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Culture Shock Story » Meri Collazos Sola
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. Visit my website www.merisola.com. Culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own." (Wikipedia.org). Many of us are striving to produce a blend of all the cultures which seem today to be in clash with one another. No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive". -Mahatma Gandi. America is a poem in our eyes" -Ralph Waldo Emerson. University of Maryland , Baltimore County.
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Culture Shock Story » Culture Shock Story
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. Culture Shock Story is a collection of interviews with students about their experiences while living abroad. Some of the students are from the United States and others are international living in the United States. They responded to the same questionnaire and I built a new discourse from their responses. From Meri C Sola. Culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own." (Wikipedia.org). Culture ...
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Culture Shock Story » 5 Toys Story
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. In 5 Toys Story. Culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own." (Wikipedia.org). Many of us are striving to produce a blend of all the cultures which seem today to be in clash with one another. No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive". -Mahatma Gandi. America is a poem in our eyes" -Ralph Waldo Emerson. University of Maryland , Baltimore County. Center for Digital Storytelling.
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Culture Shock Story » Digital Storytelling
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. What is Digital Storytelling. FROM UMBC NEW MEDIA, SHOT IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CENTER 2011. Basically consists of inviting people to produce their own true-life stories in a media format (a video of 5-8 minutes using their own voice over for their own narrative account and using their own pictures). It is a participatory event. Where experts, institutions and the participants meet. It is a way to engage the people in a creative dialogue. To get people gat...
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Culture Shock Story » “Why Am I Doing This?”
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. 8220;Why Am I Doing This? MA in Intercultural Communication. So…What is Intercultural Communication? What type of media would be better to address new relations to power and cultural diversity? Why is America that BIG? Yep… I can now say again that because sometimes we are all different, we are all alike. Culture shock is the difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their own." (Wikipedia.org). Digital Stories @ UMBC.
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Culture Shock Story » Moving between (cultures) my friends
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. Moving between (cultures) my friends. 8220; Moving…. MOVING BETWEEN CULTURES (MY FRIENDS). 8220; Moving between my friends. 8221; is a personal documentary film that portraits the everyday life of four of the friends I met in UMBC. Sean. Is originally from Germany. She married a US soldier and they moved to live in Maryland. Tamara. Is from Ecuador. She is preparing for her wedding. on the 3rd of July, very close to the date! Culture is a mold in which we...
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Culture Shock Story » About the project
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. In order to investigate diverse forms of portraying intercultural awareness and identity creation within new media, I developed a website called Culture Shock Story ( www.cultureshockstory.com. The website is about intercultural experiences of students from UMBC ( University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Utilizes three different types of media narratives: studio interviews. And a personal documentary film. The collection of studio interviews. With each o...
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Culture Shock Story » Personal Academic Background
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A project by Meri Collazos Sola. Why Am I Doing…. Research on Creativity and Intercultural Competence in WEB 2.0. My experience with participatory media and new media started more than ten years ago when working on local media (radio and television) producing contents that involved local people, who could not easily find a voice in the mass media. I graduated from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. In 2001, I got a Grant to study in Finland in the Interactive Media Program in Tampere University. Has allowed me to...