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In the 9th episode of HBC podcast by MB I talk with my best friend of more than 30 years, Jaime Zollars. Jaime spent the first half of her childhood in California and then at the end of 6th grade, her family up and moved to the Silver Spring, MD area. While Jaime admits that she doesn't readily think about all of the cultural differences that may have impacted her experience, she definitely remembers thinking "I'm foreign to this people." She shares with use her experiences of teaching students from America and from China and the communication challenges that ensued. Suprisingly and happily, I learned even more about Jaime through our conversation. Our talk led me to highlight the use of language as a proxy for (fill-in-the-blank), the individualistic versus collectivist nature of learning in the classroom, and communicating through imagery.
Jaime Zollars
JAIME ZOLLARS is an author and illustrator who makes pictures for children’s books, magazines, newspapers, and ad campaigns. Her clients include United Airlines, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, Little Brown, Macmillan, and The American Red Cross. She has also exhibited her work in galleries, including CoproGallery, Gallery Nucleus, and Giant Robot. Her work has been recognized by a bunch of great publications and societies, including American Illustration, Communication Arts, The Society of Illustrators, Curvy Australia, Design Taxi, DPI Taiwan, BBC’s Culture Shock, and the SCBWI. Jaime has also been professor in both the MFA and undergraduate illustration programs at The Maryland Institute College of Art, and has served on several boards, including the Los Angeles SCBWI, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, and The Illustration Conference. When she is not participating in any of the above, you’ll probably find Jaime eating eclairs or driving her children to and from all of the activities she said she'd never drive her children to and from.
Music for this episode is Like Honey by Dr. Delight provided by soundstripe.com.
Cover artwork and design by Katrina Langland and Eloise Stewart.
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Here are some interesting and fun resources to check out that highlight individualism versus collectivism learning, language as a proxy for race, and communicating through the senses.
A brief intro of individualism versus collectivism
Understanding Universal Design for Learning
Interested in learning about raciolinguistics?
Finally, - great article on Communication Through the Arts!
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...when you work with people... Language matters. Culture counts.
Thank you for listening!
~MB