tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154569229380760325.post2888783270084669383..comments2023-10-10T17:07:36.114+02:00Comments on cross-cultural moments: ChangeElizabeth Abbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763064258020825441noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154569229380760325.post-64567774864188230032007-06-26T15:31:00.000+02:002007-06-26T15:31:00.000+02:00Hi Peter,You are right, it is difficult to recogni...Hi Peter,<BR/>You are right, it is difficult to recognize the role our cultural values, assumptions and beliefs play in establishing our approach to things. Especially for Americans because we come from the most individualistic culture of all so we assume everything we do is based on our personal choice! We assume that things are simply the way they are without thinking that our cultural values are at work behind the scene. <BR/>We love change for change's sake --that is a cultural, not a universal value. <BR/>keep stopping by...I will even respond to comments!<BR/><BR/>Anonymous,<BR/>cultural values can and do change over time and I have seen enormous changes here over the past 20 years. That said, there is a positive and negative side to every cultural value, (I did a nice post on "utopian dreaming" about this). Change for change's sake also leads Americans to destroy historical buildings to put up a parking lot, believe that Iraq can cast off its past and become a functionally democracy overnight and eliminate Latin from public schools.<BR/>No good, not bad, just interesting differences, each with its good and bad sides. <BR/>stop by again - I love getting comments from Italians.Elizabeth Abbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763064258020825441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154569229380760325.post-14836550821483924872007-06-26T07:50:00.000+02:002007-06-26T07:50:00.000+02:00"Italians are resistant to change"Yes, and that's ..."Italians are resistant to change"<BR/>Yes, and that's why Italy has a failing economy... that's why we have a system with so many obstacles and knots... that's why racism is widespread... that's why doctors and scientists have to go ABROAD to do research or get advanced training.<BR/>not exactly a benefit, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154569229380760325.post-79155974509883796262007-06-25T23:52:00.000+02:002007-06-25T23:52:00.000+02:00Interesting that there is such a difference in app...Interesting that there is such a difference in approach. Not one I had considered. Thank youPeter Haslamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540270073688574361noreply@blogger.com