Living Abroad Archive
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Interview With Carola: A development worker in Bangladesh
Posted on 8 June, 2013 | No CommentsCarola is a PhD candidate in Australia who hails from Chile by way of New Zealand with a lot of travelling to other places in between. With that string of […] -
Hafu: A film about mixed race people in Japan
Posted on 14 May, 2013 | No CommentsIt’s great to see multi-cultural families in the press in a positive light and it seems to be happening more and more but there is still a need for education. […] -
Boarding School in India: Reflections by young adults
Posted on 9 May, 2013 | 2 CommentsABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, has some interesting podcasts which cover things in the international sphere that you don’t often hear about. I recently listened to India School which contained […] -
Film Review: Kathmandu Lullaby/ Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo
Posted on 23 April, 2013 | No CommentsI was perusing my local DVD shop for something to watch at the weekend when the sight of mountains caught my eye. I am a sucker for anything to do […] -
Three Representations of Third Culture Kids on the Big and Small Screen
Posted on 15 January, 2013 | No CommentsThese are things you come across when you aren’t really looking and then suddenly realise, hey, that’s a third culture kid! The Wild Thornberrys This animated Nickelodeon series followed the […] -
The Ins and Outs of Anti-malarials
Posted on 14 December, 2012 | No CommentsThe first time I went to a doctor to get anti-malarials I remember the doctor looking up what drug was needed where in an ancient book in which we had […] -
Short Film “I Am Home: thoughts of a nomad”
Posted on 26 November, 2012 | No CommentsFor a better understanding of what it is like to be a global nomad, or third culture kid, make a cup of tea and take a quarter hour to watch […] -
What is a TCK?
Posted on 4 November, 2012 | No Comments“A third culture kid is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside their parents’ culture. The third culture kid builds relationships to […] -
Learning for Free on the Internet
Posted on 1 October, 2012 | No CommentsSome people think that the current university system is about to be outdated. The idea that we go to the source of information, ie. universities, in order to learn what […] -
How to Cook With a Haybox
Posted on 3 July, 2012 | No CommentsWhile the idea of the haybox has been around for a long time, it seems that outside of crisis times people rarely use them. If you are posted somewhere with […]