Immigrant Neighborhoods and Elephants (Platial News and Neogeography)

March 03, 2009

Immigrant Neighborhoods and Elephants

Ok, you move to a foreign place, either a new country, or just a new city. Depending on your circumstances, there is likely going to be some kind of balancing act between embracing the new and holding onto the familiar. Stunting integration vs. maintaining and celebrating cultural heritage.

Turns out that elephants face the same problems when they are relocated.

Listen to an interview with Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman: mp3 or ogg.

(Via CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks | January 3, 2009.)

Mar 3, 2009 4:35:18 PM | Neogeography

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