Periagoge
Scenario

When couples from different cultures clash over academic rigor and cultural bias

My wife and I are both academics from different cultural backgrounds and we keep having these circular arguments about research methodology where what feels rigorous to me feels culturally biased to her, and what feels inclusive to her feels intellectually compromising to me. We're writing a paper together and can't even agree on how to evaluate sources.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are discovering that their deepest assumptions about what constitutes valid thinking are culturally shaped in ways that make intellectual collaboration feel like betrayal.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Critical thinking across cultures?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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