EMBLEMS diversophy® is an intercultural learning and communications game designed to explore what is emblematic about cultures around the world. Emblems are identity markers range from national flags and symbols, to commercial logos, to the foods we eat, and the many things that we do differently from our global (or our next-door) neighbors. Some of these may be positive or negative as seen by ourselves and others. So, the task here is to recognize them, deal with our automatic reactions to them, and use them as elements of insight rather than becoming labels, stereotypes, biases, or prejudices about difference. The safe space created by this game enables us to do this in an interesting and enjoyable way that connects us with people different from ourselves. Enjoy!
Emblems - Digital - English
About the developers
Dr. George Simons, diversity pioneer, editor of the diversophy series of learning games, has synthesized the learnings of close to half a century of intercultural research and best practice into succinct and understandable game form that will start you and keep you sharing with the people about you in today's multicultural world of global enterprises. Look for fun and fascination as you learn from one of the masters in the field of intercultural consulting and training.
Prof. Dr. Renate Link is a Professor of Business English at the Department of Business and Law at Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences Germany. She is also the Vice Head of the university’s Language Centre and passionately involved in the internationalization of her institution as she believes in the benefits of the synergy effects of this field with languages and cultures. Therefore, she initiated the rotating "International Language Week including Intercultural Communication" co-hosted by a different university from all over the world each year. Renate Link studied Business Administration specializing in Tourism Management and did a postgraduate program in General & Business English. Besides, she completed additional qualifications on the Methods & Didactics of German as a Foreign Language, Vocational Pedagogy and Intercultural Communication & Cooperation. Before becoming a professor, she worked in the Tourism Sector and as a Trainer for Languages and Intercultural Management with international clientele. As she did her doctorate in English & Cultural Studies with a thesis on Intercultural Communication in Tourism, her research focuses on Intercultural Management with an strong emphasis on COIL, edutainment, gamification and the differences between Western and Eastern cultures. She is also the Founding Director of the Institute of Intercultural Communication at Aschaffenburg UAS and co-heads the regional SIETAR chapter Frankfurt-Rhine-Main-Lower Franconia; since 2022, she has been a board member of the German Society for Key Competences in Teaching, Research, and Practice and a member of the council of IACCM (International Association for Cross-Cultural Competence and Management).