Aug 19, 2007
Journaling Prompts
I write in my journals a lot. Yes, journals. I carry a small one in my purse, a mid-sized journal serves me on trips when I carry my laptop bag, and I have a large heavy one that I keep on my desk in my home office.
A few years ago I took a journaling class out of curiosity and in an attempt to ease myself into public writing. (My journal for the course was a spiral college rule notebook with an orange corrugated cardboard cover.) Each week our instructor offered writing prompts and then we scribbled away until she called time. Then we read our writing to the group, if we wanted to.
I like writing prompts, even though I don’t often write in the direction the prompt intended. But that’s ok. Prompts should simply give you a nudge down a writing road, create a spark that ignites reflection.
So here are some journaling prompts for you. These prompts are actually questions submitted by interculturalists around the world who are virtually deconstructing the idea of globalism, which is the theme of the Global SIETAR conference that will be held in
- How do cultures adapt to the demands of globalization? Is there a greater need to hold on to cultural differences?
- How can one determine the ethical guidelines to follow in a global context when cultural ethics differ? What is globalizing ‘right’ and what’s globalizing ‘wrong’?
- When does globalization NOT mean ‘Americanization’
- What is the role of the interculturalist in addressing globalization issues?
- How do we leverage our best in cultural identity and break out of the “we-they” mindset?
