Hoorcollege Interculture - Reality and perception
Culture:
Culture is a collective programming of the mind, to distinct 1 human group from the other.
A system of shared values and beliefs that gives meaning. Waarden en normen
Is something that is not fixed, but changes with time.
Nature; in the genes and nurture; by imitation!
Pattern of shared values and emotions. bijv. In het ene land proberen ze hun tranen in te houden op een
begrafenis, maar in Italië zijn ze heel expressief.
That people are aware of - or not any more……
In the deeper levels of the subconscious mind (onderbewustzijn) je bent je er niet van bewust
Values and beliefs:
Beliefs: are statements of facts, about the way things are.
Values: are preferred states, about the way things should be.
Concept of coloring:
How you see reality or how you want to see reality through these cultural glasses coined by (bedacht door)
values, beliefs and how your world view is.
Reality is how You see it or want to see it!
(Intercultural) beliefs, values, world views
Defining filters of coloring:
Character - (introverte mensen color the reality different than extraverte mensen)
Religion - (iemand van de ene religie ziet de realiteit anders dan iemand van een andere religie)
Social class - (if you come from a working family you see the reality different than a richer family) / (how you
look at the world being social or less social)
Gender - (if you are a woman you see the reality differently then when you are a man > this is decided by
culture, how you should behave and interact as a woman or man)
Sexual preference - (when you are gay you see the reality/society differently and how they threat you
differently then being a heterosexual woman/man)
Education - (regarding to the school you have done you see reality differently)
Profession - (if you are a nurse / when you are a ICT specialist) > (sometimes from different countries
understand each other better than a ICT specialist and nurse)
Age - (between age generations are different cultures differences > less differences between the same
generation (18-19 years for example)
Personal moods - (hungry, irritated has an influence on how you filter reality)
Geographic origin( = City or countryside) - (if you come from a city you have an other world/culture view
then someone from the countryside)
Perception of the world:
Objective? NO you have been brainwashed since we are born (subconsciously until 7 and after that
consciously) by your parents/school/etc.
Maps Mercator map 1569 coined the perfection of the world.
Followed the historical/political, economical and social-cultural context at that time.
Colonial times: Eurocentrism. Top-bottom perspective.
Africa 14 times larger than Greenland
Culture:
Culture is a collective programming of the mind, to distinct 1 human group from the other.
A system of shared values and beliefs that gives meaning. Waarden en normen
Is something that is not fixed, but changes with time.
Nature; in the genes and nurture; by imitation!
Pattern of shared values and emotions. bijv. In het ene land proberen ze hun tranen in te houden op een
begrafenis, maar in Italië zijn ze heel expressief.
That people are aware of - or not any more……
In the deeper levels of the subconscious mind (onderbewustzijn) je bent je er niet van bewust
Values and beliefs:
Beliefs: are statements of facts, about the way things are.
Values: are preferred states, about the way things should be.
Concept of coloring:
How you see reality or how you want to see reality through these cultural glasses coined by (bedacht door)
values, beliefs and how your world view is.
Reality is how You see it or want to see it!
(Intercultural) beliefs, values, world views
Defining filters of coloring:
Character - (introverte mensen color the reality different than extraverte mensen)
Religion - (iemand van de ene religie ziet de realiteit anders dan iemand van een andere religie)
Social class - (if you come from a working family you see the reality different than a richer family) / (how you
look at the world being social or less social)
Gender - (if you are a woman you see the reality differently then when you are a man > this is decided by
culture, how you should behave and interact as a woman or man)
Sexual preference - (when you are gay you see the reality/society differently and how they threat you
differently then being a heterosexual woman/man)
Education - (regarding to the school you have done you see reality differently)
Profession - (if you are a nurse / when you are a ICT specialist) > (sometimes from different countries
understand each other better than a ICT specialist and nurse)
Age - (between age generations are different cultures differences > less differences between the same
generation (18-19 years for example)
Personal moods - (hungry, irritated has an influence on how you filter reality)
Geographic origin( = City or countryside) - (if you come from a city you have an other world/culture view
then someone from the countryside)
Perception of the world:
Objective? NO you have been brainwashed since we are born (subconsciously until 7 and after that
consciously) by your parents/school/etc.
Maps Mercator map 1569 coined the perfection of the world.
Followed the historical/political, economical and social-cultural context at that time.
Colonial times: Eurocentrism. Top-bottom perspective.
Africa 14 times larger than Greenland
