Discussion Post #2
David Kim
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david.kim123@richmond.edu
In Figuring Foreigners Out, it talks about how individualism and collectivism are possessed throughout the culture and personal identity. It also states that nonverbal behaviors, such as body language and facial expressions, are significant in high-context cultures. The three categories that sort nonverbal behaviors in cross-cultural context was the most interesting part of the reading. I totally agree and support the details of these categories because some nonverbal behaviors can bring worse situations with confusion instead of help. One thing that I learned is the fact that no culture only uses either the direct or indirect approach, but tends to be more one way than the other.
Through the Collectivism - Individualism World map, I could see that individualism is dominated in countries that mainly use English and Europe languages. Also, masculinity was dominated almost all over the world in the Femininity - Masculinity World map. Dimension maps: Long-term Orientation and Dimension maps: Indulgence represents the unity in continents, but differences all around the earth. As a person who has experienced different countries, I already knew that there were big differences between cultures but realized this again.
These resources motivated me to not only study the surface part of languages but also their inherent characteristics. Now I can think about similarities and differences between each language, country, and continent from a wider perspective.
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