Study Abroad Trip in Germany

Jacqueline Hester Start Date: Feb 19, 2017 - End Date: Feb 18, 2018
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Study/Degree Abroad
  • Freiburg, Germany

My Travel Story

by: Jacqueline Hester Start Date: Feb 19, 2017 - End Date: Feb 18, 2018
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Study/Degree Abroad
I am a German Cultural and Literature major but I didn't start out as one. I initially started at the University of Iowa as a Graphic Design major before taking German as a general education course. I fell in love with the language and decided to transfer to a major, however, I'm a 3rd year student now and will lose my scholarships before I'm able to go abroad. My other academic interests have been multicultural representation in the media and Afro-American studies.

My main goals for my trip is cultural and language immersion. I aim to finish my degree either while abroad for a year, or immediately after the trip. On the other side of my college interests, as a mixed-race student, I don't necessarily have a single cultural heritage of my own, America is very slow with progression when dealing with multiracial children, and I feel as if I can't see my identity while in America.  I think that traveling to another center of historical cultural oppression would be interesting, the contrast between our forced looseness and Germany's intense order will be interesting to document.

My long-term goals after the trip will be in the study of multiculturalism on a global scale. Western Europe treats their multiracial citizens in different ways, and I want to see that. I want to document the differences between biracial and multiracial Afro-Europeans and see how different countries see mixed race children and adults on screen and in pop culture. 
  • Freiburg, Germany

Adventure Registry

  • GoPro

    $ 100

  • High Ankle Boots

    $ 75