Why We Matter: Cultural Differences and Ethnic Minorities

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“When we see a road on a map, we can imagine ourselves traveling along it, either on foot or by car. But for some people, those roads are simply off-limits. They do not have the right to access that simple line that we see on a map”, these are words from our guest this episode who is eager to talk about minority groups, specifically in Thailand.

Jin Hee Lim is a second year PhD student at the University of Oxford. She is two months into research in northern Thailand about minority groups. In her everyday life, she comes to question what’s keeping people from being distant with one another. It seems that only some parts of ethnic minority culture is celebrated as exotic and new, whereas other parts of their lives are simply ignored.

In this episode, Immerse in foreign worlds and cultivate cultural awareness by looking at ethnical minorities and understanding their being. Today, we talk about cultural differences, ethnic minorities, and how to lower the barriers in order to envision a future that is more equal to all.

BY JOSHUA BEST

Joshua Mejor is a certified Global Mobility Specialist with knowledge in travel and immigration. He is a professional community builder bringing a decade of academic and personal experience in international relocation and workforce management. Having led his own community of remote workers to twelve countries in one year as a Regional Manager, he is now a host of Why We Travel, a podcast that flips the paradigm behind the labels: “tourists”, “nomads”, and “expats” with the end goal of creating space in the intersection of work, travel, and culture

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