SIETAR-Kansai - Past Monthly Programs

January 2003
Teaching Intercultural Communication

-A Tripartite Comparison of Communicative Style Between Afro-American, Anglo-American and Japanese-

Date:
January 26, 2003, Sunday (2:00pm-4:30pm)

Presenter:
Go Abe, Tokushima Bunri University

Place:
Takatsuki Sogo Shimin Koryu Center, Room2
1 minute walk from JR Takatsuki St.
Tel:0726-85-3721

Fee:
500 yen for members
1500 yen for non-members
1000 yen for students

Language:
Japanese

Description of the Presentation:
A binary comparison of Japanese communicative styles vs. those of Anglo-American has been one of the popular teaching methods for intercultural communication at the university in Japan. However, a comparison of the communicative styles of plural ethnic groups has been introduced lately. I would like to make two suggestions for an effective method for teaching intercultural communication.

Profile of the Presenter:
Born in Oita. Trained as a cultural anthropologist at Ohio State University and the University of Kansas. Fieldwork in Palau for a comparative analysis of Colonial administration in Micronesia before and after WWII. Taught intercultural communication at Hiroshima University before moving to Tokushima Bunri University in 1992. Research interests: A comparative analysis of communicative styles of ethnic minorities in the US; a sociology of anthropological knowledge; intercultural communication; ethnic humor; laughter, festivals in Japan, etc.

NOTICE: We have no meeting in February. In March, Anka Veronika Badurina, a Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Kyoto University, will give a lecture under the title of "Constructing Gender for Japanese Television Commercials".

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