Back To Jerusalem The Idan Raichel Project

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Back To Jerusalem - The Idan Raichel Project
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What Is Intercultural Conflict?
When persons from different cultures
experience Emotional frustration or
mismatched expectations Perceptions of
incompatibility Values Norms Goals Scarce
resources Outcomes crash trailer Trailer of a
Documentary Film on Intercultural Relationships
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Inter-cultural conflict between the Indians and
the Swedish
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A Model of Intercultural Conflict (Kim)
Bottom group should be MICRO Level.
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Face Negotiation Theory
(Ting-Toomey Oetzel)
Face
is ones favorable self-worth or
self-image. Self-face Other-face Mutual-face
10.1 Instruct the students to write out,
anonymously but in as much detail as possible, a
recent conflict they have either experienced or
observed with a person from another culture.
Then ask them to describe how the conflict was
managed. Collect their descriptions and read a
few aloud. Ask students to identify their
facework strategies based on Figure 10.1 and
their conflict management styles based in Figure
10.3.
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• Obliging - Face Negotiation Theory
• Integrating - Face Negotiation Theory
• Dominating - Face Negotiation Theory
• Compromising - Face Negotiation Theory

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Face Negotiation Theory
(Ting-Toomey Oetzel)
is communicating to defend or
save face when it is threatened. Dominating
(self-face concern) Avoiding (other-face
concern) Integrating (mutual-face concern) What
is the facework or lack of facework going on in
this situation? Pilipino-American--High School
Project Cultural Conflict
Review of Facework
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Conflict Communication Styles
Influenced by two communication
dimensions Assertiveness Responsiveness
Please put on these glasses and look at the
screen before I change slides!
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What color were the zebras stripes?

• How does perception affect intercultural conflict?

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Conflict Communication Styles
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Intercultural Approaches to Conflict
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Intercultural Approaches to Conflict
Individualistic effective finish to the conflict
over appropriate treatment of
parties Collectivistic appropriate treatment of
parties over effective finish to the conflict
Turkish Delight - Narnia Strategies include
manipulation, resources, aggression
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Conflict Resolution in High- and
Low-Context Cultures
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Discussion Questions

• Recall a conflict that you have experienced. How
  did your cultural background affect how you
  handled it?
• What types of intercultural conflicts occur on
  your college or university campus? What groups or
  cultures have frequent conflicts?
• Regarding Question 2 above, how do these groups
  manage and address the conflict?
• Do you prefer to handle conflict directly or
  prefer to avoid it altogether?
• What irritates you the most about how others
  handle conflict? Why?

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• Learning Activity
• http//www.peacecorps.gov/wws/stories/stories.cfm?
  psid59
• http//www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/lessonplan
  s/lesson.cfm?lpid322

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• Algonquin--The Invisible Nation Trailer
• Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Technology -
  War Conflict" (50 minutes)

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