I may be able to spot arrowheads on the desert but a refrigerator is a jungle in which I am easily lost. My wife, however, will unerringly point out that the cheese or the leftover roast is hiding right in front of my eyes. Hundreds of such experiences convince me that men and women often inhabit quite different visual worlds. These are differences which cannot be attributed to variations in visual acuity. Man and women simply have learned to use their eyes in very different ways.
The essence of cross-cultural communication has more to do with releasing responses than with sending messages. It is more important to release the r… - Edward T. Hall
The essence of cross-cultural communication has more to do with releasing responses than with sending messages. It is more important to release the r…
- Edward T. Hall
Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human. - Edward T. Hall
Culture is not made up but something that evolves which is human.
It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself - the complexity is too gr… - Edward T. Hall
It is never possible to understand completely any other human being; and no individual will ever really understand himself - the complexity is too gr…
The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating his o… - Edward T. Hall
The reason man does not experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has little basis for validating his o…
Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing. - Edward T. Hall
Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing.
Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out. - Edward T. Hall
Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out.
Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organis… - Edward T. Hall
Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organis…
We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture.… - Edward T. Hall
We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture.…
The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can come only when … - Edward T. Hall
The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can come only when …
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