Theme 3: CULTURAL VALUES AND COMMUNICATION

In this section we will discuss values in various cultures. First you will read a text from Professor Liisa Salo-Lee that introduces different approaches to cultural values in cross-cultural and intercultural studies. After this you will follow five lecture videos from Professor Galina Elizarova. She gives some examples, mostly from the Russian culture, of how cultural values manifest in everyday life and in communication. The topics are

• Relationship to nature
• Time orientation
• Personal space
• Different patterns of communication
• Attitudes to arguments

Enjoy!