Intercultural Thinking Readings and Resources

Intercultural Thinking: You will

  • evaluate generalizations about cultural groups,
  • analyze how cultural beliefs might affect communication across cultures,
  • evaluate how specific approaches to global issues will affect multiple cultural communities, and
  • untangle competing economic, religious, social or geographical interests of cultural groups in conflict.

Intercultural Thinking Readings and Resources

Adichie, Chimamanda. “The Danger of a Single Story”

http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/517227/chimamanda-adichie-what-americans-get-wrong-about-africa/

“Ad Access: John H. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History.” Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/

Choi, Amy S. “What Americans Can Learn from Other Food Cultures.”Ideastedcom. TED, 18 Dec. 2014. Web. 11 Mar. 2015. <http://ideas.ted.com/what-americans-can-learn-from-other-food-cultures/>.

Estes, Thomas H., et al. “Cultural Literacy: What Every Educator Needs to Know.” Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 1988. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198809_estes.pdf

Lassiter, Eric. “Anthropology and Culture.” Invitation to Anthropology. 4th ed. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014.

Patterson, Troy. “What Does Every American Need to Know Today?” 3 Oct. 2013. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/03/cultural_literacy_list_in_common_core_era_e_d_hirsch_book_needs_an_update.html

Schweizer, Bernard. “Cultural Literacy: Is It Time to Revisit the Debate?” NEA Higher Education Journal. Fall 2009. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/TA09CulturalLiteracy.pdf

Tyre, Peg. “I’ve Been a Pariah for So Long.” The Politico 50. Sept/Oct 2014. Web. 30 Oct. 2014. http://www.politico.com/magazine/politico50/2014/ive-been-a-pariah-for-so-long.html#.VHx5XIt0zIV

Other resources: 

Returning to the Cultural Literacy Debate – http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/TA09CulturalLiteracy.pdf

The Republic of the Imagination by Azar Nafisi – http://www.npr.org/2014/10/23/357625110/republic-of-imagination-sings-the-praises-of-literature

Create Dangerously author Edwidge Danticat is profiled with an excerpt – http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/129880022/-create-dangerously-the-heart-and-healing-of-haiti

Exit Through the Giftshop clip (Banksy – identity and art, the subversive role of art) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8FYJyfXeU

Art and Craft Explores How One Forger Duped More than 45 Museums” (Mark Landis and the value of art, a contemplation of the culture of the art world) – http://www.npr.org/2014/09/27/351738720/art-craft-explores-how-one-forger-duped-more-than-45-museums

“A Class Divided” The Jane Elliot Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Experiment – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWXB1S1jHKo

“’Judging America’ Series Captures Nation’s Sterotypes” – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/judging-america-photo-series_n_5907966.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

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