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Introduction to ICC Intercultural communication Background • • • • • • • Globalisation Business Diplomacy Conflicts Failed projects Accidents and near-accidents Tourism Conflicts • The Mohammed caricatures • Genocides: Rwanda, Darfur, the Holocaust, Bosnia-Hercegovina, ”The glorious history of the West”.... • Civil wars: Northern Ireland, Iraq,Ivory Coast... • Terrorism, neo-colonialism • The Israeli wall Intercultural projects • • • • • • • • • Mergers Joint ventures Development projects Love and friendship Work migration Studies abroad Tourism Wars & refugees Peacekeeping • Transports • Organisations • Multinational enterprises • Export/import • Sports • Music • Media Social problems • • • • • • • Gang violence Segregation Fundamentalist religion Unemployment Education drop out Female underrepresentation Racism Scientific field • • • • • • • • Cultural studies Anthropology Ethnography Sociology Social psychology Religion Philosophy History • • • • • • • • Communications Semiotics Socio-lingusitics Foreign languages Economics Geography Popular culture Conflict resolution Usefulness • The ICC field is what is useful • WHEN AND IF successful cooperation is desired • Successful communication includes positive values and attitudes Values and attitudes I • Value the importance of being a competent intercultural communicator. • Acknowledge personal values as a cultural result. • Learn to respect cultural differences. • Acknowledge the tendency to value our inner groups. • Tolerate the different interpretations others make about different facts and happenings. • Value the importance of cultural identity, acknowledging the value of diversity. Values and attitudes II • Gain respect towards time, space, value, and management approaches in other cultures. • See the cultural patterns reflected in the languages of different cultures. • Develop a receptive attitude towards different nonverbal behaviours. • Promote a win-win relationship in any intercultural negotiation. • Understand the potential personal value gained from the culture shock process.
