Introduction to ICC

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Introduction to ICC

• Intercultural communication

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Background

• Globalisation
• Business
• Diplomacy
• Conflicts
• Failed projects
• Accidents and near-accidents
• Tourism

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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

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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

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Social problems

• Gang violence
• Segregation
• Fundamentalist religion
• Unemployment
• Education drop out
• Female underrepresentation
• Racism

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Scientific field

• Cultural studies
• Anthropology
• Ethnography
• Sociology
• Social psychology
• Religion
• Philosophy
• History

• Communications
• Semiotics
• Socio-lingusitics
• Foreign languages
• Economics
• Geography
• Popular culture
• Conflict resolution

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Usefulness

• The ICC field is what is useful
• WHEN AND IF successful cooperation is desired
• Successful communication includes positive values
  and attitudes

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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.

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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.

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