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Dr.$George$SIMONS!!is$an$intercultural$consultant$&$writer$with$over$40$years$experience$in$the$fields$of$intercultural$communicaCon,$negoCaCon$&$team$management.!
Creator$&$chief$editor$of$diversophy®,$he$has$authored$&$edited$EuroDiversity,-Global-Competence,-Pu8ng-Diversity-to-Work,-as$well$as$8$instruments$in$the$Cultural-Detec<ve®-series.-With$his$partners,$he$is$currently$working$on$establishing$contemporary$understandings$of$cultural$competence.--Reach$him$at$diversophy@gmail.com$See$his$work$at$www.diversophy.com$&$www.georgesimons.com.!!
Plus-ça-change,-plus-c'est-la-même-chose!-Why?$
My!perspec)ves:!!– 50!years!of!formal!diversity!&!intercultural!engagement.!– Recent!review!of!life)me!ac)vity.!– Ongoing!review!of!new!literature.!– LinkedIn!forum!(over!2400!members).!
diversophy®!
-Cultural-Competence-1735--
Cultural-Competence!-2012-&-beyond?-
Whence?$! Empires,$trade,$colonizers$&$missionaries—starCng$500BCE$
! Studies$by$historians,$psychologists$&$anthropologists—19th$&$20th$centuries$
! Increasing$organizaConal,$$commercial,$poliCcal,$migratory,$$economic,$healthcare,$religious,$$etc.,$needs$for$cultural$$competence$&$synergies—$starCng$1950s$
Empire$&$Mission$
Whence?$! Development$of$intercultural$competence$as$a$field$&$as$a$profession$—$largely$since$1960s$
! ConsolidaCon$around$a$complex$of$Western$research$models$(Hall,$Hofstede,$et-al)$—$c.$1970[1990$
! Diversity,$mobility$&$globalizaCon$require$an$increasingly$values$oriented$&$situaConal$focus,$understanding$the$dynamics$of$hybridity,$management$of$glocality—1990s$to…?$
Who?$Interculturalists Diversity specialists Cultural anthropologists Cultural historians Cultural linguists Cultural psychologists Intercultural psychologists Intercultural communicators Intercultural negotiators Transcultural leaders Management researchers Cultural intelligence Cultural coaches Cultural preservationists Cross-cultural marketers Ecoculturalists Missionaries
Whither?!• DecolonizaCon$• DeconstrucCon$• ContextualizaCon$• HybridizaCon[[MulCcultural$personaliCes,$communiCes$
• Unexamined$domains…URcultures$
– PoliCcs$– Gender$– Foreign$policy$– Diplomacy$
– Human$rights$
– Military$
– Economics$
– Ecology$$– Religion$– Sustainability$!
The$shoemaker’s$children$go$unshod!
Chez%le%forgeron,%%cuillère%en%bois%
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Culture$is$constructed$
“The!collec)ve!memory!is!systema)cally!unfaithful!to!the!past!in!order!to!sa)sfy!the!needs!of!the!present."!In!other!words,!we!aLempt!to!address!the!present!by!reconstruc)ng!the!past!as!if!it!always!existed!in!the!way!we!now!adopt!it.”!
R.A.!Peterson!!
The$Illusion$of$Cultural$IdenCty!Authen)city!and!iden)ty!have!no!existence!in!themselves!or!in!us,!but!exist!only!by!virtue!of!acts!of!iden)fica)on!that!we!ourselves!produce.!
DecolonizaCon$
Western!mindset!– Enlightenment!!– Scien)fic!method!– Empiricism!– Moral!superiority!– Civilizing!impera)ve!– Market!economy!– Consumerism!
Globaliza)on—marke)ng!disease!
Anorexia!PTSD!
Schizophrenia!Depression!
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Iden)fying!!&!addressing!urcultures$!(metadiscourse)!!
Gender!Science!Religion!Economy!Marke)ng!
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Why!do!you!stack!your!firewood!like!that?!
The!challenge..!How!do!we!get!off!automa)c!pilot?!
Peeling$the$onion$
Face$value$saves$face!
diversophy®!
The!debates!
• What!is!universal!?!What!is!rela)ve?!• Is!Culture?!• Where!does!culture!live?!• What!forces!shape!culture?!• How!is!culture!communicated?!• How!does!the!individual!relate!to!culture?!• Ac)ve!vs.!passive!cultural!agency?!• How!and!to!what!degree!do!we!adapt!to!ambient!culture(s)?!
Is$culture?$
Culture?!Of!course!I!know!it!exists.!How!else!would!I!explain!the!behavior!of!those!I!find!incomprehensible?!
Anonymous%
The!Glocal!Paradox—!you%must%be%able%to%func8on%at%both%levels!%
Local$ Global$
Holis)c! Social!Contract!Group!determines!role!and!place!
Iden)ty!built!through!achievements!
Hierarchy,!obliga)ons,!du)es!
Seek!autonomy,!equality,!rights!
Group!loyalty,!rules!nego)able!
Common!interest,!universal!rules!
Personal!rela)ons,!networking!cri)cal!
Func)on,!efficiency,!anonymity!
Thanks%to%Yves%Lagier%
What$is$cultural$competence?$1. Knowledge$&$awareness$of$oneself$as$a$cultural$
being,$i.e.,$one�s$core$cultural$values$&$how$these$express$themselves$in$aetudes,$behavior$&$communicaCon$paferns.$
2. Similar$knowledge$&$awareness$of$the$other.$
3. The$willingness,$tools$&$ability$to$idenCfy$&$respond$creaCvely$to$cultural$challenges$&$conflicts$in$ways$that$both$respect$&$engage$the$other.$
4. Knowing$how$culture$is$constructed$&$deconstructed.$CreaCng$safe$spaces$to$do$this.$
"Communica<on-is-Cohabita<on"------Dominique-Wolton-
The$overall$challenge...$
This!means!a!mental!shi_!from!concepts!created!to!capture!the!essence!of!a!par)cular!human!phenomenon,!to!careful!par)cipa)ve!observa)on!of!what!is!happening!in!the!here!and!now!as!it!constructs!our!world.!!This%does%not%mean%jeAsoning%our%toolkit%but%learning%how%to%use%it%beCer.%%