How to get a grasp on the world today? The daily news is often a litany of atrocities. And history often puts the emphasis on conflict and crisis. For these reasons, you need some alternative approaches to understand the world in some different perspectives.

Consider the following: travel writing that goes beyond the headlines (with its own biases of course), cultural entryways to the world – music and movies and food. What else? Campus organizations that celebrate (and inform the campus about) different cultures and study abroad.

Data

• Our World in Data – An open-source, open-access website of data on global issues

Intro to the Modern World

• World 101– online resources from the Council on Foreign Relations

History Podcasts

• BBC Radio4 – In Our Time – A podcast with international experts on important historical moments and developments

Music

• transGlobal groove collective – Wooster radio show hosted by Prof. Moledina. Listen at Mixcloud.
• Afropop Worldwide – Award-winning radio show on music of Africa and the African diaspora
• RFI Musiques du Monde – World music from RFI (France)
• RFI Musique – Francophone and African Music
• RootsWorld – world music magazine – and see RootsWorld Radio
• SongLines Magazine – world music magazine
• WorldMusicCentral – online world music magazine
• Turkish Music Portal – from the Turkish Cultural Foundation

Travel Writing

• National Geographic – Travel
• Smithsonian – Travel
• New York Times – Travel
• WorldHum – The Best Travel Writing on the Net
• Outpost Magazine
• AFAR Magazine
• The Wayward Post
• Go Nomad

Food

• Anthony Bourdain – Parts Unknown – on CNN
• Turkish Cuisine Portal – from the Turkish Cultural Foundation

Campus Organizations

• International Education Week (November 4-12 2016)
• Intercultural Partner Program
• Cross Cultural Connections C3
• ASiA (Asia Supporters in Action
• SEA US (South East Asia and the United States)
• Proyecto Latino
• African Students Union

Off-Campus Study

• Off Campus Study Office
• The Dakar Institute with Professor Sene and others
• Wooster in Israel and Palestine with Professor Friedman
• Global Social Entrepreneurship in India with Professor Moledina
• Summer in Tuscany with Professor Hettinger
• Wooster Treks – to Haiti, Greece, Thailand, and more