Nonverbally: The Clash Of Cultural Differences

Cultures clash, and these clashes come from preconceived feelings and emotions that originate from cultural heritage. The readings of Tierney, Norland, Simone and Bokova attempt to demonstrate the commencement of cultural clashes through misunderstandings on the areas of non-verbal, verbal communication and preconceptions along others. Tierney uses the challenging situation Iraqis experience with Americans living on Baghdad to expose the cultural differences that provoke misinterpretations to arise. He presents in the article that Americans have to deal with Iraqis criticizing foreigners, while foreigners like them have to deal with it impartially when it certainly bothers them. The isolation Iraqi citizens are putting on foreigners’ makes Americans, like Lieutenant Horner; feel excluded from this society causing a sentiment of “ morale” madness rather than anything else. In terms of verbal communication, seclusion is an issue because of the language barrier. Nonverbally, the Iraqi culture values the code of honor and the protection of personal anecdotes, therefore even though they are extremely polite their …show more content…
He mentions the importance of places to different culture and how these have “universal value.” Other focus on targeting culture because it is something that potentially destroys individuals because it does not only represent how they are, but those beliefs they hold closest to their hearts. Unesco’s three levels to protect cultural heritage are that the state itself should guard it legally, that “coalitions for culture” should be made fiercer and peace-making deals should be made in order to protect the culture from conflicts. At the end, he explains that taking care of culture is an obligation so that individuals can recover from bad experiences with the use of those “essential resources” that their culture provides them