1. CULTURE & COMMUNICATION

2. Culture is communication communication is culture
CULTURE
COMMUNICATION
Is a learned set of shared interpretations
Is about beliefs, values, and norms
Affects the behavior of a relatively large group of people
Is the vehicle by which culture is expressed
Is directly effected by communication patterns
3. CULTURE AND CONFLICT
Intractable conflict is almost always, at least in part, cultural conflict. Thus cultural fluency and self-knowledge are imperative to resolving conflict.
Cultural Fluency consists of understanding

What culture is

4. How it works 5. The inter - relationship of: 6. Culture 7. Communication 8. ConflictSelf Knowledge- understanding ones own cultural lenses
9. Communication can be:

High Context - uses implied meanings which arise from the setting

10. Low Context - focuses on literal meanings of words, independent of setting 11. Everyone engages in both, depending on: 12. The relationships involved 13. The situation 14. The purpose of communication