A Passion for Languages and Cultures: Teacher, Researcher, and Principal of the German Language School

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Title
A Passion for Languages and Cultures: Teacher, Researcher, and Principal of the German Language School
Description
The purpose of this portrait project is to display a personal experience of migration, as well as the integration into a new culture through one’s work and passion. It is to exemplify how interactions within a new culture aid to solidifying an identity that encompasses many different cultures, lifestyles, and personal experiences. Through an interview, captured on film, it is seen that there are many different aspects of interactions which provide an understanding of how an identity is established and then developed throughout life. Living within a new culture, and immersing oneself in a daily routine, it is evident that each person adapts to their new life differently. As seen in this depiction of a first person experience of immigration, work is a large part of a person’s life, and can have a great deal of influence on their identity.
Subject
Moving to Canada in 1974 for work and family.
Creator
Philipp Niesel
Source
Original
Publisher
Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2017
Date
December 10, 2017
Contributor
Beate Gundert
Rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.
Relation
IsPartOf German
Format
Video
Video
Language
English and German
Type
Moving Image
Coverage
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Extent
7:59
producer
Philipp Niesel
Item sets
German Collection