Lecture with Dr. Eva Haug “culture and the Concept of Safety”

Diego Meraz

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05/04/17

Lecture with Dr. Eva Haug “Culture and the concept of safety”

The difference between image and identity is what we see and what it really is, for example a Mexican stereotype y that we all live in a ranch, but the truth is that we live in very modern houses, another is like Mr. Trump says we are all criminals but the reality is that all of the people that work in the US illegally are doing very honest work, another example is that in Mexico there are a lot of police in the streets, that may feel the Europeans unsafe, but in Mexico is the other way around.

The three core values of the Netherlands are humility, honesty and frugality, humility means that they do not feel superior tan the other, for them all of the people are the same, if its a cleaning leady or the manager they all deserve the same amount of respect, honesty for them is that everything they say say a meaning, they´re very direct people, they do not take it as an offence but the other way around, they like to know everything as it is, as for frugality, is means that they like to pay for what they consume, for example in a date they like to pay for half of it (Going Dutch), they don´t really show emotions unless is about football.

Culture is learning norms and values through our childhood, they may be collective or individual, there are different types of culture which are: universal, national, interpersonal and personal. Examples of cultures are language, clothing, music, food and other things. We stereotype to categorize and understand the world around us.

Personal level of culture is what concerns only one person, interpersonal is when a situation concerns a more than one person, cultural is when it concerns a society base don their past, global is what concerns the whole world.