Cultures are amazing things. Where/how/when someone grows up dictates (in large degree) how one responds to the circumstances of life.
As a missionary who is constantly seeking to communicate the gospel in clear terms to different cultures and worldviews, these kind of graphics intrigue me.
“Explaining the Gospel to people who hold another worldview is never easy. If we are to be true cross-cultural communicators, we must endeavor to understand how the Gospel is applicable to other cultures.” – Roland Muller, Honor and Shame
Take a look at these graphics. Do they help explain some of those weird situations you’ve had when encountering people from another culture, specifically Eastern cultures?
The artist and visual designer Yang Liu was born in China and lives in Germany since she was 14. By growing up in two very different places with very different traditions she was able to experience the differences between the two cultures first-hand.
Drawing from her own experience Yang Liu created minimalistic visualizations using simple symbols and shapes to convey just how different the two cultures are. The blue side represents Germany (or western culture) and the red side China (or eastern culture):
Lifestyle: Independent vs. dependent
Attitude towards punctuality
At a party
Ideal of beauty
Elderly in day to day life
The boss
Noise level inside a restaurant
Problem-solving approach
Size of the individual’s ego
Perception: How Germans and the Chinese see one another
How to stand in line
Complexity of self-expression
Traveling and recording memories
Connections and contacts
Three meals a day
Animals
Anger
Moods and weather
See original post at http://bsix12.com/east-meets-west/
