SEMINAR: Troisième/Third Culture (Cross-cultural living, working, friendships)

CHILDREN 10 YEARS AND OLDER INVITED

For ALL people interested in living abroad, going deeper in intercultural relationships, living with a partner from another culture, or who have lived in more than one culture and want to understand what it means to be a Third Culture Kid or Adult.

What does it mean to be a Third Culture Kid (TCK) or a Third Culture Adult (TCA)? What are the challenges and joys of being in a cross-cultural relationship or parenting cross-cultural kids?

14:00-14:50pm - Fábio will introduce the concepts of Third Culture Kids and Adults, give a presentation, allow time for small group discussion, and define what it means to be a "Person In Between Cultures". He'll give funny and serious examples of what it's like to be in a cross-cultural relationship and raise cross-cultural kids in the U.S., Japan and France.

14:50-15:00pm - BREAK

15:00-15:30pm - Johnna will introduce you to the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), explaining what it is so you can decide if you'd like to take the inventory and grow in your Intercultural Development with a self-learning approach.

15:30-15:50pm - Final Questions and Sign up for the IDI for those interested

15:50-16:30 - Chat freely and leave when you need to

BACKGROUND:
Fábio and Johnna have been studying Third Culture Kids and Adults for the past nine years. They have been in a multi-cultural relationship for over 12 years. They're raising two Third Culture Kids with four cultures in three languages. Fábio has lived in 6 countries, he is now studying his seventh language and will be sharing from his experiences.

Johnna has lived in 4 countries, has studied several languages, is getting a Doctorate in Global Leadership and Intercultural Studies with an emphasis on Power and Gender Dynamics. She is a Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), used by companies around the world to help people grow in their Intercultural Development.

Some of the influences we'll be sharing from: resources such as the books Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds by Ruth E. Van Reken and Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier, the IDI, cross-cultural cohorts, and Hoefstede's Six Cultural Dimensions.

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