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[Review] East and West: Social, psychological and simply habitual differences
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- 웬티레화
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- 2012-07-21
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East and West:
Social, psychological and simply habitual differences
Speaker : Anne Colangelo
Review Writer: Yu Su-Jin
Proof-reader: Nguyen Thi Le Hoa
Today's talk was very interesting and funny. The speaker was Anne Colangelo. She is a GFN radio host of "Hello, Korea" program which assists you with getting to know all about Korea, people, history, culture and movies, etc.
Before starting main business she gave us 3 quizzes, so we could understand about topic East and West - exposing disparities well. First quiz was about a conversation. People who agree with the opinions of conversation partners tend to have eastern thinking. On the other hand, those who like to add an opposite point of view in a conversation to stimulate debate is likely to have western thinking. Second quiz was about fashion. Persons who like to wear clothes that express their personal style has western thinking, but persons who like to keep up with the latest trends and dress with style is likely to have eastern thinking.
The speaker also introduced "Icons for understanding Eastern and Western cultures". These icons were exhibited by Yang Liu. We can see that blue part symbolizes German which is one of western culture, and red part symbolizes China which is one of eastern culture. There are 23 icons such as opinion, way of life, punctuality, contacts, anger, queue when waiting, me, sundays on the road, party, in the restaurant, stomach ache, travelling, definition of beauty, handling of problems, three meals a day, transportation, elderly in day to day life, shower timing, moods and weather, the boss, what's trendy, the child, things that are new, and perception of each other. Among these, definition of beauty icon was impressive to me. Especially in Korea, women want to have white face, but in U.S or Europe, they sunder.
Moreover, the speaker showed two video clips which are related to East and West exposing disparities. Through video clips we can know that Western consider same shape and object importantly, but Eastern consider material, color, texture more important than any other aspects.
East and West have totally different kind of thinking, and I think it affects our relationship. However totally different thinking doesn't mean that we cannot understand each other. Although we have opposite mind, we should try to understand other culture and Western cultures
