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PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 2 : Three Levels of Conflict 1.Material 2.Communicative 3.Symbolic The three levels are interrelated Thus, conflict is more than what appears on the surface It includes identity, meaning, and how we distinguish these Culture CULTU RE Culture Cultura Kultur культура

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 3 : Identity and meaning… Come from our cultures And more broadly from our “worldviews”

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 4 : Worldviews are: Shared values and assumptions on which customs, norms, and institutions are based

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 5 : Worldviews… Help determine values

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 6 : Some values that vary cross- culturally concern: Power – its appropriate distribution and source Achievement – what it consists of Hedonism – what it is and how important it is Stimulation – what its acceptable forms are Self-direction – degree to which this is possible and desirable

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 7 : Other values that vary cross- culturally include: Universalism – degree to which things are seen as connected Benevolence – its importance Traditions – what they are and their importance Confirmation – its importance and sanctions to enforce it Security – the forms it takes

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 8 : If our worldviews differ, then: all of our attempts to improve communication and our attempts to “expand the pie” of our material resources will fail... because we may not be addressing our deeper differences that continue to fuel conflicts

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 9 : When worldviews are not recognized and acknowledged, Stronger parties may try to impose their worldviews on others Far more profound than trying to impose a particular solution to a conflict, the imposition of a worldview can be destructive to a whole way of life

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 10 : When fundamental differences divide groups of people… worldviews can promote mutual understanding Look at: stories, rituals, myths, metaphors to build understandings of connections and differences

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 11 : Worldviews… with their embedded meanings, can be the seedbed from which new shared meanings emerge These shared meanings may arise as people co-create new stories, design new rituals, and find inclusive metaphors to contain their meanings This, then, can help to build cross- cultural understanding and to resolve conflicts

PowerPoint Summary of: Cultural and Worldview Frames Slide 12 : Conclusion Worldviews can be the “seedbed” of new shared meanings Tools to aid this process include: Co-creation of stories Designing new, mutual rituals Developing inclusive metaphors