Communicating across cultures in multinational Ibis West Africa

Abdulai, Muhammed; Ibrahim, Hadi; Mohammed, Mashoud Adam

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2017.04.009

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“…Putting meanings into words and behaviours including symbols and vice versa will differ from one person to another because of their cultural orientations. This view point is in consonance with that of Ting-Toomeys' (1999), as cited in Abdulai, Ibrahim & Mohammed (2017) who considered intercultural communication to be "the symbolic exchange process whereby individuals from two (or more) different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in an interactive situation." If the cultural orientation gap between the senders and receivers is wide, the differences in meanings that will accrue from the particular words and behaviours will be wide as well (Adler, 1991, as cited in Abdulai et al, 2017).…”

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African Linguistic Images for Cross-Cultural Communication

2021

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Cross-cultural communication takes place when message is transmitted from a person from one culture to another person from a different culture; however, communication scholars estimate that two-thirds of communications are influenced by the culture of the communication. Based on this, this paper explored socio-cultural relationships as they influence the management of communication patterns Africa. With special focus on African linguistic images, the paper analyzed the relationships between African linguistic images and the communicative powers of language, graphic systems, and the written word. Language is a means which human beings have devised for communicating ideas, feelings, emotions, desires, etc, through complex vocal or written symbols; hence, images play a central role in the complex communications that both link and separate communities and institutions.

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“…This means the communication system of one context can be incomprehensible to another social context. This view of this communication system is shared by Abdulai, Ibrahim and Mohammed (2017) who argue that the interpretation of what is being communicated may vary from one society to the other.…”

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A conceptual framework for psychosocial health management grounded in the therapeutic merits of indigenous KhoiSan health dialogues

Mahlatsi

Pienaar

Nare

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Health SA Gesondheid

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Background: The researchers established that an indigenous KhoiSan community functions healthily without western mental health services. This community relies on indigenous healthcare with positive health outcomes over centuries. Despite this positive evidence, the community’s therapeutic achievements have not been explored previously.Aim: To explore the therapeutic merits embedded in dialogues of healing to formulate a generic approach to managing psychosocial challenges.Setting: The study was conducted in an indigenous KhoiSan community, Northern Cape province, South Africa.Methods: A qualitative approach, by using an indigenous African research design, was followed. An African Indigenous Health Research Framework (AIHRF) was employed, particularly applying a classical African indigenous method of data-collection, namely orature. Theoretical sampling was used for the purpose that the emerging data guide the researcher to the next participants. The four-step analysis of the mentioned framework was deployed for data analysis.Results: It was deduced that the therapeutic merits of dialogues go beyond the word of mouth, leading to the emergence of themes related to the successful management of psychosocial health challenges in the KhoiSan community.Conclusion: These findings were used to generate a baseline conceptual framework for the management of psychosocial challenges in the KhoiSan community.Contribution: Revitalisation of communal indigenous practices for the management of psychosocial health challenges within the KhoiSan community. The latter will sensitise research, teaching and learning to foster culturally informed counseling approaches. Moreover, these will inform policy formations to posses a culturally competent approach towards indigenous communities such as the KhoiSan community in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

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“…Abad ke-21, kontak langsung dengan orang lain adalah bagian hidup yang tidak dapat terhindarkan dalam komunikasi antarbudaya (Abdulai et al, 2017). Menurut Manuel Castells (Mubah, 2011) meluasnya jaringan komunikasi antar masyarakat di seluruh dunia berjalan secara signifikan, sehingga menimbulkan 2 opsi antara tetap bertahan dalam identitas asli atau mengikuti arus sebagai masyarakat global.…”

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Peran Kegiatan Kreasso sebagai Upaya dalam Mempertahankan Kesenian Tradisional di Era Globalisasi

Liya¹,

Yuhastina²,

Trinugraha³

2021

j.Educ.hum.soc.sciences

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The purpose of this study was to determine the role of Kreasso's activities as an effort to maintain traditional arts in the era of globalization. This research is a qualitative research, with a qualitative descriptive approach. Data analysis used Miles and Huberman analysis which consisted of 3 stages: (1) Data Reduction, (2) Data Display, and (3) Conclusion Drawing/ verification. This study uses the Structural-Functional theory proposed by Alfred Reginald Radcliffe Brown. The results of this study indicate that the existence of Kreasso's activities is able to grow students' dignity and concern for the social environment, especially traditional arts. This is evidenced by the participation of students who play an active role in the structural units of Kreasso's activities. Apart from that, it cannot be separated from the existence of activity actors, such as the Surakarta City Education Office as the person in charge of Kreasso activities; the Kreasso committee which generally consists of several divisions with different functions or roles, the teacher acts as a companion to the students; students act as participants with different assignments depending on the policies and authorities of each school. Each of them finds out how it works according to the function or role according to the position and position that cooperates with one another.

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Communicating across cultures in multinational Ibis West Africa

Cited by 19 publications

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African Linguistic Images for Cross-Cultural Communication

African Linguistic Images for Cross-Cultural Communication

A conceptual framework for psychosocial health management grounded in the therapeutic merits of indigenous KhoiSan health dialogues

Peran Kegiatan Kreasso sebagai Upaya dalam Mempertahankan Kesenian Tradisional di Era Globalisasi

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