Comparing Cultures

Kettner/Woesler Seminar "Comparing Cultures", Terberl "Comparing Cultures - Tutorial"

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Presentations/Papers

Historical Theories

• SPENGLER Spengler, essay by Laura B
• PERLMUTTER 1969 The Tortuous Evolution of Multinational Enterprises, Perlmutter, Howard V., In: Columbia Journal of World Business 1 (1969), pp. 9-18. By Tobias L.
• HALL 1976 Culture as Identification, Hall, Edward T (1976), in “Beyond Culture“, published by Anchor Books/Doubleday, pp.1-25, 223-240. By Marc M. & Lutz S.
• YOSHIKAWA 1987 The Double-Swing Model, from Muneo Yoshikawa (1987): “The Double- Swing Model of Cross cultural Communication between the East and the West”, in: Kincaid L.,ed., Communication Theory: Eastern and Western Perspectives,New York: Academic Press,pp 319-330. By Nathalie B.
• HUNTINGTON Kampf der Kulturen - Ein realistisches Kulturverständnis?‎. By Frederike R. --Fronnefeldt (talk) 17:13, 21 August 2013 (CEST) and essays by Carla W and Jakob S
• COMPARISONS Kroeber, Kluckhohn, Huntington, essay by Julian G
• OBERG Oberg and the Culture Shock, essay by Tom B

Modern Theories

• Intercultural Sensitivity, from Milton Bennett, Nancy Adler ... By Simon B.
• THOMAS The West versus China, based on: Thomas, Alexander/Kinast, Eva-Ulrika/Schroll-Machl, Sylvia (2003):“Theoretische Grundlagen interkultureller Kommunikation und Kooperation”, in “Handbuch Interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kooperation, Band 1: Grundlagen und Praxisfelder”, published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 1-31, and more! By Lutz S.
• HOFSTEDE Extending Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions - Minkov presentation by Dennis O.
• Industrial Structure and Employment paper by Nathalie B.
• Spenger Bickel by Juliane S.
• Multiculturalism by Juliane S.
• BHABHA Bhabha by Carla W (essay), Laura B (essay), Teuta C (essay)
• SRUBAR Notes on Srubar by Juliane S.
• MATTHES Matthes presentations by Laura B/Jakob S and Teuta C

Regional Cultures

• Comparing Cultures - A Role Play
  • by Tabea G
  • Brazil based on: Morrison, Terri/Conaway, Wayne A.: "Kiss, bow or shake hands : The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More Than 60 Countries” 2nd Edition, Adams Media (2006), pp. 63-70. By Frederike R. --Fronnefeldt (talk) 17:13, 21 August 2013 (CEST)
• Turkey Cross Generations Cultural Changes by Doğukan A.
• Turkey How Turkish Culture Impacts European Culture by Doğukan A.

Rules

• New deadline: Please submit all final papers until August 31, 2013 - Please contact instructor with any questions.
• Read all required readings before class and come prepared!
• 2 presentations OR 1 presentation (up to 2 people per presentation) and 1 paper OR up to 3 essays for tutorial. For exact credit requirements please refer to the handout.
• Please document all presentations and papers on Wiki (http://wiki.vm.rub.de/uvu/index.php/Comparing_Cultures) and comment on peers' contributions

Sessions

Session	Date	Powerpoint	Literatur	Presentation by (add name)
1	17-Apr	Kettner Session 1	Definition
2	24-Apr	Kettner Session 2	Huntington
3	8-May		Multiculturalism Video clips (Klavan)
3		Definitions: Culture, Multicultural Communication	DE Heringer, Hans Jürgen (2004): Interkulturelle Kommunikation. Tübingen/Basel; Kultur und Sprache pp 105-108, Kulturstandandards und Stereotypen pp 181-203, Critical Incidents pp 213-221
3			DE Maletzke, Gerhard (1996). Interkulturelle Kommunikation. Opladen; Kultur pp 7-19, Nation als Kulturkomponente pp 42-47
3			DE Hofstede, Geert (2001). Lokales Denken, globales Handeln. München; Vorwort pp V-X
4	15-May	Own cultural experiences	ppt, student contributions
4		Critical incidents in intercultural encounters	EN Terri Morrison "Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands" 2nd edition mit aufnehmen für Referate/Rollenspiel-Vorbereitung einzelner Studierender. (HERE UP TO 20 STUDENTS CAN SIGN UP!!!)
4		Culture Shock	EN Cora DuBois 1951, as quoted in: Bruce La Brack, Bruce and Berado, Kate, Theoretically & Practically Speaking ... Is it time to retire the U and W-Curves of Adjustment, Forum on Education Abroad, Austin 2007
4			EN REQUIRED READING Kalervo Oberg: “Talk to the Women’s Club of Rio de Janeiro” (Aug. 3, 1954), published in 1954 by Bobbs-Merrill, republished 1960 Practical Anthropology (7:177-182)
4		Situations in the foreign culture	ppt, role play
5	22-May	Intercultural Competences	ppt, role play
5		Problem oriented approaches	exoticizing Kohls, social constructivist Spengler, Huntington, psychological approach - EN Kohls, Robert L.: Models for contrasting and comparing cultures, 1977
5			DE REQUIRED READING Spengler, Oswald: Der Untergang des Abendlandes, München: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, März 2006 (Ungekürzte Ausgabe, 17. Auflage); Morphologie der Weltgeschichte pp 1-34, Weltgeschichte und Hochkulturen pp 579-616
6	29-May	Solution oriented approach	EN Hall, Edward T., Beyond Culture, Harvest 1977: Introduction pp 1-8, chapter 1 The paradox of culture pp 9-24, chapter 15 Culture as Identification pp 223-240; Culture Maps
6			EN REQUIRED READING Woesler, Martin: A new model of cross-cultural communication... / Martin Woesler, - Berlin et al. : Europäischer Univ.verl., 2009, Comparative Cultural Science ; 1, ISBN 978-3-89966-341-9, 2. Auflage; Überblick: pp. 1-32
6		Historical develop-ment ...	… of multicultural understanding - DE Hegel, G.W.F., Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte, Berlin 1822-1832
6			EN Jaspers, Karl; Bullock, Michael (Tr.) (1953). The Origin and Goal of History (1st English ed.). London: Routledge and Keegan Paul.
6			DE Jaspers, Karl (1949). Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte (1st ed.). München: Piper Verlag; Achsenzeit S. 19-42; Achsenzeit und Folgen S. 76-86; Einleitung S. 15-18; 93-97 Orient und Okzident.
6			DE REQUIRED READING Holenstein, Elmar: Philosophie-Atlas. Orte und Wege des Denkens. Ammann 2004; pp 48-55, 60-61, 122-125
7	5-Jun		FR Perlmutter, Howard V.: “L’entreprise internationale – Trois conceptions”, in Revue Economique et Sociale (Mai 1965) 151-165
7			EN Perlmutter, Howard V.: The Tortuous Evolution of Multinational Enterprises. In: Columbia Journal of World Business. 1969, Heft 1, S. 9–18
7			EN Yoshikawa, Muneo: engl. Übers. “The Double-Swing Model of Cross-cultural Communication between the East and the West”, in: Kincaid L., ed., Communication Theory: Eastern and Western Perspectives, New York: Academic Press, pp 319-330
7		Culture Maps	see above (Woesler)
8	12-Jun	Method of Comparison	Categorization by Hofstede, Minkov, Trompenaar, Kluckhohn/Strodtbeck - EN Hofstede, Geert (1980) Culture's Consequences – International Differences in Work Related Values, Newbury Park, London, Neu Delhi 1980, ISBN 0-8039-1306-0; Summary pp 7-12, Integrating the four dimensions pp 211-231 (die vier Dimensionen als Referate/Rollenspiel-Vorbereitung einzelner Studierender)
8			EN Peter B. Smith, Michael Harris Bond: Social Psychology Across Cultures, Allyn & Bacon, February 1994; Critical view on Hofstede pp 35-45, Crosscultural Interaction pp 163-176
8			EN REQUIRED READING Michael Minkov, What makes us different and similar, 2007; Summary etc pp vii-12, Exclusionism pp 47-52, Restraint pp 111-117, Flexibility pp 163-170
9	19-Jun	Method of deriving Cultural Standards: Thomas	DE REQUIRED READING Thomas, Alexander: Hrsg. zus. mit Eva-Ulrike Kinast, Sylvia Schroll-Machl: Handbuch Interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kooperation. 2 Bände. Bd 1: Grundlagen und Praxisfelder; Einführung pp 7-18, chapter 1.1 Kultur und Kulturstandards pp 19-31; Bd 2: Länder, Kulturen und Interkulturelle Berufstätigkeit. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2003; Vorwort pp 7-8, Einführung pp 9-18, Kapitel 1 Kulturstandardmethode pp 19-23 (die einzelnen Länder als Referate/Rollenspiel-Vorbereitung einzelner Studierender)
9		Cultural Standards	The West versus China. Ppt, role play
10	26-Jun	Colors in different cultures	ppt, role play
10		Marketing in different cultures	ppt, role play
11	3-Jul	Review
12	10-Jul	buffer	Matthes: Lebenswirklichkeit; Operation "Vergleichen" (Leitdifferenz von traditionell und modern); Nation und Kultur, Gesicht nehmen und geben;
13	17-Jul	buffer	Srubar: zirkuläres Denken (wir als Kulturmitglieder definieren Kultur), bzgl. Denken, Handeln, Fühlen der Akteure; Luhmann: In Zirkel des Vergleichens Unterscheidungen einführen, die das Prozessieren des Vergleichens zu beobachten; Nostrifizierung und Relativismus vermeiden; Kritik: Kultur sei angeblich als Wissen präsent; Lebenswelt als Tertium comparationis;