SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 1 SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness

Slide 2  What is culture?  Understanding cultural differences  Dealing with cultural differences  Scenarios  What is culture?  Understanding cultural differences  Dealing with cultural differences  Scenarios

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 3  Meanings  Beliefs  Values  Behaviours  Meanings  Beliefs  Values  Behaviours

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 4 Culture is  Relative  Learned  Collective  Continuously evolving  Complex and responsive  Relative  Learned  Collective  Continuously evolving  Complex and responsive

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 5 Social forces:  Urbanization  Migration  Industrialization  Urbanization  Migration  Industrialization  Nationalism  Colonization  Socio-economic development  Nationalism  Colonization  Socio-economic development

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 6 Individual characteristics:  Education  Language  Profession  Religion  Education  Language  Profession  Religion  Socio-economic class  Gender  Ethnic background  Cross-cultural adjustments  Socio-economic class  Gender  Ethnic background  Cross-cultural adjustments

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 7  Stereotypes  Prejudices  Ethnocentric perspectives  Stereotypes  Prejudices  Ethnocentric perspectives

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 8 CULTURE Civilians – Civilians International staff – Local communities Military – Military Military – Civilians Groups within local communities

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 9 Multinational dinner in Asmara, Eritrea: UNMEE  East Asia: chopsticks  Europe: knife and fork  Other regions: clean right hand  Common plate  East Asia: chopsticks  Europe: knife and fork  Other regions: clean right hand  Common plate

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 10  Beef  Pork  Insects  Beef  Pork  Insects

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 11  Know the religion of your host country  Respect all beliefs  Know the religion of your host country  Respect all beliefs

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 12  Pay respect to elders  Understand family ties  Understand gender roles  Pay respect to elders  Understand family ties  Understand gender roles

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 13 The meaning of words is culture-specific  What is he saying?  Idioms and slang  Humour  What is he saying?  Idioms and slang  Humour

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 14  Gestures  Smiles  Handshakes  Holding hands, touching  Gestures  Smiles  Handshakes  Holding hands, touching

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 15  Understand local culture and climate  Adapt yourself to local dress codes  Understand local culture and climate  Adapt yourself to local dress codes

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 16 Most peacekeepers die in traffic accidents, so:  Adapt to local traffic conditions  Respect local traffic laws  Drive defensively  Adapt to local traffic conditions  Respect local traffic laws  Drive defensively

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 17 Different notions about punctuality:  Military  Civilian  Local  Military  Civilian  Local

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 18 “You have the clock, we have the time”

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 19  Understand your culture  Accept logic of other cultures  Appreciate differences  Understand your culture  Accept logic of other cultures  Appreciate differences

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 20  Local knowledge  Your performance  Local knowledge  Your performance

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 21  Climate  Language  Currency  Road signs  Colleagues  Climate  Language  Currency  Road signs  Colleagues

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 22 Foster good relations  Military — Civilians  Military — Other military  Teamwork  Military — Civilians  Military — Other military  Teamwork

SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide “Harmony in movement control” 2. “An honour to walk hand in hand” 3. “Toilet training” 1. “Harmony in movement control” 2. “An honour to walk hand in hand” 3. “Toilet training”