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11	Communication across cultures and its implications: the case of black indigenous Zambians and white western migrants living in Zambia Silungwe, Wilson January 2014 (has links) The overarching aim of this study was to explore the similarities and differences in communication and other cultural practices in encounters between black indigenous Zambians and white Western migrants living in Zambia and the implications of these similarities and differences. The research adopted a qualitative research design, and focus group discussions were used as a data collection tool, using a video recorder to capture the discussions. The focus group comprised of 6 black indigenous Zambians and 6 white Westerners. The collected data was then transcribed from the video records and analysed using thematic analysis. The conclusion to this study is that the culture of black indigenous Zambians and that of white Westerners have both similarities and differences as far as communication practices and other practices are concerned. These similarities and differences influence communication encounters between the people of the two cultures either positively or negatively rendering communication either effective or non-effective. / Communication / MA (Communication) Communication Nonverbal communication Verbal communication Intercultural communication Culture Globalization Black indigenous Zambians Western migrants Symbolic interactionism Coordinated management of meaning Anxiety uncertainty reduction 303.482 Intercultural communication --- Zambia Nonverbal communication --- Zambia Cross-cultural studies --- Zambia
12	Borderland Journeys: A Layered Autoethnography Bankert-Countryman, Janice Elizabeth 25 February 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The collection of pages spread before you now, this story-thesis, is a collection of stories about my journey from cult member to the place in life I am now, stories about those stories, and stories about the people who lived or read them, talked about them, and were changed by the tellings. Most importantly, the goal of this story-thesis is to illustrate how the process of story-making and -telling changes how we interpret our identities and our lifeworlds. I argue that the stories that we share change our identities, and I also argue that how we perceive our identity and the identities of others affects the stories that we share. Autoethnography Coordinated Management of Meaning Heteroglossia A/r/tography Stage Theory of Grief Symbolic Divergence Dialogic Autoethnography Ethnology -- Biographical methods Ethnology -- Methodology Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects Discourse analysis Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) Communication -- Philosophy Self-perception Dialogue analysis Anzaldúa, Gloria. Borderlands McCourt, Frank. Angela's ashes Criticism

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Communication across cultures and its implications: the case of black indigenous Zambians and white western migrants living in Zambia

Borderland Journeys: A Layered Autoethnography