What if cultural understanding were taught at uni, rather than assumed?

In a commentary, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Communication Management (Practice) Mark Chong, SMU Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies (Education) Darlene Machell Espena, and Jimmy Ye, Director of SMU’s Office of Student Life, said cultural literacy has traditionally been left to campus life, rarely taught and almost never assessed. They said Choreographing the City-State: Dance and Multiculturalism in Singapore, which grew out of the SMU production Return Of Return, uses dance to explore identity, community and nationhood, helping students build the empathy and respect for diversity needed in global workplaces.