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Living in a Multicultural- Living in a Multicultural- Multinational community-Multinational community-
Opportunity or Crisis!?Opportunity or Crisis!?
Joshva Raja Joshva Raja
Queens FoundationQueens Foundation
2009 September2009 September
Blacks Blacks
AsiansAsians
BritishBritish
PacificPacific
EuropeansEuropeans
othersothers
Words can mean many things!Words can mean many things!
When Kentucky Fried Chicken entered the When Kentucky Fried Chicken entered the Chinese market, to their horror they Chinese market, to their horror they discovered that their slogan "finger lickin' discovered that their slogan "finger lickin' good" came out as "eat your fingers off" good" came out as "eat your fingers off" An American T-shirt maker in Miami An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit Instead of "I promoted the Pope's visit Instead of "I Saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I Saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I Saw the Potato" (la papa) Saw the Potato" (la papa)
I got a mouse
Do we recognize Different Cultural Groups within ourselves? It follows their interest…
High
popular
Mass
Folk/ Traditional
Sub
Attitude and culture may varyAttitude and culture may vary
A European visitor once asked an A European visitor once asked an Indonesian about the Balinese funeral Indonesian about the Balinese funeral custom of placing fresh fruit on a grave. custom of placing fresh fruit on a grave. "When does your aunt climb out of her "When does your aunt climb out of her grave to eat the banana?" he asked with a grave to eat the banana?" he asked with a smirk. "At the same time your uncle smirk. "At the same time your uncle comes up to smell the flowers," was the comes up to smell the flowers," was the matter-of-fact reply. matter-of-fact reply.
Learning together with diverse age groups and cultures
YouthChildrenAdults
Women
Outsider
Of course when Children make Of course when Children make noise can I study? Part of Queens’ noise can I study? Part of Queens’
Package of learning?!Package of learning?!
Some drink and Some Don’t Some drink and Some Don’t
Do we mind each other’s business? Do we mind each other’s business? Yes we do sometimes!Yes we do sometimes!
Learning Theology together Learning Theology together
When theological students come to the College many of them regularly pray then?
As the journey begins many of them are overloaded with a lot of theologies and other stuff some sink!
But you can still do Ministry
When People cross boundaries?When People cross boundaries?
Who often Cross the Who often Cross the BoundariesBoundaries
A Child who just walks and does not understand the difference between the colour and race or rich and poor…
A Mentally Challenge Person who is in Chains because he often crosses the boundaries of caste
EncodingDecoding
EncodingDecoding
Message
Message
Interpreter Interpreter
Negotiation
Rejection
Acceptance
Stuart HallHow do you cross boundaries?
MONOCHRONIC PEOPLE POLYCHRONIC PEOPLE
do one thing at a time do many things at once
concentrate on the jobare highly distractable and subject to
interruptions
take time commitments (deadlines, schedules) seriously
consider an objective to be achieved, if possible
are low-context and need informationare high-context and already have
information
are committed to the jobare committed to people and human
relationships
adhere religiously to plans change plans often and easily
are concerned about not disturbing others; follow rules of privacy and consideration
are more concerned with those who are closely related (family, friends, close business associates) than with privacy
show great respect for private property; seldom borrow or lend
borrow and lend things often and easily
emphasize promptness base promptness on the relationship
are accustomed to short-term relationships
have strong tendency to build lifetime relationships
Cooperation!Cooperation!
Try to reduce the Try to reduce the use of Stereotypical use of Stereotypical words, images…words, images…
Less Ethnocentric Less Ethnocentric value judgements…value judgements…
avoiding avoiding Categorising others Categorising others as a monolithic as a monolithic groupsgroups
Making some differences?Making some differences?Buried for TreatmentBuried for Treatment
in Japan for treatment
In Australia for fun
Offerings are made to a mediator who is buried up to the neck in sand. He suppresses the sensations of the flesh while attempting to free his mind through meditation.
Living and
learning together
using all sense
s
To send and receive
Transmission view
To share and participate
Ritual View
To speak
To see
To hearTo taste
To smell
To touch
Developing Cross Cultural skillsDeveloping Cross Cultural skills
Willingness to interactWillingness to interact
Establishing a Establishing a ContactContact
having Relationshiphaving Relationship
Trying to UnderstandTrying to Understand
Taking Courage for Taking Courage for mistakesmistakes
Risk with Humbleness Risk with Humbleness to learn to learn
Sharing KindnessSharing Kindness
Make Mistakes in the beginning?!
Can I make difference?Can I make difference?
Listen to storiesListen to stories
Look at the face Look at the face
Smile with themSmile with them
Imagine the contextImagine the context
Observe the actsObserve the acts
Smell the fragranceSmell the fragrance
Feel the situationFeel the situation
Taste the foodTaste the food
Imagine the mind of the Imagine the mind of the otherother
Starting points are learning points!Starting points are learning points!
Anything wrong?
You never net a fish without getting You never net a fish without getting wetwet
Cross Cultural starting pointsCross Cultural starting points
Misunderstanding leads to UnderstandingMisunderstanding leads to Understanding
Confusion leads to Fusion of culturesConfusion leads to Fusion of cultures
Unity is not uniformityUnity is not uniformity
Oneness is not samenessOneness is not sameness
Chaos is starting point of creationChaos is starting point of creation
Some examples from Bible and Some examples from Bible and History that crossed the boundaries History that crossed the boundaries and transformed the communitiesand transformed the communities
Egyptian Nurses in ExodusEgyptian Nurses in Exodus
Peter and Paul in the first Christian Peter and Paul in the first Christian Council in JerusalemCouncil in Jerusalem
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi
Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson MandelaMahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela
Mother TheresaMother Theresa
Thank you for Seeing and ListeningThank you for Seeing and ListeningIn Heaven you can only feed othersIn Heaven you can only feed others