Icebergs, Onions, Trees. These are all ways to talk about culture. There is the visible part & the hidden part. It is multilayered. I came up with a different way to talk about culture (and of course it involves food)! In intercultural training, we focus on the hidden part of culture. This is the long-standing part of culture - a nation's values. Sort of like chicken soup. Visible culture is more like avocado toast - trendy & popular but not always in it for the long haul.

1. A NEW WAY TO TALK ABOUT CULTURE
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AVOCADO
TOASTVS.
CHICKEN
SOUP

2. THE ICEBERG MODEL OF
CULTURE IS USED TO
DESCRIBE CULTURE THAT IS
BOTH VISIBLE & INVISIBLE.
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3. VISIBLE CULTURE IS ABOVE
THE SURFACE & REFERS TO
THINGS LIKE DRESS, FOOD,
DANCE, & OUR BEHAVIORS.
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4. INVISIBLE CULTURE IS HIDDEN
BENEATH THE SURFACE &
REFERS TO OUR VALUES,
BELIEFS, & ATTITUDES.
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5. GRANT MCCRACKEN HAS A
SIMILAR FRAMEWORK CALLED
FAST & SLOW CULTURE.
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6. FAST CULTURE IS
"VISIBLE, OBVIOUS &
FASHIONABLE." IT'S LIKE SHIPS
IN THE OCEAN THAT YOU CAN
SEE AND COUNT.
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7. SLOW CULTURE "PLAYS THE
COUNTRY COUSIN, LESS
INTERESTING." IT IS
EVERYTHING BELOW THE
SURFACE.
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8. A COMMON IDEA IN BOTH
MODELS IS THAT THE PART OF
CULTURE ABOVE THE
SURFACE IS MUTABLE.
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9. OUR VALUES & BELIEFS TEND
TO REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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10. I LIKE TO THINK OF VISIBLE OR
FAST CULTURE AS AVOCADO
TOAST.
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11. IT'S TRENDY, POPULAR, & ALL
OVER INSTAGRAM...UNTIL IT
GETS REPLACED BY THE NEXT
FOOD FAD.
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12. INVISIBLE OR SLOW CULTURE
IS MORE LIKE CHICKEN SOUP.
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13. IT'S BEEN A STEADY STAPLE
FOR CENTURIES & IT'S IN FOR
THE LONG HAUL.
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14. VISIBLE CULTURE INVISIBLE CULTURE
ABOVE THE SURFACE
FAST
AVOCADO TOAST
BELOW THE SURFACE
SLOW
CHICKEN SOUP

15. Contact Me to Learn More.
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