Guides: Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism: Intercultural Competency

Anabaptist Perspectives

The spring/summer 2015 issue of Bulletin: The Magazine of Goshen College focuses on the college's commitment to intercultural development. These articles are from that issue. Open the entire issue for more student observations and the story of GC grad Edgar Saucedo-Davila, an intercultural leader.

Called to Otherness: an Interview with Gilberto Perez Jr.
Includes succinct definitions of "multicultural", "cross-cultural", and "intercultural". Also one perspective on how the Anabaptist tradition informs intercultural teaching and learning.
Top 10 Intercultural Principles to Live By
"The intercultural learner is aware of the importance of understanding difference, engaging in difference, and living in difference."
Practicing Hospitality
Dona Park, GC student and daughter of AMBS graduate Joon Park, observes how accepting discomfort is a foundation for intercultural learning.

Patterns of Cultural Difference

Working on Common Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
In this article on the Public Broadcasting Service website, Marcelle E. DuPraw and Marya Axner cover six fundamental patterns of cultural difference, advice on respecting differences and working together, and guidelines for multicultural collaboration.

In the library catalog system, search for subject headings "Multiculturalism" and "Cultural pluralism."