Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Cultural Awareness

Long time no post!
I am quite busy writing my bachelor thesis at the moment, so when I get home I am pretty done and tired of writing or reading stuff...
During my stay in the Philippines, I discovered my interest in Intercultural Communication and fortunately I was able to take a course in Intercultural Communication at the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand. Back in Germany, I decided to write my thesis about Intercultural Communication, to be precise about the communication problems among Chinese and Germans in economic cooperations.
While reading all kinds of literature, especially how-to books on what to consider when being in China, i've come across a lot of stereotypes. Apparently a lot of people lack cultural awareness, even when they go abroad or do business with foreign clients.
In order to show you some of those stereotypes in a humorous way, I want to share this video I  found on Buzzfeed: