The Culture Map, by Erin Meyer
"Meyer’s expertise and clever articulation of potentially tricky concepts sheds much light on cultural and human interactions. The author digs in deep to understand underlying principles, expectations, and manifestations of culture that are sometimes so deeply ingrained in a culture that they are often not even aware of it themselves".
I was talking with someone how we use the index finger to indicate one for quantity and in Europe they use the thumb for one plus the index finger for two. He mentioned a movie where some Americans tried to play Germans to infiltrate the 3rd Reich and got caught because they used the wrong finger to order beer. Interesting all the different cultural signals that can be used.
http://www.hopechest.org/humble-and-active-learners/
A good intro into her material is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1ZI-O_9tU
"Meyer’s expertise and clever articulation of potentially tricky concepts sheds much light on cultural and human interactions. The author digs in deep to understand underlying principles, expectations, and manifestations of culture that are sometimes so deeply ingrained in a culture that they are often not even aware of it themselves".
I was talking with someone how we use the index finger to indicate one for quantity and in Europe they use the thumb for one plus the index finger for two. He mentioned a movie where some Americans tried to play Germans to infiltrate the 3rd Reich and got caught because they used the wrong finger to order beer. Interesting all the different cultural signals that can be used.
http://www.hopechest.org/humble-and-active-learners/
A good intro into her material is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1ZI-O_9tU
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