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Cummunication Across Culture

Arthur Kiskisol
MBA Professor: Dr. Concepsion Sumadsad

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Culture and Communication

“Culture is communication and communication is culture” (Hall, 1959)

Founding Role of Edward T. Hall

The term “intercultural communication” was used in Edward T. Hall’s (1959) influential book, The Silent Language, and Hall is generally acknowledged to be the founder of the field.

Major Events in the Life and Career of Edward T. Hall
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1914 1918-32 1933-37 1936 1938 1942 1942-45

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Born in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis Grew up in New Mexico Worked on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in the U.S. Southwest Earned B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Denver Earned M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona Earned Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University Served in WWII, commanding an African American regiment in Europe and the Philippines 1946 Post-doctoral study in Sociology/Cultural Anthropology at Columbia University; conducted research on the U.S. military government administration of Truk 1946-48 Chairman, Department of Anthropology, University of Denver; studied race relations in Denver 1948-50 Taught at Bennington College in Vermont, with Erich Fromm 1950-55 Director of the Point IV Training Program at the Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C. 1952-56 Affiliated with the Washington School of Psychiatry, Washington, D.C. 1955 Publication of "The Anthropology of Manners" in the Scientific American 1959 Publication of The Silent Language 1960-63 Affiliated (again) with the Washington School of Psychiatry 1963-67 Professor of Anthropology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; conducted NIMH- funded research on proxemics and interethnic encounters 1966 Publication of The Hidden Dimension 1967-77 Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University, until his retirement in 1977;

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