scholarly journals Negotiation of identities in intercultural communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Janík
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Identity Component ◽  
Intercultural Interactions ◽  
Principal Identity

Abstract Negotiation of identities in communication entails affirming the identities we want others to recognize in us and ascription of identities we mutually assign to each other in communication. The study of intercultural communication focuses on cultural identity as the principal identity component that defines intercultural communication. In this article, the assumption that cultural group membership factors determine the context of intercultural communication is questioned. The article examines how intercultural interlocutors negotiate their identities in various intercultural interactions. The aims of the research presented in this paper are: 1) to examine which identities - cultural, personal, or social - intercultural interlocutors activate in intercultural communication; 2) to determine whether interlocutors’ intercultural communication is largely influenced by their cultural identities; 3) and to identify situations in which they activate their cultural identities (3). The research data were collected from 263 international students studying at Masaryk University in Brno in the years 2010 - 2016. Although the research results are not conclusive, they indicate that cultural identities predominate in the students’ ethnocentric views and that stereotypes constrain the students’ cultural identities and affect the negotiation of identities in intercultural communication.

scholarly journals Kesadaran Identitas Diri dalam Komunikasi Lintas Budaya pada Pembelajaran Percakapan Bahasa Jepang Tingkat Dasar: Identitas Muslim dan Orang Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Vera Yulianti ◽  
Arianty Visiaty
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Japanese Language ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
Collectivistic Culture ◽  
Class 1

<p><em>Abstrak</em> – <strong>Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi kesadaran diri pembelajar bahasa Jepang mengenai identitas budaya muslim orang Indonesia pada pembelajaran bahasa Jepang tingkat dasar dan perbandingannya dengan identitas diri budaya Jepang. Responden penelitian ini adalah dua puluh satu mahasiswa tingkat 1 Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia yang sedang mengikuti kuliah percakapan bahasa Jepang 2. Seluruh responden adalah pembelajar bahasa Jepang tingkat dasar kategori A1 menurut CEFR dan 2010. Dengan menggunakan portofolio dan rubrik, pembelajar mengeksplorasi identitas dirinya sebagai muslim dan orang Indonesia berkaitan dengan tema percakapan yang ditentukan, kemudian membandingkannya dengan identitas budaya orang Jepang dengan stimulant video dan ilustrasi. Lalu, responden bercakap dengan bermain peran (role play) tema terkait, kemudian mengevaluasi kendala yang muncul. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa identitas budaya sebagai muslim orang Indonesia yang disadari responden pada komunikasi interkultural banyak dipengaruhi oleh konsep bangsa yang beranekaragam namun satu kesatuan (Bhinneka Tunggal Ika). Keberagaman tersebut memunculkan kecenderungan orang Indonesia cenderung mudah terbuka pada orang lain, sekalipun saat bercakap-cakap dengan orang yang baru dikenal dan membicarakan topik-topik yang sifatnya pribadi sekalipun seperti indentitas pribadi dan keluarga. Lalu, identitas sebagai seorang muslim banyak muncul dalam percakapan komunikasi interkultural terutama mengenai aturan praktek ibadah sehari-hari. Penjelasan tentang praktek ibadah yang khas ini cenderung memunculkan kesulitan percakapan (pemilihan kosakata dan ungkapan) dalam bahasa Jepang bagi pembelajar tingkat dasar. Sementara identitas budaya masyarakat berkelompok (collectivistic culture) banyak mewarnai percakapan orang Jepang dalam komunikasi interkultural sehingga mereka cenderung lebih menjaga privasi diri dan kelompok.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Kata Kunci - </strong>Pembelajar bahasa Jepang, Identitas budaya, Komunikasi lintas budaya</em></p><p><br /><em>Abstract</em><strong> – Despite intercultural communication competence as one of the important language learning process goals since globalization has started, there comes a tendency to neglect to foster cultural identity awareness in language learning process. This research is a preliminary study that explores Indonesian learner’s cultural identities awareness as well Japanese cultural identities during the process of learning the Japanese language as one of their foreign languages. The respondents are twenty-one students of Japanese language classes participating in Japanese language speaking class 1 (elementary level) at Al Azhar Indonesia University, categorized as A1 (beginner) Japanese learners by JF (Japan Foundation) standards. Through two conversation topics (“my family” and “my home town”) the respondents have been invited to mention their local custom while conversing within the topics and comparing such custom to Japanese people’s local custom. The data are collected utilizing portfolios and Likert scale pre-post questionnaire during November 2016 and analyzed descriptively. The result of this study exposed that the participants were aware of Indonesian cultural identity and Japanese cultural identity in the context of intercultural communication, namely, in the conversation of family and hometown. While having a dialogue with unfamiliar people, mainly speaking about personal information, i.e. family topic, Japanese people tend to have conversation plainly in general subtopics since Japanese people have collectivistic culture. Distinctively, since Indonesian people believe in “Unity in Diversity” (different but one), they are feasible to discuss wider subtopics despite the unfamiliar interlocutors.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Keywords -</strong> Indonesian, Japanese Language Learners, Cultural Identity, Intercultural Communicative Competence</em></p>

Cultural Identities

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yea-Wen Chen ◽  
Hengjun Lin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Multiple Groups ◽  
Over Time

Within the discipline of communication, the concept of “cultural identities” has captivated, fascinated, and received sustained attention from scholars of communication and culture over time. Like the concept of “culture,” which is varied, complex, and at times contested, the study of cultural identity has been approached from diverse lenses, whether theoretically, methodologically, or ontologically. In one sense, cultural identity can be understood as the experience, enactment, and negotiation of dynamic social identifications by group members within particular settings. As an individual identifies with—or desires acceptance into—multiple groups, people tend to experience, enact, or negotiate not just one cultural identity at a time but often multiple cultural identities at once. Further, how one experiences her/his intersecting cultural identities with others can vary from context to context depending on the setting, the issue at hand, the people involved, etc. Not surprisingly, intercultural communication scholars have contributed quite a number of theories concerning cultural identities within communication interactions: co-cultural theory, cultural contract theory, and identity negotiation theory, to name a few. In addition, intercultural communication scholars have offered rich cases that examine dynamic enactments, negotiations, or contestations of cultural identities across important contexts such as race, media, and globalization. Ultimately, the study of cultural identities offers rich understandings for both oneself and others. As the world that we inhabit is becoming increasingly diverse, the study of cultural identities will continue to gain traction within the communication discipline and beyond.

scholarly journals Cultural Identity Post-Conflict: Crisis of Madurese culture identity In Sampit Central Borneo After Ethnic Conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Yesi Yonefendi ◽  
Pawito Pawito ◽  
Mahendra Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Native Community ◽  
Post Conflict

The research attempts to examine the crisis of Madurese cultural identity exposure in intercultural communication in Sampit (Central Borneo Province) after the 2001 ethnic conflict which involved two major ethnic groups i.e the Dayak ethnic (native community) and Madurese ethnic (migrant community). Using base descriptive qualitative approach by interviewing numerous Madurese people living in Sampit and using literature review. The research reveals that affected the formation of cultural identity among the residents of Sampit of Madurese descent. This Cultural identity experienced a crisis and change, because not in accordance with the value of local culture. In other hands, the research found that cultural identities of Madurese are strengthened. It arises because of conformity and mutual support with local cultural values. Understanding to intercultural communication is very important to create acculturation with local culture to avoid problems due to cultural differences, especially for newcomers from the Madura Island.

scholarly journals Early body ornamentation as Ego-culture: Tracing the co-evolution of aesthetic ideals and cultural identity

Semiotica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (232) ◽  
pp. 187-233
Author(s):  
Antonis Iliopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Symbolic Meaning ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Catalytic Role ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Form Effect

AbstractWhile the “symbolic” meaning of early body ornamentation has received the lion’s share of attention in the debate on human origins, this paper sets out to explore their aesthetic and agentive dimensions, for the purpose of explaining how various ornamental forms would have led interacting groups to form a cultural identity of their own. To this end, semiotics is integrated with a new paradigm in the archaeology of mind, known as the theory of material engagement. Bridging specifically Peirce’s pragmatic theory and Malafouris’ enactive take on aesthetics allows us to appreciate the formation of aesthetic ideals through the agentive effects of material signs. It is thus proposed that, by attending to the interrelation between form, effect, and affect, members of social groups would have come to appreciate the ways in which their ornamental culture resembles and differs from that of neighbouring groups. Following the Lund conception of cultural semiotics, I argue that models of Ego-culture would have come to evolve along Alter-cultures that also employ ornaments, and against Alius-cultures that have yet to develop or adopt personal decoration. The aesthetic ideals associated with early body ornaments must have therefore played a catalytic role in the formation and communication of group membership. I thus close by proposing that the origins of new cultural identities can be explained by tracing the co-development of ideas and ideals.

scholarly journals Predicting Effects of Demographic, Linguistic and Psychological Variables on University International Students’ Intercultural Communication Sensitivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Meihua Liu
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Intercultural Sensitivity ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
Intercultural Interactions

With globalization, intercultural communication plays an increasingly more important role in various fields, including business, transportation and education. It is the same with intercultural sensitivity (IS), a critical component of intercultural communication. Though much research has been done on IS, little can be found on effects of demographic, linguistic and psychological factors on learners’ IS simultaneously in the same context. Little research can be found on IS in learners of languages other than English either. For these reasons, the present study investigated the predicting effects of linguistic, psychological and demographic variables on university international students’ intercultural communication sensitivity when immersed in the Chinese culture. One hundred and sixty-seven international students studying in a Chinese university in Beijing answered the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, the Willingness-to-Communicate in Chinese Scale as well as the Demographic Questionnaire, and self-rated their proficiency in Chinese. Analyses of the data revealed the following main findings: (1) the participants were generally (fairly) sensitive, confident, attentive and enjoyable in intercultural interactions and respected cultural differences when communicating with people from the Chinese culture, (2) interaction engagement, interaction confidence, and overall intercultural communication sensitivity were significantly positively related to the participants’ ability to effectively communicate with people from the Chinese culture; interaction engagement was also significantly correlated with the participants’ openness to the Chinese culture, and (3) ability to effectively communicate with people from the Chinese culture and use of Chinese were powerful positive predictors for intercultural communication sensitivity. These findings imply that intercultural communication sensitivity is closely related to learners’ linguistic, psychological and demographic variables. Based on these findings, some implications were discussed.

scholarly journals Cultural Identity

Communication ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yea-Wen Chen ◽  
Marion G. Mendy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Self In Relation ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Wide Range

Cultural identity is a multidimensional concept that has fascinated scholars, researchers, and practitioners in (intercultural) communication and related disciplines over time. The year 2020 has witnessed renewed interests in and debates about a multiplicity of cultural identities, which demonstrate the concept’s relevance in everyday interactions across local and global contexts. For instance, both the rise of conservatism across the globe (including white nationalism in the United States during the Trump administration) and the push for greater equity and inclusion for all (e.g., Black Lives Matter movement, sexual misconduct policies, and gender-neutral bathrooms in public spaces) have garnered and regenerated needs to better understand cultural identity as a complex and contested communication construct. Analytically, cultural identity encompasses a wide range of socially constructed categories that influence how a person knows and experiences his/her/their social world (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, socioeconomic status, ability, sexuality, religion, and more). As a social construct, cultural identity deals with important questions about conceptions, understandings, and lived experiences regarding the self in relation to others across time, space, and context. In particular, cultural identity—as opposed to identity—focuses on questions regarding membership in, acceptance into, (dis)identification with, and/or negotiation of (un)belongingness to various groups vis-à-vis communication. Questions about “difference” in a myriad of ways are at the heart of inquiries about cultural identity. That is, cultural identity is better understood as “cultural identities” as always already plural, intersecting, and evolving along various power lines that relate to histories, politics, and social forces. Communication scholars have studied the concept of cultural identity from different perspectives and approaches (e.g., functionalist, interpretive, and critical lenses). In this article, influential works are identified and reviewed in related fields such as psychology, sociology, and cultural studies that have shaped the study of cultural identity in (intercultural) communication in US academia. Then, core texts and articles in communication are considered that represent key issues, core debates, and central arguments about cultural identities, which are followed by textbooks and readers, a review of journals, and prominent theories of cultural identity by intercultural communication scholars in the United States. The article ends with major areas of study.

scholarly journals What Are Friends for in Russia Versus Canada?: An Approach for Documenting Cross-Cultural Differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 106939712110245
Author(s):  
Marina M. Doucerain ◽  
Andrew G. Ryder ◽  
Catherine E. Amiot
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences

Most research on friendship has been grounded in Western cultural worlds, a bias that needs to be addressed. To that end, we propose a methodological roadmap to translate linguistic/anthropological work into quantitative psychological cross-cultural investigations of friendship, and showcase its implementation in Russia and Canada. Adopting an intersubjective perspective on culture, we assessed cultural models of friendship in three inter-related ways: by (1) deriving people’s mental maps of close interpersonal relationships; (2) examining the factor structure of friendship; and (3) predicting cultural group membership from a given person’s friendship model. Two studies of Russians (Study 1, n = 89; Study 2a, n = 195; Study 2b, n = 232) and Canadians (Study 1, n = 89; Study 2a, n = 164; Study 2b, n = 199) implemented this approach. The notions of trust and help in adversity emerged as defining features of friendship in Russia but were less clearly present in Canada. Different friendship models seem to be prevalent in these two cultural worlds. The roadmap described in the current research documents these varying intersubjective representations, showcasing an approach that is portable across contexts (rather than limited to a specific cross-cultural contrast) and relies on well-established methods (i.e., easily accessible in many research contexts).

scholarly journals Cultural Differences in the Hedonic Rewards of Recalling Kindness: Priming Cultural Identity with Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Lilian J. Shin ◽  
Seth M. Margolis ◽  
Lisa C. Walsh ◽  
Sylvia Y. C. L. Kwok ◽  
Xiaodong Yue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Recent Theory ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
The Usa

AbstractRecent theory suggests that members of interdependent (collectivist) cultures prioritize in-group happiness, whereas members of independent (individualist) cultures prioritize personal happiness (Uchida et al. Journal of Happiness Studies, 5(3), 223–239 Uchida et al., 2004). Thus, the well-being of friends and family may contribute more to the emotional experience of individuals with collectivist rather than individualist identities. We tested this hypothesis by asking participants to recall a kind act they had done to benefit either close others (e.g., family members) or distant others (e.g., strangers). Study 1 primed collectivist and individualist cultural identities by asking bicultural undergraduates (N = 357) from Hong Kong to recall kindnesses towards close versus distant others in both English and Chinese, while Study 2 compared university students in the USA (n = 106) and Hong Kong (n = 93). In Study 1, after being primed with the Chinese language (but not after being primed with English), participants reported significantly improved affect valence after recalling kind acts towards friends and family than after recalling kind acts towards strangers. Extending this result, in Study 2, respondents from Hong Kong (but not the USA) who recalled kind acts towards friends and family showed higher positive affect than those who recalled kind acts towards strangers. These findings suggest that people with collectivist cultural identities may have relatively more positive and less negative emotional experiences when they focus on prosocial interactions with close rather than weak ties.

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