"Speaking Culture"

Culture comes in many different forms, whether it be music, race or even school and the workplace. I found this video odd yet unique. Anazoe69 wrote that speaking Culture is about cross-cultural communication. Common cultural elements build the starting point for a possible dialogue between different people.Speaking Culture demonstrates a light-hearted look at communication through the musical production vocal sounds and whistling only. In this instance, although every attempt to communicate, risks being misunderstood, the use of humor is key to over coming many communication barriers (Anazoe69, Speaking Culture).



This video demonstrates how cultural differences make it difficult for people to interact, but once we get beyond the difference and ignorance of other cultures we are truly (in nature) the same beings. Whether it be communicating through 'whistling' or 'humming' these differences can be learned/taught and become second nature to us.

In the beginning of the video there is chaos no one understands each other, but as they continue to work together and listen to one another they began to learn the way each other communicates and, eventually, formed a harmonious melody.

In relation to our real lives, we walk through many different cultural stages in life, high school, University even our neighborhoods. We walk through these stages nervous and afraid of the unknown, but eventually we learn how to adapt and communicate in each culture we are facing and become 'harmonious' with that culture.

By: Nada Kabbara