Learn about Danau Tanu’s research while on the go via her featured appearances in podcasts, webinars and interviews.
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Freeing Yourself with Dr Danau Tanu
IN TRANSIT WITH SUNDAE BEAN
“When you forgive a person, or a country, or a culture for what they did to you, it doesn’t mean that you agree with their infractions or condone the wrong. It means that you’re not going to let that pain continue to prevent you from connecting, keep you away from joy, or steal your peace … You’re forgiving, but you’re not forgetting.”
What You’ll Learn in this Episode of In Transit with Sundae Bean:
- Pushing past the pushback
- Seeing the ugliness inside you
- The courage to say what many people think
- Using your privilege to effect change
- Learning by messing up
Third Culture Kids & Parachute Kids – Building Their Resilience
FAMILIES IN GLOBAL TRANSITION
Relationships with trusting adults and peers are vital to a child’s development and resilience. But how do these principles apply to internationally-mobile children and families?
Danau co-hosted a special event as Co-Chair of the FIGT Research Network to discuss how parents, schools and counselors can support Third Culture Kids (TCKs) & Parachute Kids.
Guest Speakers & Co-host
- Dr. Tim Stuart, Head of School at International Community School of Addis Ababa & author of Children At Promise
- Dr. Jang Eun Cho, board-certified psychiatrist & Director of the Consortium at Center for Cross Cultural Student Emotional Wellness (partner to Massachusetts General Hospital & affiliate of Harvard Medical School)
- Sundae Bean, solution oriented coach and podcaster for Expat Happy Hour
Featured talk for The World Bank – DAPP event
THE WORLD BANK
Danau was invited to speak at an event hosted by the Domestic Abuse Prevention Program of The World Bank family. She spoke as a panelist with Isabelle Min and Dr Ruth Van Reken on The Impact of Linguistic & Cultural Displacement on Bilingual Children.
Spotlight Interview with Among Worlds
AMONG WORLDS
Danau was featured in the Spotlight Interview for the December 2020 issue of the third culture kid magazine, Among Worlds. See here for more details
Conversations for Change: International Schools and Education – Working for Equity
FAMILIES IN GLOBAL TRANSITION
International schools aren’t necessarily the open-minded and globalized spaces as may be commonly thought. How does structural racism play out in international schools?
The Asian TCK Experience of International Schools
SEA CHANGE PODCAST
How do Asian TCKs experience racism and cultural hierarchies in international schools? And what can teachers, school leaders, students and alumni do about it?
TCKs of Asia on Privilege & Diversity
FAMILIES IN GLOBAL TRANSITION
A frank conversation on privilege and diversity among expats with Ema Naito, Editor of Families in Global Transition (FIGT).
Read the full interview.
What Do Students Think?: Structural Racism in the Eyes of Third Culture Kids
AIELOC – ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS & LEADERS OF COLOR
The impact of racial and cultural bias from the student perspective. Read more
Crossing Streets in Transit – Interview
THIRD CULTURE TALKS
This was by far the most fun interview. Danau talks with Daniel Nguyen-Phuoc and Cayetano Garcia Cachay about everything from research and the vicious Australian drop bears to Star Trek and the ‘magic hand’ trick for crossing busy streets. (Warning: There might be a little bit of swearing … )
A Foreigner in My Own Family: The Hidden Loss of Language & Intimacy
TCKS OF ASIA
How does being mixed race, growing up in a monolingual family, or being from a war-torn country play into it the hidden loss of language and intimacy? How do language gaps affect family dynamics for TCKs?
Language & Power: Stories from Asia
TCKS OF ASIA
Danau Tanu appeared on a forum hosted by TCKs of Asia to interview Isabelle Min, a former KBS broadcaster and one of the first generation of Koreans to grow up overseas as the child of a diplomat. They explored how the power of English and language hierarchies shape our identities and create internalized racism.
Hidden Hierarchies in International Schools
EXPAT HAPPY HOUR PODCAST
On self-segregation, ‘white’ as a culture, rootlessness & restlessness, naming the wound, and asking, ‘What else is going on here?’
Read the full transcript or listen to the interview: