Webinar: Reclaiming culture

06-11-2024 20:00 - 21:30

The white society is your society. By traveling to Asia I understand myself better. (Tomas)
An African mother who can cook for me, I miss this for myself in real life, but through my African friends I can enjoy them too. (Jasmine)
I would like to learn Spanish, but I’m not much of a student. I always did ballet. Now I’m learning bachata and merengue. Through dancing I try to feel more of my Latina background. (O.)

International (transracial) adoptees are adopted across cultures and racial/ethnic groups. They grow up in and typically identify quickly with their adoptive parents’ white culture, and may eventually seek to reclaim their birth culture. These are difficult processes of cultural identification and changes that – inevitably – come with adoption, often referred to as ‘acculturation’ and ‘enculturation’. But does the used terminology adequately depict this reclamation of birth culture?

In this webinar Doctor Amanda Baden, Professor at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, and licensed psychologist in New York City will explain her research and clinical experience in reculturation. Or in other words: how international (transracial) adoptees, to varying degrees, seek to reclaim or readopt their birth culture that was lost or sacrificed when they were placed internationally and across racial and ethnic lines.

This webinar will be hosted in English.

Wanneer?
6/11/2024 (20u until 21u30)

Waar?
Online, via Webinargeek

Voor wie?
Adoptees (+18), adoptive parents & social workers who support adoptees and adoptive parents

Prijs?
15 euro

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