scholarly journals The Paradigm of Finnish Reviews of "Without Dogma" by Henryk Sienkiewicz: Observations on the Issue of Intercultural Communication and the Functioning of Common Motifs of European Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Stępnik
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Book Market ◽  
European Culture

The Paradigm of Finnish Reviews of Without Dogma by Henryk Sienkiewicz: Observations on the Issue of Intercultural Communication and the Functioning of Common Motifs of European CultureThe translation of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel Without Dogma into Finnish, entitled Anielka (1913), generated considerable interest in the Finnish press, evidenced by as many as twelve reviews of the work. The article analyses these reviews, describes them in terms of a paradigm and presents their functioning on the book market. Taking into account cultural distance between Poles and Finns, the reviews are approached as a testimony to intercultural communication, which was enabled thanks to community – the paradigm of European culture and its common motifs, such as the mal du siècle or l’improductivite slave, the latter highlighted by Sienkiewicz and particularly interesting for Finnish reviewers. Cultural distance turns out to be a factor that reveals new aspects of interpretation of Without Dogma and, more broadly, the specificity of Finnish thinking about Poland. Paradygmat fińskich recenzji Bez dogmatu Henryka Sienkiewicza. Obserwacje dotyczące kwestii komunikacji międzykulturowej i funkcjonowania wspólnych motywów kultury europejskiejPrzekład powieści Henryka Sienkiewicza Bez dogmatu na język fiński pod tytułem Anielka (1913) spotkał się z widocznym zainteresowaniem prasy fińskiej, czego poświadczeniem jest aż 12 recenzji tego dzieła. Przedmiotem zainteresowania autora artykułu są te właśnie recenzje, które poddał analizie i opisał w ramach paradygmatu oraz przedstawił ich funkcjonowanie na rynku księgarskim. Biorąc pod uwagę odległość kulturową Polaków i Finów, autor opracowania potraktował te recenzje jako świadectwo komunikowania międzykulturowego, umożliwionego przez wspólnotę, jaką stanowi paradygmat kultury europejskiej i jego obiegowe motywy, jak motyw choroby wieku czy wyeksponowany przez Sienkiewicza motyw l’improductivite slave, szczególnie interesujący dla recenzentów fińskich. Odległość kulturowa okazała się czynnikiem odsłaniającym nowe aspekty interpretacji Bez dogmatu i – szerzej – specyfikę fińskiego myślenia o Polsce.

scholarly journals Cultural Distance in the Workplace: Differences in Work-Related Attitudes between Vietnamese Employees and Western Employers

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Thien Quynh Tran ◽  
Wilfried Admiraal ◽  
Nadira Saab
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Sense Of Time ◽  
Face Concern ◽  
A Company ◽  
Shed Light

In this globalized and internationalized world, intercultural communication at workplaces is a topic often examined. This study aimed to shed light on the cultural differences in work-related values between Western and Vietnamese employers in Vietnam. In total, 94 Western and Vietnamese companies in two areas in the South of Vietnam participated. Questionnaires were completed by 763 Vietnamese employees, 43 Vietnamese employers/managers and 33 Western employers/managers. The findings from the questionnaire data indicate that there are substantial differences in work-related attitudes between Western employers and Vietnamese employees that are related to both cultural differences and position in a company. Sense of time and face-concern are the two prominent differences between Western and Vietnamese professionals. Implications are discussed for further training of Vietnamese prospective graduates so that they can work effectively with Western employers/managers in the future.

scholarly journals Global values of the global world

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 532-543
Author(s):  
Elena M. Sergeichik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Social Communities ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Face ◽  
Global World ◽  
Global Values

The article is devoted to the problem of global values, whose existence is problematized in the face of increased regionalization as a vector of world development. Regionalization is not “the end of globalization”, but its stage, which is “the revolution of plurality” (M. Naim) — distribution regularities of the network society on the whole world. The global world is not a homo geneous world of mankind based on the same values, rather the global world is a combination of diverse social communities striving for autonomy and self-determination. Building on the concepts of M. McLuhan, A. Toffler, D. Bell and N. Luhman, the article analyzes the information society in which the main element is communication as a source of social innovations. Digital technologies contribute to the development of human abilities and personal qualities without which social progress is impossible. If the vision of humanity in the development of the network society, where relations between the countries, regions, social communities and people are built on the basis of the values of life, liberty, creativity, justice, law, etc., then these values should be recognized as global. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the reaction of various social communities on regionalization, which finds its expression in the deepening of social inequality, increasing conflict of generations and other phenomena that contribute to disseminating conservative ideas and moods. Based on the works of J. Derrida, N. Luhman and D. Kean, it is shown that global values are not the achievements of exclusively European culture but are to varying degrees implemented and developed in all cultures. Against the background of the crisis of multiculturalism, the integration of cultures should be based on intercultural communication, for which the process of coordinating positions is important. The purpose of intercultural communication is not only the exchange of cultural values, but the demonstration of the benefits of life in those communities that are guided by global values.

scholarly journals ‘Glass walls’ — considerations about European multiculturalism

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
M. Bodziany
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Hadrian's Wall ◽  
Great Wall

European culture — the product of Western civilization that grew on the pillars of multiculturalism, expansion and progress. It is a place where for centuries a melting pot of cultures has been a natural driving force of progress and development, to which Europe owes not only its wealth. Europe also owes demographic problems to this, which today constitute the most important subject of scientific debate on the future of Europe and opportunities to maintain the achievements of the past, the level of civilization built by generations. ‘Glass walls’ invoked in the title of the article are of symbolic nature, no mention is made of real barriers known in history as the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, Hadrian's Wall and others. It is about mental and invisible walls focused around attitudes such as the ethnic and cultural distance, as well as intolerance and prejudices against any otherness.

scholarly journals Education as a Factor of Intercultural Communication

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Grozdanka Gojkov
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Personal Construct ◽  
Personal Construct Theory ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Construct Theory ◽  
Personal Action ◽  
Key Competences

The paper considers alternative constructivism as a possibility of theoretical starting point regarding education as a factor of intercultural communication. The introductory part of the paper deals with Kelly’s personal construct theory permeating the arguments in favour of thetheoretical research thesis referring to the issue of the extent the pluralism of European culture space interferes with national culture through education. Furthermore, the paper considers the way pedagogy has been searching for more comprehensive self-observation, self-reflection and self-determination on its way to self-change in order to ensure freedomof personal action according to contemporary philosophical discussions. The importance of education as a factor of intercultural communication has been supported by the outcomes of an explorative empirical research, which is an element bonding all the reflections in the text. Finally, the key competences for intercultural communication have been stated in the paper.

scholarly journals Sino-Russian Intercultural Communication Research: Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Ekaterina D. Vasilyeva ◽  
Nadezhda M. Lebedeva
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Chinese Studies ◽  
Chinese Psychology

International relations between China and Russia have a long-lasting history. At the same time interpersonal contacts between these two ethnic groups face difficulties associated with language, cultural distance, prejudices and other factors. This article presents a review of studies on the problem of Russian-Chinese intercultural interaction. Due to its interdisciplinary nature the studies are scattered both methodologically and with respect to its theoretical foundations. In this regard, we conditionally divide the considered works into four main areas: studying the perception of the image of Russia and China among Russians and Chinese, classification of Sino-Russian communication barriers, cross-cultural analysis of communication components, and indigenous concepts of Chinese psychology related to the process of intercultural interaction. A brief review of the modern research results gained by Russian and Chinese authors on effective communication and building trustful relationships is given. The results of studies revealing important differences at the level of verbal and non-verbal communication are presented. Particular attention is paid to cross-cultural research aimed at identifying etic and emic attributes of the situation of intercultural interaction. The most common approaches to understanding the concept of trust and its operationalization in Chinese studies are described. The importance of further studying mechanisms of building trustful relationships between representatives of the two countries is noted. In conclusion, unresolved problems and current trends in the study of intercultural communication are identified.

scholarly journals Europejskie Nauczycielskie Studia Magisterskie (EMETT) – moduły interkulturowe

Neofilolog ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 235-241
Author(s):  
Anna Niżegorodcew
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
International Communication ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Intercultural Awareness ◽  
Intercultural Studies ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Tatra Mts

This paper is first of all informative. In the first section, it gives a survey ofinnovative Master Studies for European secondary teachers, being preparedby an international team from eight countries. Among five main trainingareas, there are Intercultural Studies, which are to be implemented inanother country during a mobility semester. The second section of the paperdescribes briefly four intercultural modules developed in the EMETTStudies: Education systems in the European Union, Intercultural communication,Selected aspects of European culture and Intercultural education.The third part of the paper gives an example of the teaching material whichcan be used to raise students’ intercultural awareness. The material is basedon a literary text made into a contemporary play, focused on the universaltheme of a journey, set in the Polish Tatra Mts. The author of the papershows how such a material can combine elements of three interculturalmodules: Intercultural education, Intercultural communication and Selectedaspects of European culture. Finally, the paper points out the role of a languageof international communication in the implementation of EMETTStudies during the mobility semester.

Simulating intercultural communication through role-playing.

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward C. Stewart ◽  
Jack Danielian ◽  
Robert J. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Role Playing
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