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Yes means No and No means Yes – do you agree?

By: Ulrich Sollmann
05-12-2012
Body language, intercultural, nonverbal communication, science, society

Yes means No and No means Yes – do you agree?

Last week I talked to a colleague of mine about her study on intercultural differences concerning gestures and facial expression of people from Germany, Korea, Japan and Papua New Guinea. Of course this study caught at once my interest. (I will talk about it later)

Here one interesting little experience. My colleague was talking to a student from Korea, I think. She asked her a question and the student seemed to hesitate a little in answering “Yes”. My colleague responded to this slight hesitation and told the student, not to say “Yes” if she perhaps has another opinion.

The student seemed to be a little relieved, because ………..

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A matter of opinion

By: Ulrich Sollmann
02-12-2012
nonverbal communication, science, society

A matter of opinion

Psychologists of Bristol University have found out, that there is big and radical gender difference in perception and awareness. (http://www.plosone.org/home.action )

On the one hand women are better aware of little differences than men. On the other hand if watching a person on a photo, men mostly look at the person`s face whereas women also look at the body as a whole.

This of course leads to the impression of big differences in life experience. Both live in the same world, but see different things or aspects of this world.

And of course behave in a different way, present themselves in a different habit.

This difference is quite a stable element of nonverbal communication. So to say a fact which cannot be neglected in it´s important influence on communication. Of course this fact also is a chance to enrich gender communication. By being aware of this fact and integrating the consequences in one´s own behavior. Or by being aware of this and addressing the other in order to reflect both perspectives as two parts of the same coin.

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Sex and moral

By: Ulrich Sollmann
25-11-2012
psychology, science, society

 

 

 

 

Sex and moral

Relating to my post on Petraeus and the issue of sex and politics in the US, I want to put it in another way: to have this love affair, Petraeus as well as others who did the same (men or women), proof the fact that moral categories never can win against love and sex in this way.

The German philosopher Immanuel Kant was convinced that being rational, man can suppress love and sex by his rational conviction. Here ………………

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Kim Thuy’s novel Ru draws on refugee past

By: Ulrich Sollmann
24-11-2012
intercultural, nonverbal communication, science, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kim Thuy’s novel Ru draws on refugee past

Saigon-born, Montreal-based Kim Thuy transformed her own tale of struggle into Ru, a poetic, autobiographical novel debut. This novel illustrates in a sensible way HOW the interplay is between to be strange, to feel strange and to get accustomed to a new way of living, a new culture.

It also can be quite funny!!!!!!!

After a raft of critical acclaim for Thuy’s original French version, including a 2010 Governor General’s Literary Award, Ru has now been published in English, translated by the celebrated Sheila Fischman.

In short vignettes that flow back and forth between past and present, Ru tells the story of a young woman forced to leave ……………….

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Strange is strange is not strange…..it`s me!

By: Ulrich Sollmann
23-11-2012
intercultural, psychology, science, society

Strange is strange is not strange…..it`s me!

In German we have at least five different aspects of “strange”. Or so to say five different ways of understanding “strange”:

1. a stranger looks strange or behaves strange, in the way that I perhaps never have seen before.

2. not to be familiar with something or someone.

3. stranger in the sense of foreigner, coming i.e. from another country or culture

4. strange can also mean “to be different to oneself”

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More about body psychotherapy

By: Ulrich Sollmann
19-11-2012
Body language, psychology, science

More about body psychotherapy

Having posted some information about body psychotherapy tthree days ago I was asked to talk more aout it. So here is more about it. You will find body psychotherapists all over the world. Except in Africa and many parts of Asia. So if you are interested ask the specific organisations which are listed at Wikipedia. Or ask me, I will support you as much as I can. So don`t hesitate. 😉

“Body psychotherapy,[1][2][3] also called body-oriented psychotherapy or somatic psychology, is a branch of psychotherapy[4], with origins in the work of Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud and particularly Wilhelm Reich who developed it as vegetotherapy……..

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About Body Psychotherapy

By: Ulrich Sollmann
17-11-2012
intercultural, nonverbal communication, psychology, science
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Figures reveal that given the choice, most men will plump for a curvy girl

By: Ulrich Sollmann
06-11-2012
News, nonverbal communication, science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figures reveal that given the choice, most men will plump for a curvy girl

Again a convincing proof for the fact that there are two realities: the scientific based and the every-day-life-reality. Both not always go the same way. 😉

“There has been a survey and it tells you what you already know: when it comes to women, the vast majority of blokes prefer them well rounded.

It seems their ideal girlfriends are pneumatic, not flat-tyred. They’d rather negotiate sweeping curves than sharp shoulders………”

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Nourished by the same river

By: Ulrich Sollmann
01-11-2012
intercultural, science, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nourished by the same river

Li Xiaoshan, director, said, “When a family, a character or a story is the focus of an episode, we do not ignore the general background in which their story is taking place. In documentary production, we tend to follow a natural progression. For example, when the subject is a river, we’d shoot from its source to its outlet into the sea. But this time, we broke away from such linear thinking, and came up with a multi-dimensional framework. The series has a more eclectic structure.”

so, have a good look here via this link at part three of this overwhelming and inspiring documentary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3JVQS3xJc4&feature=share

 and read some good comment http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20080419/100522.shtml

or in German

http://presse.phoenix.de/dokumentationen/2011/03/20110309_Leben_am_Mekong/20110310_Leben_am_Mekong_3_4.phtml

 

 

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On intercultural management: Interview with Frank Bannys

By: Ulrich Sollmann
25-10-2012
intercultural, science, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On intercultural management: Interview with Frank Bannys

Here is the actual interview with the author of the book “Intercultural Management”. The first book, which addresses in a really integrated way the various aspects and the complexitiy of the issue in real life. It`s worth reading:

EIM: Mr. Bannys, this year you published your book “Intercultural Management“. What distinguishes your book from others?

Frank Bannys: I have read a lot of really good books about this subject in my more than 20 years as a manager in the international environment. But these books very often just looked at some few aspects of the whole subject and transferring those from theories or models into a practical implementation I found very difficult. My aim was to cover such important subjects for intercultural management as cultural research, leadership, management, personality and behaviour, all of which I would have liked to see in just one book. And with a pragmatic approach, with a lot of examples, a practical orientation and written in an easy to understand language……….more….

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