Author Archives: Risa Shibata

About Risa Shibata

Hi! My name is Risa Shibata, currently a junior exchange student at UC Berkeley. I come from Japan but was born in Australia, and spent my early childhood there. Once coming back to Japan, I went to an international school until graduating high school. Although I thought that I was pretty knowledgable about cultural diversity as I grew up in a multicultural environment, this was not true at all. Living in I-House has allowed me to encounter new cultural experiences on a daily basis :)

So different and yet so similar – the irony of culture

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Risa Shibata

This semester has been zooming by, and it is unbelievable that the ILI spring session is already gearing towards the end. The biggest thing I was able to grasp from the ILI is undoubtedly the “irony of culture.” Although we … Continue reading →