1. Infusion to Intercultural Communication Terri Easley Associate Professor of Speech & Debate Johnson County Community College

2. SPD 180: Intercultural Communication Communication Process & Basic Theories What is Culture? Deep Structures: Family Cultural Histories Worldviews: Religion Cultural Values Culture & Individual Identity Language Nonverbal Communication

3. Religion According to the Textbook… Six Major Religions: Christianity Judaism Islam Buddhism Hinduism Confucianism Very monolithic descriptions Oversimplified descriptions Justification for the selection of ‘ their 6’ is problematic

4. Infusing More Religion… Add Daoism and Shinto Use China and Japan as examples to combat the monolithic /homogenous descriptions and demonstrate multiplicity Restructure the order so that we do not start with Christianity (begin with Hinduism and end with Christianity)

7. Urumqi & Uyghurs History of Urumqi and Uyghurs material Incorporate throughout each unit of the course with examples (ex: religion, family, identity, values, language) Function as a case study to spur discussions throughout the course