Beyond Good Intentions Symposium

• Students will reflect on their own approaches to service through facilitated conversations pre-departure.
• Students will engage in experiential learning in elements of the intercultural development process, with the option to participate in the Intercultural Development Inventory.
• Students will apply context-specific knowledge of culture, history, and political and economic and environmental realities, in service to others.
• Students will demonstrate critical reflexivity about serving in and partnering with communities.
• Students will practice collaborative leadership by setting shared goals and translating pre-departure learning into action. 

• Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessment, facilitated by LINC — Let me know if you’d like to take this assessment
• 7 Billion Others 2003 video project by Yann Arthus-Bertrand (original project title “6 Billion Others”); also on YouTube. 
• 6 Billion Others: Portraits of Humanity from Around the World (original book, published 2009–link to Amazon)
• Learning to Read the World Through Other Eyes (Andreotti & de Souza, 2008)
• “The Case for Contamination” (Appiah, 2006)
• Yosso (2005) and community cultural wealth

• Community Engaged Learning Dispositions
• Eric Hartman et al. (2018) Community-Based Global Learning : The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad
  • Chap 2: Seeking Global Citizenship
  • Chap 3: Advancing Reflection and Critical Reflection
• Darby Ray Self, World, and the Space Between: Community Engagement as Vocational Discernment
• Darby Ray Campus-Community Partnership: A Stubborn Commitment to Reciprocal Relationships

• Rethinking Service, Cresset Article
• What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Service, Adam Davis
• “The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems” (Martin, 2016)
• “Seduced by ‘The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems’” (Starr, 2016)

Intercultural competence is relevant in both global and local settings and refers to a person’s capacity to:

1. Encounter differences in effective and appropriate ways
2. Adapt speech and behavior, avoid assumptions, and adjust your point of view
3. Navigate complex interactions in unfamiliar contexts across multiple cultural settings

• The Intercultural Development Inventory is an assessment tool that measures your intercultural competence
• Valpo students take the IDI through LINC – the Language and Intercultural Learning Center
• Details: Online assessment, 50 items, culture-general in nature, cross-culturally valid
• You can take the IDI for free if you are one of the first 25 students to register for the BGI. Registration deadline: January 20
• IDI includes: Assessment with your results, BGI group debrief session, one-on-one debrief after the BGI, resources for making an intercultural plan
• Deadline to take the IDI: January 27

1. Learn about a framework for understanding how people approach and experience differences
2. Take dedicated time to interpret and reflect on your results and general approach with a trained facilitator
3. Apply the intercultural framework to the cultural setting(s) of your service trip destination
4. Gain confidence as you anticipate intercultural encounters you may face on your trip 
5. Receive resources for developing your intercultural competence after returning from your trip