Human Communication. A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 11‚ No.1‚ pp. 27 – 38 Overcoming Ethnocentrism through Developing Intercultural Communication Sensitivity and Multiculturalism Qingwen Dong University of the Pacific Kenneth D. Day University of the Pacific Christine M. Collaço University of the Pacific Qingwen Dong (Ph.D. Washington State University‚ 1995) is Associate Professor and Chair and Kenneth D. Day (Ph.D. Indiana University‚ 1980) is Professor
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Jon Kenney ANTHRO 2 Wisniewski "The Gebusi" Analytical Paper March 11‚ 2015 "The Gebusi" Analytical Paper 1A.) From the beginning of the text/story I found that Bruce was having the most trouble during his first visit to Papua New Guinea. However‚ as time passed by during those first few years he made some interesting discoveries along the way. One of the first challenges I found him having problems with was trying to learn their complex language. Their use of the phonemes and morphemes are the
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The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid by angelakm Angela Matthews The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid serves as a bridge between two worlds‚ the modern and the untouched. Unfortunately untouched is not be the correct word to use as it becomes apparent that this village has in fact had its fair share of visitors. The story begins itself with one of these visitors being led through the village by a wise old man. The man speaks in a sincere tone and with a voice of experience that gives the sense that this isn’t the
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China was greatly influenced by many of its physical features. The Yellow River that flowed through China‚ impacted China in both positive and negative ways. The people called the Yellow River the “River of Sorrows” because when the river flooded it destroyed all the crops and the houses that lived along the river. However‚ despite the negative side of the Huang He River‚ it was great for the land. The river has silt which is called loess‚ it deposits the loess along the river bends and makes the
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visibility of all women. With this said‚ we are led to see Wald’s main focal point of this journal: with these female stars promoting female youth subculture‚ a culturally expressed resistance to patriarchal femininity emerges in trying to universalize ethnocentric terms. The idea is that women require attention‚ approval and authority to the degree in which they will act childlike. Ward continues in her argument that this is not only a feministic strategy but one of business and culture. The music industry
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The Debate Over American Imperialism Catriona Whalley Imperialism was not a proper and legitimate policy for the United States to follow at the turn of the 19th century. Americans defended their country’s attentions with ethnocentric‚ hypocritical‚ and overall un-American rationalizations. They imperialized for their own profit and benefit‚ and had no true justification behind their reasoning. While Americans did not usually claim that they anted to maintain rule of
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Culture and Individual Personality: The ability to know‚ identify and solve group problems. Adeola Ajepe Management 615‚ Session 1131 Professor Edgar Noumair‚ PhD September 22‚ 2010 The ability to know‚ identify and solve group problems. Leadership to me means being competent‚ hardworking and compassionate‚ but alongside
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although this also applies to multicultural psychology)‚ that we should see even more multicultural texts in the new millennium‚ but “as ethnocentrically measured on the Western‚ Christian calendar.” Even a simple phrase like “new millennium” is ethnocentric. There is a host of emerging issues in multicultural psychology‚ and here we will address two: ethnic
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of ethnocentrism affected our way of thinking. But before I talk about how it affected our thinking‚ please let me explain what ethnocentrism is. Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture. Ethnocentric individuals judge other groups relative to their own ethnic group or culture‚ especially with concern for language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic distinctions and subdivisions serve to define each ethnicity’s unique cultural identity
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event in which a cultural misunderstanding puts some human value at take”. People from different countries think that their culture is the normal one. This is biggest problem because it can cause a lot of inconvenient situation. This is called the ethnocentric- orientation. Businesspersons have to understand the importance to respect other cultures. The most common example is the differences between greetings. If the participants of an important business meeting don’t know how to salute each other‚ it
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