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M1. Problem Statement

M1. Problem Statement. Enhance Awareness Cross Cultural Communication: Communities & Conservation. wfsc.tamu.edu/jpackard/wfsc681. interfaces between cultural and biological diversity.

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M1. Problem Statement

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  1. M1. Problem Statement Enhance Awareness Cross Cultural Communication: Communities & Conservation wfsc.tamu.edu/jpackard/wfsc681

  2. interfaces between cultural and biological diversity • Conservation professionals interact with diverse stakeholders (Brewer 2003; Paolisso 2006; Paolisso 2007) • Conflict that can arise when conservation orientations collide (Racevskis and Lupi 2006; Salamon 2003; Walker 2003) • Residents may view newcomers as “political threats” (Walker and Fortmann 2003:469)

  3. Cross cultural communication • Diverse views of “conservation” as cultural boundaries • Anthropocentric- “humans have priority” • Biocentric- “nature has priority” • Humans & nature are interdependent • Not just a continuum in one dimension “anthropocentric vs. biocentric” • Communication across cultural boundaries evokes • underlying “hidden mind” (subconscious mental model) • surface lenses (conscious filtering of information)

  4. Cultural model approach • Cognitive • “How each person makes sense of the world around” • Tacit / intuitive • Often resistant to change • Varies between cultural groups UNDERLYING CULTURAL MODEL Quinn and Holland 1987, Strauss and Quinn 1997

  5. stakeholder perspectives as cultural lenses Lens analogy- sunglasses or contacts • Cognitive • Explicit choice • May switch due to learning • “A lens both filters and focuses information” • Usually within a cultural group rosy amber green Weeks and Packard 1992

  6. Relevance to research • Ethics- respect diverse perspectives of participants • “do no harm” (rights to be informed & not participate) • Invite all stakeholders to the table (inclusion) • Learn each other’s languages (translate materials) • Professional development • Prepare to interface with diverse stakeholders • Collaborative learning • When stakeholders listen to each others views, the problem may be reframed, opening more options for solutions

  7. summary • This training addresses the problems encountered by conservation professionals who interface with diverse local stakeholders • Cross cultural communication involves reaching across boundaries that arise when knowledge is tacit (subconsciously shared) • Although underlying cultural models may be unlikely to change, stakeholders can learn to view a problem through the lens of another

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