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DM2556 Intercultural Communication, Spring 2015
DM2556 Intercultural communication
Intercultural communication is a field of study that investigates how people from different countries and differing cultural backgrounds behave, communicate and perceive the world around them, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavour to communicate across cultures.
In the world today there is an ever growing number of contacts and communication between people with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This communication takes place because of contacts within the areas of business, international organizational co-operation, science, education, massmedia, entertainment, tourism, and - of course - migration. Intercultural communication studies how people from different cultural and social backgrounds behave, communicate and perceive the world around them, and how they communicate across cultures. The study of intercultural communication brings together academic disciplines such as Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Film studies, Literary studies, Management, Media studies, Philosophy, Postcolonialism, Psychology, Social anthropology, and other disciplines. The central objectives of the course are to understand what it means to become a stranger (both in another culture and in one's "own" culture); how people from different cultures communicate with each other in organizations and enterprises; how to improve the ability to successfully communicate with people of other cultures (intercultural competence); ethical dimensions of intercultural communication (hospitality). The course will also focus on how media, media technology and media systems work in different cultures and societies, including issues like freedom of press, advertising and propaganda, entertainment imperialism, education, business, digital and social media. The course is based on lectures, seminars, study visits and indiviudal project work.
The course Intercultural communication is also available as PhD course DM3511.
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Course literature
Myron W. Lustig & Jolene Koester, Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures, 7th edition (Pearson 2013) = IC
Nadeem Aslam, Maps for Lost Lovers (London, Faber and Faber, 2005)
Albert Camus, The Stranger, trans. M. Ward (Everyman's Library, 1993)
Articles
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Course schedule (Spring 2015)
Week | Date, time, room | Topic | Literature / assignment | |
4 | Tuesday, 20 January, 8-10; E52 | Lecture 1. Introduction (Dahlberg) | IC chapter 1 | All |
Wednesday, 21 January, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 1. Intercultural communication: issues in privacy, mobile phone culture, and business culture (Dahlberg) | "The Apparatgeist calls"; Friedman et al., "Personlig integritet"; IC chapter 1 (+ excerpt from chapter 11) | Group A | |
Thursday, 22 January, 10-12; E52 | Lecture 2. Communication and culture (Dahlberg) | IC chapters 1 & 2 | All | |
Friday, 23 January, 10-15 | Study visit to public place in Stockholm. Group activity (3-5 persons per group). | Write a report on study visit | All | |
5 | Monday, 26 January, 10-12; E52 | Lecture 3. Intercultural communication competence (Dahlberg) | IC chapters 3 & 4 | All |
Monday 26 January, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 2. Intercultural communication competence (Dahlberg) | IC chapters 3 & 4 | Group A | |
Wednesday, 28 January, 15-17; E52 | Lecture 4. Cultural patterns and communication: maps and taxonomies (Dahlberg) | IC chapters 4 & 5 | All | |
Thursday, 29 January, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 3. On Maps for Lost Lovers, part 1 | Maps for Lost Lovers | Group A | |
6 | Monday, 2 February, 10-12; E52 | Lecture 5. Cross cultural communication at work and the business context (Dahlberg) | Guirdham, ”Cultural Differences and Work”; Trompenaars & Turner, ”National Cultures and Corporate Cultures”; IC chapter 11 | All |
Monday, 2 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 4. On Maps for Lost Lovers, part 2 (Dahlberg) | Maps for Lost Lovers | Group A | |
Wednesday, 4 February, 15-17; E52 | Lecture 6. Meeting of East and West in the Nordic context. (Johannsesson) | TBA | All | |
Thursday, 5 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 5. Meeting of East and West in the Nordic context. (Johannsesson) | TBA | Group A | |
7 | Monday, 9 February, 10-12; E52 | Lecture 7. Cultural Identity and Cultural Biases (Dahlberg) | IC chapter 6 | All |
Monday, 9 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 6. Cultural Identity and Cultural Biases (Dahlberg) | IC chapter 6 | Group A | |
Wednesday, 11 February, 15-17; E52 | Lecture 8. Reflections on Interculturality and Ethnic Segregation in the Swedish school (Rosales) | Gorski, "Good intentions are not enough", IC chapter 11 | All | |
Thursday, 12 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 7. Seminar 7. On Maps for Lost Lovers, part 3 | Maps for Lost Lovers | Group A | |
8 | Monday, 16 February, 10-12; E52 | Lecture 9. Verbal and nonverbal intercultural communication; code usage (Dahlberg) | IC chapters 7, 8 & 9 | All |
Monday, 16 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 8. Verbal and nonverbal communication(Dahlberg) | IC chapters 7 & 8 | Group A | |
Wednesday, 18 February, 15-17; E51 | Lecture 10. Intercultural communication and personal relationships (Dahlberg) | IC chapter 10 | All | |
Thursday, 19 February, 15-17; room 1440 | Seminar 9. Intercultural (communication) conflicts (Dahlberg) | Ting-Toomey, "Managing Conflict in Intimate Intercultural Relationships"; Ting-Toomey & Oetzel, "Cross-cultural Face Concerns and Conflict Styles" | Group A | |
9 | Monday, 23 February, 10-12; E52 | Lecture 11. Diasporas, hybridity and social media (Dahlberg) | TBA | All |
Monday, 23 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 10. Diasporas, hybridity and social media (Dahlberg) | TBA | Group A | |
Wednesday, 25 February, 15-17; E52 | Lecture 12. Episodes and contexts in intercultural communication competence (Dahlberg) | Camus, The Stranger | All | |
Thursday, 26 February, 10-12; room | Seminar 11. Oral presentations of paper topics (Dahlberg) | Group A | ||
Thursday, 26 February, 15-17; room 4523 | Seminar 11. Oral presentations of paper topics (Dahlberg) | Group A |