Intercultural Encounters
Seeing More through Personal Connections
A person of one culture has INTERNAL EXPERIENCES
of their context, such as:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4332932/Face_circle.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4332935/Friends.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4332944/Family.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4406302/05.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472424/05.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7057300/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)
And a person of another culture has often similar
INTERNAL EXPERIENCES of key areas in their life, such as:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333180/FACE_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4406305/Workship_square_copy.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472435/Family_square.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472437/Work_square.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472438/Friends_Square.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7057300/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)
Yet, both perceive each other through the
EXTERNAL APPEARANCES of their contexts, such as:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333288/Wall_L_2.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333292/Wall_R2.png)
.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409238/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409238/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409307/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409307/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472446/LEADERS_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472447/NEWS_Nuevo.png)
.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7057300/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/11037519/CONFLICT_03.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/11037534/CONFLICT_PIXEL_03.png)
Direct interactions allow us to move beyond the external appearances
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333288/Wall_L_2.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333292/Wall_R2.png)
.
and CONNECT us directly to the person.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409649/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409649/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409670/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409670/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472451/LEADERS_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472451/LEADERS_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472454/NEWS_Nuevo.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472454/NEWS_Nuevo.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472456/PUENTE.png)
.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7057300/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/11037534/CONFLICT_PIXEL_03.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/11037519/CONFLICT_03.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
"It is through the mirrors of others that
we learn to know ourselves"
Stella Ting Toomey
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4327645/02.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7224473/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)
Yet, both perceive each other through the
EXTERNAL APPEARANCES of their contexts, such as:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333288/Wall_L_2.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333292/Wall_R2.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409238/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409238/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409307/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409307/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472446/LEADERS_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472447/NEWS_Nuevo.png)
.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7057300/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)
Direct interactions allow us to move beyond the external
appearances and...
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333288/Wall_L_2.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333292/Wall_R2.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
.
CONNECT us directly to the person.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409649/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409649/CIRCULO_NUEVO_CUADRADO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409670/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4409670/CIRCULO_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4333613/CONFLICTS.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472451/LEADERS_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472451/LEADERS_NUEVO.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472454/NEWS_Nuevo.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472454/NEWS_Nuevo.png)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/4472456/PUENTE.png)
.
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-p.slid.es/uploads/775627/images/7057300/LOGO_CBE_2020.png)