Essays about: "communication between cultures"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 84 essays containing the words communication between cultures.

1. 21. “I think about you every day, every night” : Experiences, acceptability and use of the Time Travel Method among Finnish and newly arrived migrant students in Ostrobothnia: A qualitative study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

   Author : Ulrika Storbacka; [2020]
   Keywords : Culture; refugees; newly arrived; young; acculturation; mental health; the Time Travel method; social determinants of health;

   Abstract : Background Acculturation has effects on mental health outcomes among young newly arrived migrants and refugees. Innovative methods, such as the Time Travel Method, can help understand cultural heritage, contribute to improved acculturation and subsequently lead to positive individual as well as societal outcomes. READ MORE

3. 22. “How to Talk to Dragons” Insights into the Praxis of an Inter-Cultural Shadow Puppet Theatre Play

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Bjela Proßowsky; [2020]
   Keywords : participatory art projects; inter-cultural encounters; Sbek Touch; shadow puppetry; cultural diversity; non-verbal communication; alternative development; dragons; The Practice of Love ;

   Abstract : Cultural diversity in a global community demands our tolerant understanding of one another. Participatory art projects can be instrumental in facilitating equal-footing en­counters and creative communication between people from different cultures that transcend language barriers. READ MORE

4. 23. Textual computer-mediated communication tools used across cultures : A study about the issues and consequences that arise from this type of communication

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Nino Emmerik; Manuel Diez de Oñate De Toro; [2020]
   Keywords : cross-cultural communication; computer-mediated communication; communication issues; communication consequences;

   Abstract : Globalisation is increasing, reason for people working more and more cross-culturally and with the use of computer-mediated tools. The field of research on both of these individual topics is existent and has thoroughly been discussed. Nevertheless, the integration of these topics in the field of research is still scarce and relatively unknown. READ MORE

5. 24. The effects of cultural differences on business communication : A study in OnlineFactory.asia

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Fanny Odell; Victoria Näsberg; [2020]
   Keywords : cultural differences; culture; communication; business communication; Hofstede; Shannon-Weaver model; negotiation; globalization; language barriers.;

   Abstract : Cultural differences have always been the ground to barriers within communication. Due to globalization this is becoming an increasingly important aspect of how business communication is done.  Therefore, there is a need for organizations to have the skillset to deal with the cultural differences that a cross-cultural business environment entails. READ MORE

6. 25. A History of Rule by Divine Law among Semitic Cultures

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

   Author : Karl Bjur; [2020]
   Keywords : History; Islam; Arabic; Judaism; Hammurabi; Akkadian; State; Divine law; Sharia; Halakha; Aksum; Ethiopia; Empire; Didascalia; Theocracy; Theonomocracy; Semitic; Israelite; Al-Māturīdī; Al-Māwardī; Religious History; Middle-east; Africa; Kitāb al-Tawḥīd; Māturīdīya; Rulership; Oriental; Despotism; Absolutism; Cultural Darwinism; Comparative oriental studies; Cross-cultural study; Orientalism; Large-scale History; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This is a comparative study of several widespread and canonical texts from the lowlands of the Middle East and North Africa, with regard to historically reoccurring interconnected traits of ideal state structure among cultures, where Semitic languages have been main languages of communication from the 18th century BC to the modern day. The study is of reoccurring ideals of state structure with defined limits and causes for its existence across several Semitic speaking cultures. READ MORE