ABOUT THE BLOG

You might have already understood by reading the 'About Us' section: we enjoy discovering new cultures as well as sharing ours. We consider the need to break free from ethnocentrism as being very important. This is why we have created this blog: in order to help open everybody’s minds to different cultures, and to better understand the richness of our own.

In order for you to understand the aim of our blog, we chose a quotation from a French writer Didier Hallépée. He said :

"Transmitting culture is the oldest job in the world."

*« Transmettre la culture est le plus vieux métier du monde »

To understand this quote, we need to define the word "culture". According to definitions, the feminine noun "culture" refers to the totality of the knowledge that one acquires in a domain. It is often assimilated to the term "tradition" or “custom” which encompasses the behaviours and beliefs associated with a region or country. The French writer, Didier Hallépée, refers most likely in his quote to the transmission of culture and traditions through family. Indeed, each individual receives, at his / her birth, cultural baggage, to which will be added his / her own culture that s/he will develop. A part of this will be transmitted to the next generation, and so on.

If part of the intercultural transmission is due to the family heritage, culture is also acquired thanks to third party actors. Cultural actors such as tourist offices, theatres, cultural associations play the role of (inter)cultural mediators and make foreigners aware of new cultures and traditions.

And this is exactly the aim of our blog: we want to be accessible (inter)cultural mediators for our readers. We aim to transmit new traditions and cultures and allow the connection of several cultures. On our blog, everybody should find his / her way and subjects that s/he finds interesting. Don’t hesitate to write to us if you want to take part in this wonderful adventure of sharing cultures.