Intercultural competences are:
- Understanding the situation, realising that cultural differences are influencing the situation.
- to stand back and analyse how to react to the situation, drawing on two kinds of knowledge.
A) general knowledge about cultural meetings and intercultural communication.
B) specific knowledge about present cultures.
Thomas Hylland Erikson - social anthropologist
A third way:
Etno-centric perspective - a horizon of understanding.
Judging other cultures by the standards of your own, defining the others in how they don't look like you.
Accepting that we do have a ethnocentric perspective.
Cultural relative perspective is the opposite of the ethnocentric perspective. It recognises all cultures as equally good. We shouldn't have any prejudices.
1. Horizon of understanding/ awareness of our prejudice.
2. Try to understand why people from other cultures do what they do. Respect their actions But you still have the right not to agree.
3. Meet people as individuals but not necessarily accepting their actions.
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