Abroad View Magazine
Fall 2009 Table of Contents
Cover photo:
Kendra Rimmereid’s “Colors of India” was awarded first place in Abroad View’s 2009 Meta Photo Contest and first place in Bethel University’s Office of Off-Campus Programs’ Photo Contest, Cultural Interaction category. While interning for six weeks at Budh Shiksha Samiti, a nongovernmental organization in Jaipur that provides girls from rural villages with a quality education, Kendra photographed these students shelling pea pods for their Sunday night dinner.
2009 Meta Photo Contest
Click here to view the top photographs from the 2009 Meta Photo Contest.
Contest Winners
Immersion
Carving Into Ancient Tradition
Wade P. Shepard travels to the home of one of India’s master craftsmen to learn about the ancient art of woodcarving.
Inspiration
Echoes of Ecuador: Ariel Fox turns her experience of Ecuador’s language and land into poetry.
International Relations
The Sheikh and His Wives: Alexandra Halpern tries to blend into the complexities of a polygamous culture while living with a traditional Bedouin family in Jordan.
Crossing Borders
Without My Words: Tongue-tied in Madrid, Jamie C. Hennick learns how to translate her world.
Features
A View From the Inside
Working with heroin addicts and prostitutes in Asia’s largest red-light district, Hannah Nisreen Janoowalla gets a rare glimpse into Mumbai’s mafia-controlled brothels. Among the hardship, disease, and despair, she also finds friendship, love, and respect.
Projects for Peace
A philanthropist’s million-dollar gift funds 100 passionate students’ creative, service-oriented endeavors each year in countries worldwide. Kaitlyn Jahelka highlights a few of the most recent initiatives from an arts-based coexistence program in Cairo to storytelling in Poland.
Suitcase
Keeping in Touch Across Borders: Fresh ways to stay connected to friends around the world. By Molly Lister
Cultural Implants: Tips for maintaining ties to a foreign culture. By Kaitlyn Jahelka
What Not to Lug Home: Find out how to keep your luggage light and legal. By Grace Weitz
So How Was Study Abroad? Get prepared to answer that question again and again.
By Sarah Kessler
Global Citizens
From Hardship to Helping Hands: CNN “Young Wonder” Shin Fujiyama overcomes his own obstacles to start a non-profit in Honduras.
Fresh From the Field: A taste of South Africa sparks Jensen Lowe’s interest in international relations and issues facing developing nations.
Going Mobile in Malawi: Josh Nesbit is using text messages to provide better medical care for locals.
Cooking Up Support: Drolma Gadou delivers 400 solar cookers and more to help her Tibetan community.
Columns
Dictionary
Conversation Conservation: How to maintain your newly minted language skills after returning from abroad. By Asha Toulmin
Sustainability
Reaching the Red Line: What you can do from anywhere in the world to help prevent runaway climate change.
Storytelling
Travel Writing 101: Pointers for crafting the perfect account of your study abroad experience.
Careers
Found in Translation: Interested in working with presidents, participating in international summits, or traveling nonstop? The tough but rewarding job of an international translator or interpreter may be for you.
Plus—How Your Foreign Language Skills Can Help You Land a Job
Citizen Diplomacy
Digging Into Diplomacy: A U.S. Embassy intern in Ukraine finds out what the world of diplomacy is really like and opens her eyes to the deep-seated societal problems that promote illegal international emigration.
Making the Most
Hydrating Honduras: Bringing water to rural villages proves a satisfying alternative
to the typical college spring break.
Live, Learn, Work Play
Okay, We’re Sisters
Sometimes close ties transcend international borders and cultural clashes. Erika Spaet finds an unlikely friend while living in Morocco.
Mandarin Missteps
In a quest to speak like a Beijinger, Vince Liang learns that communication is more important than perfection.
Power of the Teacher
Marta Casey thought she had her lesson plans all worked out—until the cultural norms of a Chinese classroom test her and her students.
Leap of Faith
Bungee jumping in South Africa goes from terrifying to a mode of self-discovery for Reetu Mody.
Journal
Songs of South Africa: Through an incredible teaching opportunity, Kelly Garner experiences the rhythms and realities of township life.
Library
Best travel books + more
Tackling Middle East conflict in a video game
Rounding up the best travel books
Movie review: Sin Nombre.
Last Look
Reflection: Alexander Kwong finds a haven of tranquility amid Hong Kong’s
bustling mega-city.