The three cases from Development Anthropology looks at examples of global competence, how another region makes decisions and discusses how technology connects different cultures. Global competence is important especially in today’s society. Projects are now done by people from diverse backgrounds and being able to understand others cultures is key. The first case illustrates this. One doesn’t have to automatically know a country’s language, but rather be able to know distinguish characteristics before arriving. Knowing that in Arabic, Tunisia is both the same word for the country and the city of Tunis would have been helpful for the travelers. Learning about how other cultures base their decisions on is essential for engineers because it shows what that culture values. With this, we can see why engineers in other parts tackle a problem. Lastly, as technology continues to grow, the world becomes smaller. Technology is making the sharing of ideas easier and is connecting cultures in a behind the scenes way.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Encountering Other Cultures
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ReplyDeleteI really like how you connected culture with technology in the end of your write-up. It was a point of view that I hadn't noticed when I read the excrept for the first time. It is a very basic and true fact and I agree completely with your ideas there.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading mini-case 1.1 I observed a lot of times, people in culturally different environments don't really try to understand visitors. Either intentionally or unintentionally. What is your take on that?
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