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1、CultureandConflictCultureisanessentialpartofconflictandconflictresolution.Culturesarelikeundergroundriversthatrunthroughourlivesandrelationships,givingusmessagesthatshapeourperceptions,attributions,judgments,andideasofselfandother.Thoughculturesarepowerful,theyareoftenunconscious,i
2、nfluencingconflictandattemptstoresolveconflictinimperceptibleways.Culturesaremorethanlanguage,dress,andfoodcustoms.Culturalgroupsmaysharerace,ethnicity,ornationality,buttheyalsoarisefromcleavagesofgeneration,socioeconomicclass,sexualorientation,abilityanddisability,politicalandreli
3、giousaffiliation,language,andgender--tonameonlyafew.Twothingsareessentialtorememberaboutcultures:theyarealwayschanging,andtheyrelatetothesymbolicdimensionoflife.Thesymbolicdimensionistheplacewhereweareconstantlymakingmeaningandenactingouridentities.Culturalmessagesfromthegroupswebe
4、longtogiveusinformationaboutwhatismeaningfulorimportant,andwhoweareintheworldandinrelationtoothers--ouridentities.Culturalmessages,simply,arewhateveryoneinagroupknowsthatoutsidersdonotknow.Theyarethewaterfishswimin,unawareofitseffectontheirvision.Theyareaseriesoflensesthatshapewhat
5、weseeanddon'tsee,howweperceiveandinterpret,andwherewedrawboundaries.Inshapingourvalues,culturescontainstartingpointsandcurrencies[1].Startingpointsarethoseplacesitisnaturaltobegin,whetherwithindividualorgroupconcerns,withthebigpictureorparticularities.Currenciesarethosethingswecare
6、aboutthatinfluenceandshapeourinteractionswithothers.HowCulturesWorkThoughlargelybelowthesurface,culturesareashifting,dynamicsetofstartingpointsthatorientusinparticularwaysandawayfromotherdirections.Eachofusbelongstomultipleculturesthatgiveusmessagesaboutwhatisnormal,appropriate,and
7、expected.Whenothersdonotmeetourexpectations,itisoftenacuethatourculturalexpectationsaredifferent.Wemaymistakedifferencesbetweenothersandusforevidenceofbadfaithorlackofcommonsenseonthepartofothers,notrealizingthatcommonsenseisalsocultural.Whatiscommontoonegroupmayseemstrange,counter
8、intuitive,orwrongtoanother
