from: Sanne Bosma, Emre Seven, Torhild Liane Harr Skarnes, Luan Borges de Carvalho, and P. V Satyanarayana Raju. Religious studies scholar David Shaules argues that religion and culture are closely related, and that secular values do not magically make us neutral. In Part 2, we will hear the experiences of those navigating in...2024-12-1847 min
The Immigrant Experience in AmericaEp. 151: Feed Drop: Rubber Time or Slaves to the Clock?They are always late! They are slaves to the clock! Joseph Shaules and Yvonne van der Pol explore cultural stereotypes about time. They discuss Edward Hall’s monochronic time and polychronic time, the embodied and embedded nature of time, and Ishita Ray shares her experiences with time logics in India. And you can take a quiz to test your own time logic! This was a feed drop from the Japan Intercultural Institute podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZmS6uFibtnpFSYycinmOX?si=1GK0R7BpQ5KNHXRCkPIgTQ2024-06-1231 min
The Immigrant Experience in AmericaEp. 137: Feed Drop: Deep Culture Podcast: Three Brains, Two Minds, and One PersonWe are taking a break from our regularly scheduled episodes. This week I will be presenting a signature talk about my forthcoming book, "Come Home to Yourself: An Immigrant Experience Decoding America, Fall 2024" at the London Intercultural Institute, EmpowerHer 2024. March 7-8, 2004. The event will be streamed live on LinkedIn. Registration for Zoom closes today., March 6. I will present at 1:15 p.m. EST. https://londoninterculturalcenter.co.uk/empowerher-2024 Feed Drop: Deep Culture Podast, Episode 5. In this episode, hosts Yvonne van der Pol and Joseph Shaules reflect on a question they wer...2024-03-0621 min
The Immigrant Experience in AmericaEp. 131: Feed Drop: Deep Culture Podcast - Culture from the brain-mind-science perspectiveThis week we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled interviews. This podcast - Deep Culture podcast from the Japan Intercultural Institute by Dr. Joseph Shaules and team has helped me under the disorientation that one experiences after moving to a foreign country. I am sharing a few episodes with you because I think it will help you understand your own immigrant experience. In season 1, episode 4 of the Deep Culture podcast, Yvonne and Joseph dive deep into talk about culture from the brain-mind-science perspective. They share their excitement about new area...2024-01-2323 min
Nomadic Diaries: Mastering Global TransitionsSporadic Diaries - The Intercultural Mind by Joseph Shaules, NaPodPoMoA short book reading for National Podcasting Month!In this episode, we explore the book "The Intercultural Mind" by Joseph Scholz, where he presents groundbreaking research from cultural psychology and neuroscience. Here are 3 key takeaways from the episode:1️⃣ Culture Shock: Discover what culture shock really means and how it affects us. We explore why we might be blind to our own cultural biases and how unconscious biases can impact our experiences abroad.2️⃣ The International Mindset: Explore the fascinating question - can cultural differences be measured? We dive into what it means to have an...2023-11-2618 min
The Immigrant Experience in AmericaEp. 110: An American In Japan: How Wanderlust, change, new cultures led to a wife, life and new home abroad In the engaging Part 2 of our podcast, we delved into how Dr. Shaules started his Deep Culture Podcast. Our conversation revolved around the topic of deep culture, its subtle impact on individual behaviors, beliefs, values, and perceptions—whether consciously acknowledged or not. We uncovered the concealed hurdles of global living, illuminating the profound role culture plays in shaping cognition, influencing thought processes and our experience of the world. Dr. Shaules also graciously shared insights into his online learning course, a masterclass focusing on the fascinating intersection of culture, brain, and mind. Connect with Dr...2023-08-3035 min
The Immigrant Experience in AmericaEp. 109: An American In Japan! How Wanderlust, change and new cultures gave him a life, wife and a new homeJoseph Shaules (PhD) is an author and educator in the field of language and intercultural education. He is a Specially Appointed Professor at Keio University’s GIC Center, in Tokyo. He is the director of the Japan Intercultural Institute. He teaches in the Tsuda University Graduate Program in TESOL. He is the creator and host of The Deep Culture Podcast. Books include Transformation, Embodiment and Wellbeing in Foreign Language Education (Bloomsbury); Language, Culture and The Embodied Mind (Springer); The Intercultural Mind (Intercultural Press); The Beginnger’s Guide to the Deep Culture Experience (Intercultural Press), and Deep Culture (Multilingual Matters). He h...2023-08-2343 minJapan Intercultural InstituteThe Trouble With Cultural DifferenceJoseph Shaules and Yvonne van der Pol explore why it can be so hard to talk about culture and measure cultural difference. They discuss three ways of looking at culture . . . as being, doing, and seeing. They discuss “classic” research into cultural difference (e.g. Hofstede) and argue that brain-mind sciences are shedding new light on cultural difference and can help us make better sense of our intercultural experiences. 2022-11-1535 min
Lost in Citations#78 - Shaules, J. (2019). Language, culture and the embodied mind. Springer: Singapore.
This week, Dr. Robert S. Murphy (Citation 40, Citation 63, Citation 71) joins us as a contributing interviewer! His guest is Joseph Shaules, PhD - Specially Appointed Professor, Keio University; Director at Japan Intercultural Institute.
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