Anna’s article on the challenges of being a lovepat and a TCK was published on Denizen.com.
May 11, 2011
April 24, 2011
TCKs Redefined and Redefined Again
A brilliant, heartfelt little gem of a response by Ruth V. Reken to an article written on edexpat.com on who a TCK really is. Her response was in order to clear up some misperceptions regarding TCKs as adult “victims” of a global childhood. I’ve never felt like a victim, though I can truly say I identify with the TCK lifestyle and process, both as a child and now as an adult. I was thrilled to learn that Ruth only began journaling at my age (39) to try to discover why certain reactions and behaviors kept repeating themselves when she felt that she had lived such a great life. So I guess it’s never too late! Thanks in part to her work, though, I figured it out a lot sooner. This piece speaks for itself.
April 9, 2011
What Should TCKs Do as a Living?
Donna Musil shared her tips on the best careers for TCKs, on TCK Academy. Click here to see the full list or listen to the audio file.
April 7, 2011
A Parent’s View on Raising TCKs
It’s great to see how a parent’s worldview is changing by observing their childrens’ cultural transformation. The “Baker’s Half Dozen” blog follows an American expat family in Hungary.
May 20, 2010
Take the office with you
Talk about an ideal work-life balance! This article from Aftenposten caught our eye. “Digital nomade” features Eivind Ravdal, who travels the world working as an IT consultant for Norwegian companies and for a Norwegian salary. This may be the way the world is headed and being employed will not necessarily mean being in one place, immobile and tied to a physical office. This will in any case be encouraging for any TCKs out there. This fits the TCK lifestyle perfectly!
May 9, 2010
Support “Chameleon – the experience of global citizens”
I just discovered a new project called “Chameleon: the experience of global citizens”. It is a multi-disciplinary arts project about global nomads, third culture kids, cross culture kids, cross/multi discipline fusion.
Chameleon combines dance, film, spoken word and visual art to investigate multi-cultural identity and cross-cultural relationships. Rooted in the notion of home, this show draws on the insight and experience of Third Culture Kids: those who have spent a significant period of time in a culture other than their own, creating a new third culture.
As the creative director and choreographer Alaine Handa explained in an email: “Chameleon are the stories of global citizens through dance, film, spoken word, theater, jewelry design, and photography. It has definitely morphed since its humble beginnings at UCLA’s Dept of World Arts & Cultures and its first showcase at Electric Lodge in Southern California in 2005. Since then portions and previews of the project has traveled to a Pirate Festival in Long Island, WAX Works at Triskelion Arts in Williamsburg, a Sports Bar in Murray Hill called Stone Creek, A studio showing at Movement Research, Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference (APAP) showcase at Dance New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan, Families in Global Transitions Conference in Houston, TX, Kirkland Farm as part of the DanceNow Silo Residency in Springtown, PA, A community performance for the Chinese Immigrant Senior population at Houston Street Center, A film screening at Utahloy International School in Guangzhou, China, A photography gallery at Houston Street Center… This was all in the past year.”
The show has its premier next week in NYC. So if you’re in the area, go and support a good cause and learn a bit more about TCKs through creative expression. For more details, click here.
If you’re traveling to Washington DC this summer you can also catch the show at the Capital Fringe Festival. (Thursday July 8 @ 6pm, Saturday July 10 @ 11am, Friday July 23 @ 6pm, Saturday July 24 @ 3:45pm, Sunday July 25 @ 2:15pm,
Venue: The Apothecary, Venue Address: 1013 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
May 8, 2010
Among Worlds Glossary
There are all sorts of terms used for persons who grow up or live in more than one culture, particularly those children who are raised in a culture different than their parents’ culture. Most of these terms are unknown to people outside of expat life, but many are even unfamiliar to expats. TCK is becoming a pretty well known term, but there are so many subsets of TCKs, depending on what your parents did for a living. This glossary posted by Among Worlds is a great start to getting a handle on all the words to describe those intercultural beings who grew up internationally.
April 25, 2010
Where are you from? – the dreaded question
I’ve referred to Becky Grappo’s blog before. I came across a submission from April 13th on the TCK identity conundrum. There is definitely a pattern to how TCKs handle the question of roots, identity and the question “where are you from”? It’s pretty fascinating. This is Becky’s take on it and I wanted to share. I’m not sure that the link is not direct. You can find it at educatingglobalnomads.com under the “blog” tab or by clicking here and searching under “categories” on the left-hand menu for “Third Culture Kids”.