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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

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

9. SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 9 Multinational dinner in Asmara, Eritrea: UNMEE 2001.  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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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

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

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

19. 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

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

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

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

23. SGTM 5 B: Cultural Awareness Slide 23 1. “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”