These words are very important for your Cultural Diversity course amd exam.
In teams,
- Download this glossary
- On your iPad or laptop create a Keynote or PowerPoint Presentation
- Choose images to explain each concept
- Do not put the definition on the slide
GLOSSARY
Cross-Cultural Communication - (also referred to as
Intercultural Communication) is a field of study that looks at how
people from differing cultural backgrounds can communicate successfully and
avoid conflicts.
Culture - The shared values, norms, traditions,
customs, food, arts, history, folklore and institutions of a group of people.
Culture Shock - A state of distress and
tension with possible physical symptoms after a person moves to an unfamiliar
cultural environment.
Discrimination (verb: to discriminate) – Any
action that denies opportunities to a person on the basis of their race,
gender, age, religion. The term 'glass
ceiling' describes the process by which women are not promoted because of
an invisible barrier. Positive discrimination-Giving more opportunities
to people who were discriminated against for a long time.
Diversity – Diversity concept means understanding that
each individual is unique because of race, ethnicity, gender, economic status,
age, physical abilities, religious and political beliefs. Some of these characteristics cannot be changed
e.g., age, gender, race. Those that can
be changed include educational background, geographic location, income, marital
status, and work experiences.
Ethnic Group - Group characterized by cultural similarities
(shared among members of that group) and differences (between that group and
others). Members of an ethnic group share beliefs, values, habits, customs,
norms, a common language, religion, history, geography, kinship, and/or race.
Ethnocentricity (adj:
ethnocentric) - the belief that one’s own culture is better
than other cultures which are criticized and looked down upon.
Expatriate - Someone who has left his or her home
country to live and work in another country.
Global Culture - One world culture. Elements of culture that are shared by most cultures/countries
in the world, for example Starbucks.
Glocal = Global + Local
Harmony (Social Harmony) – Peaceful co-existence of
people from different ethnic backgrounds.
Human Rights - Human rights refers to the
basic rights and freedoms to which all humans irrespective of countries,
cultures, politics, languages, skin colour and religions are entitled to.
Immigrant
(migrant) – A person who leaves his/her own
country to leave permanently in another one.
Indigenous People – People native to a
particular territory, for example The Bedouin in the UAE.
Integration/Assimilation
(verb: integrate/assimilate) - The bringing together of people of different racial or ethnic
groups in society or an organization. For example, many colleges have an
integration day for new students when they meet their older colleagues.
Multiculturalism (adj: multicultural) - A
belief that people from different cultural and ethnic groups can live in peace
without losing their distinctive cultural (and religious) identities, for
example Australia or Canada.
Nation - A group of people sharing a language, (religion),
history, territory, government.
Nuclear Family - is a household consisting
only of parents and their children as distinct from the extended family
where many relatives live together.
Peer Pressure - the influences that people
of the same rank, age or group have on each other.
Prejudice - Over-generalized and oversimplified
negative beliefs about a group of people. These beliefs are not easily
changed and are often irrational. For example: “Women are too emotional, so
they don’t make good managers”.
Racism (adj:
racial) – Disliking other people because of their skin colour or
ethnic group. Apartheid is an example of wide scale racism.
It was a system of racial segregation used in South Africa from 1948 to the
early 1990s.
Refugee – A person who is forced to leave their own
country because of war, political oppression or religious persecution.
Reputation – How others in your social group see you.
Social Exclusion - The various ways in which people are excluded from society. Exclusion
can be economic, social, religious or political.
Status – social position
Stereotypes – Generalizations about all members of a group, both positive
and negative. “Italians are friendly”, “Women are bad drivers”. Stereotyping is
a common cause of cross-cultural conflicts.
Stigma - Having an identity which is despised or disliked by
others, for example physical disability or being divorced.
Taboo - Activity or social custom disapproved by a group of people or
society and not discussed openly, for example holding hands in public.
Universal - Something that exists in every culture
Xenophobia - The belief that people and things from other countries are
dangerous.
Adapted by Dr Ewa
Gajer, from: Dictionary of Cross-Cultural Terminology, http://www.dot-connect.com/Dictionary_of_Cross-Cultural_terminology_Inter_cultural_terminology.html
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