Cultural Identity
Cultural Identity
This activity is to engage and increase your
intercultural competence by introducing ideas of culture related to tourism and
identity. Watch this video
about the Iceberg Theory, and look at
the image below. Remember that many different cultures can exist within a
country, region, city, and neighborhood.
In the comments answer these questions:
1. Choose two concepts from the bottom part of the
iceberg and describe how you think that these can vary across
cultures.
2. In your experiences with people from other
cultures, what concepts of culture
from the bottom part of the iceberg manifested in
your interactions with them?
An example for me in Colombia is the difference in
tempo of work. Tempo of work in the United States is faster in Colombia. I find
myself pressuring my coworkers or even friends for a faster tempo of work, or
sometimes I am stressed when the tempo is slower.
Respond to these questions in the comments below.
3. What do you think each video is trying to communicate
to travelers?
4. What parts of culture (refering to iceberg video)
come through the videos? Are more concepts from the top part of the iceberg
communicated or the bottom part?
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