unit3CulturalDiversity跨文化交际大学教学课件

hot and irritable
Wuhan
Joke appreciation for cultural diversity
• 6. The man felt very
embarrassed and made a sincere apology to the girl. But the beautiful girl smiled and said:
quality of my skirt. I am sorry
for the trouble I have brought
to you.
Japan
Over-courtesy and male-dominated
Joke appreciation for cultural diversity
• 2. Before the man saying sorry,
Human Nature Man-nature
Time Activity
Individualism Vs Collectivism
Uncertainty Avoidance
Power Distance
High-Context Low-Context
Social Relationship
Masculinity Vs Femininity
1) = Human nature orientation 人性取向
2) = Man-nature orientation 人天取向
3) = Time orientation
时间取向
4) = Activity orientation
行为取向
5) = Social orientation
人际取向
1) Human Nature
5) Social Relationship
Hierarchy
individual
Case study
During the American Civil War, a very hungry young man fell down in front of a farm gate. The farmer gave him food but in return he asked the young man to move a pile of wood in his yard – in fact it was not at all necessary to move the wood. When the young man left, the farmer moved the wood back to its original place. Seeing all this, the farmer’s son was confused.
上帝给了每个人一个杯子、一杯 粘土，并且人们从这个杯子里面 啜饮人生...他们都是浸在水里面的，
只是他们的杯子不一样而已 ----本尼迪克特
Joke appreciation for cultural diversity
• A young lady’s miniskirt was accidentally torn open by a young man. Please decide where they come from according to their responses to this incident.
D__o_n_’t_w_o_r_ry_,_S_i_r._I_a_m__a__m_a_n_,_t_o_o”.
Ladyboy, sheman
Thailand
Why is one culture different from another?
On the surface • Perception (how we sense the
Save face and dignity of the
1. Why did the farmer do that? young man accept --- earn
world) • Belief (what we believe as true) • Value (a system of criteria
known as rules and guideposts)
Why is one culture different
from another?
More deeply
Joke appreciation for cultural diversity
• 1. Before the man saying sorry,
the woman bowed down and
said in a tender voice: sorry, it
is all my fault. It is all the bad
Western values
Mixture of Good and Evil Humans control Nature
3) Sense of Time Past orientation Future orientation
4) Human Activity
BEING (who you are)
Biblioteka Baidu
Doing (what you are doing)
1. Model by Kluckhohn
basic questions that need answering at the root of any culture:
• 1) What is the character of innate human nature? • 2) What is the relation of man to nature? • 3) What is the temporal focus? • 4) What is the mode of human activity? • 5) What is the mode of human relationship?
the woman gave him a name-
card and said: “This is my
lawyer’s phone number. He will
talk with you about your sex
harassment. See you in the
court.”
America
• World view (religion)
- (life and death, creation of universe, relationship between humans and nature)
- (origin of society and groups within the society, relationship of individuals and groups to one another)
his coat on the girl and called a
taxi to send her home.
Gentle and
England
conservative
Joke appreciation for cultural
diversity
• 4. Before the man saying sorry, the woman gurgled and put her hand on the man’s shoulder: “Sir, if you do not mind, you can buy me a red rose to show your apology.” Then the man bought her a rose and they went to a hotel together to study more about the skirt.
Basically Evil
Mixture of Good and Evil
Basically Good
2) Relationship of Man to Nature
Nature controls humans
Man in Harmony With Nature
Man the Master of Nature
Cultural Diversity
• Human beings draw close to one another by their common nature, but habits and customs keep them apart. ---- Confucian saying
性相近，习相远 --论语
3) Sense of Time
Past-oriented
Presentoriented
Future-oriented
4) Human Activity
BEING (stress on who you are)
Growing (stress on selfdevelopment)
Doing (stress on what you are doing)
• Family (gender roles, individualismcollectivism, age, social skills)
• History (government, community, political system, key historical heroes, geography)
5) Social Relationship
Hierarchy 等级 Group-oriented Individual
orientation
Chinese values
1) Human Nature
Basically good
2) Relationship of Harmony with Man to Nature nature
Friendly and romantic
France
Joke appreciation for cultural
diversity
• 5. Before the man saying sorry, the woman flew into rage and gave the man a box on the face: “ni ge shao, xiang qi lao niang doufu, lao zi da si ni.” Then she took out a mobile phone and dialed number and a gang of people came. The whole thing developed into a riot.
How to classify different cultures?
Culture patterns
Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s Hofstede’s Dimensions
Edward T Hall’s
Value Orientation
of Cultural Variability Context - Culture Theory
A place where law talks!
Joke appreciation for cultural
diversity
• 3. Before the man saying sorry,
the woman covered the torn part of the skirt with a newspaper in hand and shyly said: “Sir, can you send me home? It is not very far from here.” Then the young man put
Right attitude in this global village
We are alike, We are different
Appreciate similarities, Accept differences
• God gave to every people a cup, cup of clay, and from this cup they drank life… They all dipped in the water, but their cups were different. ---- R. Benedict