FROM INTERCULTU

RAL

COMMUNICATION TO

COMMUNITIES OF P

URPOSE

LAURENCE RAW (Baskent University)

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

“TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FOREIGN CULTURE” (Saadet Bozkurt)

INTERCULTURAL SPEAKER“ONE WHO POSSESSES KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL GROUPS AND PRACTICES IN BOTH THE HOME AND TARGET CULTURES” (MICHAEL BYRAM, U. of DURHAM, UK)

INTERCULTURALITY FOR BUSINESS

“the intercultural speaker is the person who has managed to develop his or her own third way, in between the other cultures he or she is familiar with” (Julianne House, U. of Hamburg, Germany)

ESSENTIALIST VIEW OF CULTURE

THIRD WAY AS MEDIATING BETWEEN CULTURES

CULTURAL MELTDOWNOCT 2013: LAURENCE HAS CANCER OPERATION THAT PERMANENTLY AFFECTS HIS VOICE. HE CANNOT SHOUT AS HE ONCE DID AND HAS TO COMPLETELY RETHINK THE WAY HE ACTS IN THE CLASSROOM

MESSY CULTURES

CULTURAL BEHAVIOR IS NEVER FIXED, NEVER CONTROLLABLE. IT DEPENDS ON TIME, SPACE, GENDER, RACE, CLASS AND PLACE

LISTENINGCULTURAL COMPETENCE

DEPENDS NOT JUST ON SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING BUT LISTENING NOT JUST TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY BUT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY MEAN

REFLECTINGCULTURAL COMPETENCE

DEPENDS ON THINKING AND REFLECTING ON PRESENT INTERACTIONS IN TERMS OF PAST AND FUTURE.

OBSERVINGLOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY SPEAK. LOOK

AT THEIR EYES, FACES, GESTURES.

COMMUNITY

• Observing• Listening• Reflecting

COMMUNITY OF PURPOSE

A community of purpose is a group of people with shared interests in a topic, culture or idea. Members

of the community assist each other by LISTENING, then

SHARING experiences, REFLECTING on strategies and

EXCHANGING information on the process in hand.