Overseas program(s):
East Africa Fall 2015
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Syncing with Cultures - I think it’s safe to say that syncretism is our end goal here in Ecuador. We didn’t fly 4,279 miles across the world for a vacation. We all knew that we’d be in home stay families and that we’d still be attending college level course through the 3 months that we’re here. Our goal, or […]
Cultural Relativism - I think that we, as students of Lewis and Clark have a very unique relationship with ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. In fact I think students from areas all around the world are taught to break apart from the ideals of ethnocentrism which roots from a lack of open mindedness. Which I believe that absolutely everyone […]
Welcome to the World - I guess I’m in a little bit of a different position than most people on this trip. I spent last semester abroad in Tanzania on the east coast of Africa. I went back to the United States for a total of 7 days, and the reverse culture shock is an ongoing extremely difficult process. So […]