Japan Intercultural Institute
Japan Intercultural Institute
Episode 49 - Cultural Misunderstanding
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In this episode, Ishita Ray and Joseph Shaules explore reasons for cultural misunderstanding. We learn about cultural blind spots, and the “cognitive cascade” that can lead us to misjudge foreign situations. We hear stories of misunderstanding by Emre Seven (about the expression Inshallah), and Liu Liu (about counting toilets!) and Sane Bosma—who talks with her partner Armen about overcoming misunderstanding in an intercultural relationship.