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Diana K. Rowland
Diana K. Rowland is an author, cross-cultural training pioneer, and professional skydiver. __TOC__ Biography Early travel Diana K. Rowland started her cross-cultural learning by leaving the United States at the age of 17 in 1968, flying to Luxembourg by an Icelandic Airlines turboprop plane. She traveled throughout Europe and North Africa for a year then took a 53-day overland bus from Europe to India in 1969 (later referred to as The Overland or hippie trail). She lived in India for two years before taking an East Germany freighter to Japan. Living in Kyoto, Japan for the next seven years she applied herself to becoming fluent in speaking and reading standard Japanese, as well as in Kyoto and Kansai dialects. Skydiving Rowland began Parachuting, skydiving in Japan in 1976, and has written a Amazon Kindle, Kindle book about that experience. After returning to the U.S. she made 1,200 jumps, organized many world-record skydives including the largest formation at night, pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-cultural
Cross-cultural may refer to *cross-cultural studies, a comparative tendency in various fields of cultural analysis *cross-cultural communication, a field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate *any of various forms of interactivity between members of disparate cultural groups (see also cross-cultural communication, interculturalism, intercultural relations, hybridity, cosmopolitanism, transculturation) *the discourse concerning cultural interactivity, sometimes referred to as cross-culturalism (See also multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism, transculturation, cultural diversity) Cross-cultural communication By the 1970s, the field of cross-cultural communication (also known as intercultural communication) developed as a prominent application of the cross-cultural paradigm, in response to the pressures of globalization which produced a demand for cross-cultural awareness training in various commercial sectors. Cultural communication diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |