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interkultural communication
Questions and Observations on 
Culture and the Global Village 
Generation 
Nathan D. Horowitz, MA 
Fachhochschule St Pölten 
International Week 
18 November 2014
Structure of this presentation 
• Questions for you 
• Definitions of culture 
• Culture as a lived experience: a narrative 
• Questions for me, if there are any
• What is culture?
• What is culture? 
• What is intercultural communication?
• What is culture? 
• What is intercultural communication? 
• Are all cultures equal?
• What is culture? 
• What is intercultural communication? 
• Are all cultures equal? 
• Are there values that all cultures share?
• What is culture? 
• What is intercultural communication? 
• Are all cultures equal? 
• Are there values that all cultures share? 
• Where do your beliefs about the world come 
from?
• What is culture? 
• What is intercultural communication? 
• Are all cultures equal? 
• Are there values that all cultures share? 
• Where do your beliefs about the world come 
from? 
• Do most people like to live around people who 
are like them?
• What is culture? 
• What is intercultural communication? 
• Are all cultures equal? 
• Are there values that all cultures share? 
• Where do your beliefs about the world come 
from? 
• Do most people like to live around people who 
are like them? 
• What social groups do you belong to—groups 
defined by nationality, religion, age, etc.?
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Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization
Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization 
• as communication
Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization 
• as communication 
• as a general concept
Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization 
• as communication 
• as a general concept 
• in terms of intercultural communication
Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization 
• as communication 
• as a general concept 
• in terms of intercultural communication 
• as an arena where groups or communities interact
Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization 
• as communication 
• as a general concept 
• in terms of intercultural communication 
• as an arena where groups or communities interact 
• as a dynamic construction between and among 
people
Culture is viewed… 
• as civilization 
• as communication 
• as a general concept 
• in terms of intercultural communication 
• as an arena where groups or communities interact 
• as a dynamic construction between and among 
people 
• in terms of biology or evolutionary psychology 
(Patrick R. Moran, Teaching Culture, pp. 4-5)
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  • 2. Questions and Observations on Culture and the Global Village Generation Nathan D. Horowitz, MA Fachhochschule St Pölten International Week 18 November 2014
  • 3. Structure of this presentation • Questions for you • Definitions of culture • Culture as a lived experience: a narrative • Questions for me, if there are any
  • 4. • What is culture?
  • 5. • What is culture? • What is intercultural communication?
  • 6. • What is culture? • What is intercultural communication? • Are all cultures equal?
  • 7. • What is culture? • What is intercultural communication? • Are all cultures equal? • Are there values that all cultures share?
  • 8. • What is culture? • What is intercultural communication? • Are all cultures equal? • Are there values that all cultures share? • Where do your beliefs about the world come from?
  • 9. • What is culture? • What is intercultural communication? • Are all cultures equal? • Are there values that all cultures share? • Where do your beliefs about the world come from? • Do most people like to live around people who are like them?
  • 10. • What is culture? • What is intercultural communication? • Are all cultures equal? • Are there values that all cultures share? • Where do your beliefs about the world come from? • Do most people like to live around people who are like them? • What social groups do you belong to—groups defined by nationality, religion, age, etc.?
  • 20. Culture is viewed… • as civilization
  • 21. Culture is viewed… • as civilization • as communication
  • 22. Culture is viewed… • as civilization • as communication • as a general concept
  • 23. Culture is viewed… • as civilization • as communication • as a general concept • in terms of intercultural communication
  • 24. Culture is viewed… • as civilization • as communication • as a general concept • in terms of intercultural communication • as an arena where groups or communities interact
  • 25. Culture is viewed… • as civilization • as communication • as a general concept • in terms of intercultural communication • as an arena where groups or communities interact • as a dynamic construction between and among people
  • 26. Culture is viewed… • as civilization • as communication • as a general concept • in terms of intercultural communication • as an arena where groups or communities interact • as a dynamic construction between and among people • in terms of biology or evolutionary psychology (Patrick R. Moran, Teaching Culture, pp. 4-5)

Editor's Notes

  • #27: The most important culture to study is yourself.
  • #28: These two hipsters are my parents in Jerusalem in 1966
  • #36: When someone that you love dies, be that person. In turn, I have tried to become victor.
  • #46: The Triumph of the Will, after a film by Leni Riefenstahl.
  • #47: June 22, 1996, Ann Arbor
  • #65: Photo by Jan Sochor
  • #73: miniemu
  • #77: From the jungle to the city