We Are All Waiting for the Same Rain: A Field Report from Africa
What Comes to Mind When You Think of Africa? What comes to mind when you think of Africa? For a long time, my mind was cluttered with a series of…
She left me the “Eye of Horus”: so-called strangers are nothing more than family members yet to be recognized.
It was June 20th, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. As a volunteer, I was accompanying dozens of foreign scholars participating in a long-term field project in Suzhou. The morning…
The Rebellion Against Loneliness: An Individual’s Negotiation with the Environment in Studying Abroad — The Ander Interview Chronicles
To watch the interview, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHwWcWdsqI&t=357s Nowdays, most people limit their definition of study abroad applications to grades, GPA, and standardized test scores. Yet, few realize a fundamental truth:…
The Madai Trilogy: We Met, We Parted, We Grow
The interview transcript above does not cover our entire conversation, as my carelessness caused my phone battery to die 🪫. Regardless 🤓, I would like to first supplement what we…
Checking in at HongKong with My Family
Taking advantage of my trip to Hong Kong for an exam, we hopped on a double-decker bus right from the airport to capture some random street views and get a…
City Walk With My International Friends From Mexico
After finishing my previous interview with international students about their sense of loneliness, I began to reflect on the deeper meaning of this project. If the interviews served to document…
世界孤独症关注日( (WAAD)/World Autism Awareness Day
4月2日，是第十九个“世界孤独症关注日”。孤独症并不罕见，全球每一百多名儿童中就有一名。 April 2 marks the 19th World Autism Awareness Day. Autism is not uncommon; it affects approximately one in every hundred children worldwide. 孤独症，又称自闭症 医学上称为自闭症谱系障碍（ASD），是一种影响社交交流、行为和兴趣的发展性疾病。每个人的挑战都不同，所需的支持程度也因人而异。自闭症是一种独特的存在方式。自闭症并不意味着你有疾病或疾病。这意味着你的大脑运作方式和其他人不同。这是一个光谱，意味着每个人的经历都不同。 Autism, also known as autistic…
哥伦比亚大学夏校经历|打卡纽约.联合国总部/Columbia University Summer School Experience | Visiting New York City and the United Nations Headquarters
7.19日凌晨3点， 我正坐在开往上海浦东国际机场的车上(幻想着外面的世界） At 3 a.m. on July 19th, I was sitting in a car heading to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (daydreaming about the outside world).
孤独社会采访思考：建设外国留学生社区文化/Reflections on Loneliness in Society: Building a Community Culture for International Students
去年七月，我们在西交利物浦大学发起了第一次人间回声-寻找孤独社会采访项目，并取得了一定积极影响和反馈；今天，我们继续与采访了部分西交利物浦大学新加入的留学生和两位教授 ，他（她) 们分别来自于英国，法国，墨西哥，巴勒斯坦，加拿大，澳大利亚，面对陌生环境下产生的“孤独感”以及了解他们通过哪些方法适应新的学习生活。 我从他们的回答中汲取到了有价值的信息和难以想象的收获。
寻找孤独·人物专访计划 4｜东西方教学风格、社交媒体与孤独感 Searching for Loneliness 4: Eastern$Western Teaching Styles, Social Media, and Loneliness
在西浦任教English Language Academic Skills课程的两位英国教授Richie与Stuart分享了他们对中国的第一印象与教学观察。他们认为，中国“很有趣”，社会节奏与文化结构都与西方不同。 谈及教育差异，两人指出，西方教学更强调build社区氛围，鼓励学生讨论与表达；而在中国课堂中，学生更习惯听教授讲课，较少主动用英文发言。Stuart坦言自己偶尔会感到孤独，但因妻子是中国人，生活适应较为顺利；Richie则表示自己性格较有耐心，能够逐步融入环境。 关于在英国减少孤独的方式，Stuart提到喝酒是一种常见社交方式，Richie则更倾向通过社交媒体聊天维系联系。不过他们也指出，社交媒体在一定程度上让人减少外出交流，可能加深某种形式的孤立感。 Richie and Stuart, two British professors teaching English Language Academic Skills at XJTLU, shared their first impressions and teaching observations of China. They…