Barnga - An Intercultural Simulation

Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization Barnga: A Cultural Simulation Embracing Diversity, Building Community

Practice the “5 tricks.”
Tournament begins; no words!
After each round, best and worst players must move and join another group.
No more than 7 players per group.

How I Felt…
When the game was introduced…
When I began to learn the rules of the game…
When the rules were taken away…
When words were banned…
When I had to move & play with others…
When I realized something was “wrong”…

What if…
… play lasted longer?
… any players had obvious cultural differences?
… a more complex game were involved?
… there were more at stake?
… you had been allowed to talk?
… each team had 100s of members?
Other “what if’s”?

Maximizing Benefit from Intercultural Interaction
Check in
Check understanding
Promote open communication
Draw the best out of a wide diversity of people
Be sensitive to and aware of potential for misunderstandings

Strategies
Try to listen to what’s being said, not what’s in your head.
Be alert to how your culture filters your experience.
When checking in, use descriptive language.
Cultivate healthy suspicion of your own “wisdom.”

Where Does Your Culture Lie? HIGH CONTEXT LOW CONTEXT

Personal Orientation? COLLECTIVIST INDIVIDUALISTIC

Decision Making? AUTOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC

Risk Aversion? HIGH LOW

Time Orientation? POLYCHRONIC MONOCHRONIC

Power Distance? CLOSE DISTANT

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Barnga - An Intercultural Simulation

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