SIETAR-Kansai Monthly Programs

March 2006

Values, Cultures and Conflicts

Date:
March 7, 2006 (Tuesday), 18:30 - 20:30

Presenter:
Janet Bennett (Intercultural Communication Institute)

Place:
Takatsuki Shiritsu Shogai Gakushu Center (Room 3)
(10 min. walk from the south exit of JR Takatsuki Station or Hankyu Takatsuki City Station)

TEL. 072(674)7700

Fee:
Members and Students 500 Yen, Non-members 1,000 Yen

Language:
English

Description of the Program:
Interculturalists have many opportunities to recognize that strategies for handling conflict differ greatly across cultures. Whatever content inspires the conflict, the process we use for resolving it frequently seems to make it even more uncomfortable. A new inventory, developed by Dr. Mitch Hammer, explores styles of conflict used across cultures, and suggests effective approaches to not only understanding these differences, but also bridging them. During this program, we will:

• Complete the new Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory
• Discuss the cultural implications of these styles
• Suggest strategies for resolving the differences

Profile of the Presenter:

Dr. Janet Bennett received her Ph.D. in intercultural communication from the University of Minnesota after returning from Micronesia where she was a Peace Corps volunteer. Janet was chair of the Liberal Arts Division at Marylhurst College for 12 years, and continues to be professionally active in the non-traditional education field, including teaching courses at Portland Statue University in training methods and organizational development and courses in change at the University of the Pacific's Master of Arts in Intercultural Relations. Janet is executive director of the Intercultural Communication Institute in Portland, Oregon USA and does consulting work providing intercultural communication and diversity training to executives and personnel at colleges and universities and healthcare organizations, as well as other organizations in both the public and private sector. Janet has written several chapters and journal articles, including "Cultural Marginality: Identity Issues in Intercultural Training".

Back to the most recent program