This document discusses the relationship between history, culture, and intercultural communication. It explores how the histories we know influence our cultures and identities, and examines different forms of historical contexts including political, family, and cultural group histories. It also addresses hidden histories like religious, gender, and racial histories, and how being uncomfortable with the past can impact intercultural interactions.

1. It’s History
Experiencing Intercultural Communication
by Martin and Nakayama
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2. History
discovery, collection, organization
and presentation of past events
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3. Intercultural
Communication
interactions between people from
different cultural backgrounds
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4. Introduction
❖ The history we know and
our feelings about that
history influences our
culture.
❖ Culture has no meaning
without history.
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5. From History to Histories
Identify the various forms
of historical contexts:
❖ Political, Intellectual,
and Social Histories
❖ Family Histories
❖ National Histories
❖ Cultural Group
Histories
❖ The Power of Other
Histories
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6. History and
Identity
Histories as Stories
“Homo narrans”
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7. Hidden Histories
Religious histories
Gender histories
Sexual orientation histories
Racial and ethnic histories
Diasporic histories
Colonial histories
Socioeconomic class histories
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8. Intercultural and History
Uncomfortable
with the past?
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9. Intercultural and History
Who are we?
❖ American-?
❖ speak English, ?
❖ look white, black, ?
❖ feel German? Irish?
Puerto Rican?
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10. Our Culture is Our Legacy
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