Suggested Reading – Beyond Culture
Posted on 03. Jan, 2009 @ 11:36 pm by harvey in Books, Culture Views: 183
I read this book ages ago, probably within my first few years arriving in Japan. It recently came up again in a discussion when Joi Ito came to speak at my school.
This book is about the factors that influence cross-cultural communication, and is presented in a very engaging way. It was a real page turner. Beyond Culture was especially interesting for me (and I suspect would be for you as well) because many of the examples compare Japanese culture to Western culture. As I recall it wasn’t overly academic, and the examples were relevant even today.
I want to read this again someday… That will go right on my to-do list… Under the 100 other things I want to do!
Hope everyone had a happy holiday season!
- Harvey
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