An interesting tool for would-be migrants, expats and international business executives: Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions tool, which is aimed at providing insight into other cultures to enable better results. The tool allows the user to compare his or her home culture with the host culture on five dimensions: Power Distance Index – measuring expectation of… Continue reading Web tool allows for cultural comparisons
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National emigration history centre given go ahead in New Ross
A national emigration history centre is planned for the Dunbrody Visitor Centre in New Ross, Co. Wexford, as part of a €2.5 million redevelopment plan for the Dunbrody Visitor Centre. The plan was given a go-ahead by the New Ross Town council last month, and the new visitor center could be completed as early as… Continue reading National emigration history centre given go ahead in New Ross
UCDscholarcast aimed at global audience
UCD has launched a new podcast service on Irish cultural topics. There are three series of UCDscholarcast available so far: The Art of Popular Culture Archaeologies of Art: Papers from the Sixth World Archaeological Congress Scholars Off the Page The podcasts are recorded in a studio and aimed at academics and others; the series also… Continue reading UCDscholarcast aimed at global audience
“I Only Came Over for a Couple of Years” records experience of London Irish
Yet another oral history project detailing the experience of elderly Irish emigrants has come to your correspondent’s attention. “I Only Came Over for a Couple of Years”, a documentary that was completed in 2005, is now available on DVD from the Irish Studies Centre of London Metropolitan University. The film is a collection of interviews… Continue reading “I Only Came Over for a Couple of Years” records experience of London Irish
Colm Toibin focuses on reluctant exile in “Brooklyn”
Colm Toibin’s new novel, “Brooklyn”, garnered substantial press over the weekend. The author’s sixth novel is about a reluctant emigrant from Enniscorthy who moves to the New York borough knowing “the rest of her life would be a struggle with the unfamiliar”. The book reflects on the pangs of homesickness and depicts the struggles of… Continue reading Colm Toibin focuses on reluctant exile in “Brooklyn”
Surfing film highlights Irish role in origins of sport
The role of Irish-American George Freeth in establishing the modern sport of surf-boarding is explored in a film now playing in movie theatres. Waveriders tells the story of Freeth, who had a Hawaiian mother and an Irish father. He brought the sport of surfing from Hawaii, where it had nearly been eliminated by missionaries, to… Continue reading Surfing film highlights Irish role in origins of sport