cultureicebergExplainthatmetaphorsoftenhelpusunderstandbigideasbyrelatingsomethingwedon'tknowtosomethingwedoknow.Ausefulmetaphorforcultureisaniceberg.Asweallknowonlyaboutone-eighthofanicebergisvisibleabovethewater.Therestisbelow.Cultureisverysimilartoaniceberg.Ithassomeaspectsthatarevisibleandmanyothersthatcanonlybesuspected,guessed,orlearnedasunderstandingoftheculturegrows..Theportionofanicebergwhichisvisibleabovewaterisonlyasmallpieceofamuchlargerwhole.Elementsofculturewhichwecanplainlysee,suchasfood,dances,music,arts,orgreetingritualsarerepresentedbytheupperportionoftheiceberg.There are many aspects of it which you cannot see when you visit a different country, forexample, the nature of friendship and the importance of time.Thehiddenpartofourcultureisthatpartwhichweknowinstinctivelybecauseweabsorbeditfromchildhoodon.It'shandeddowntousfromgenerationtogeneration.Wecouldalsosay,it'sthe"thinking"and"feeling"partofculture:habits,assumptions,attitudes,desires,values,tastesandsoonAnddeepbelowthe"waterline"areaculture'scorevalues.Theseareprimarilylearnedideasofwhatisgood,right,desirable,andacceptable,aswellaswhatisbad,wrong,undesirable,andunacceptable.Inmanycases,differentculturalgroupssharethesimilarcorevalues(suchas"honesty",or"respect",or"family"),buttheseareofteninterpreteddifferentlyindifferentsituationsandincorporatedinuniquewaysintospecificattitudesweapplyindailysituations.Ultimately,theseinternalforcesbecomevisibletothecasualobserverintheformofobservablebehaviors,suchasthewordsweuse,thewayweact,thelawsweenact,andthewayswecommunicatewitheachotherHavingaclearunderstandingoftheculturalclashthatcanoccurininternationalcommunicationasthevisibleandinvisibleelementsoftwoculturescometogetherhelpusunderstandeachotherbetter.
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