Chapter 1
Juan Guevara
Foundations of Intercultural Communications
A big part of studying intercultural communications is getting to know your own cultural background. Although you begin studying other’s cultures, you also begin to understand your own and the many intricacies which all these cultures play on one another.
For example, after studying IC, you become aware of ethnocentrism; the tendency to think that our own culture is superior to others (Martin 2018, pg. 4). This could come in many forms such as believing doing a task another way might be “weird” or “wrong” when in fact there is no wrong way of doing said task.
With diversity, we can expand our thinking and method of doing things (Martin 2018, pg. 8). There is value in the differences we share. Once we see and try another approach, we could potentially find more efficient ways of doing things. Think about it like this; every civilization may have invented the wheel, but how, with what material. By seeing and trying other ways, we take pieces from others and create a synergy effect.
A very easy example of this synergy effect is cuisine. Chefs constantly look at new techniques developed all over the world to continue to create even better cuisines. And it is important to note, this value is spread across all platforms; political, artistic, and community.
Work Cited
Martin, J. (2018). Intercultural Communication in Contexts (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Foundations of Intercultural Communications
A big part of studying intercultural communications is getting to know your own cultural background. Although you begin studying other’s cultures, you also begin to understand your own and the many intricacies which all these cultures play on one another.
For example, after studying IC, you become aware of ethnocentrism; the tendency to think that our own culture is superior to others (Martin 2018, pg. 4). This could come in many forms such as believing doing a task another way might be “weird” or “wrong” when in fact there is no wrong way of doing said task.
With diversity, we can expand our thinking and method of doing things (Martin 2018, pg. 8). There is value in the differences we share. Once we see and try another approach, we could potentially find more efficient ways of doing things. Think about it like this; every civilization may have invented the wheel, but how, with what material. By seeing and trying other ways, we take pieces from others and create a synergy effect.
A very easy example of this synergy effect is cuisine. Chefs constantly look at new techniques developed all over the world to continue to create even better cuisines. And it is important to note, this value is spread across all platforms; political, artistic, and community.
Work Cited
Martin, J. (2018). Intercultural Communication in Contexts (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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