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Unlabelled comments, 2006-2007[edit]

I moved the sentence starting with 'However...' into the top section, but it might be removed as it is close to an opinion. Mattgrommes 22:31, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Beautifully written. 74.99.103.93 18:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

groupthink[edit]

The term "groupthink" refers to a highly cohesive, decision making group headed by one dominant figure. A characteristic of which is the unwillingness of any member to defect from the leader's or group's opinions. I think the term "collective identity" would be more accurate in this article. Djp27 21:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Dominant culture?[edit]

Why would this only be applicable to a dominant culture? What about subordinate cultures, subcultures, etc? Allens (talk) 14:23, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Trivia vs. general knowledge[edit]

I have changed the statement referring to 'familiarity with a broad range of trivia' to 'familiarity with a broad range of general knowledge'. 'Trivia' seems to imply knowledge that is not regarded as particularly important, e.g. the trivia article defines it as 'knowledge that is nice to have but not essential'. Cultural literacy however implies that background knowledge about one's culture actually is important for understanding the society one lives in rather than being 'trivial'. The term 'general knowledge' therefore seems more appropriate as this implies culturally valued information. Smcg8374 12:35, 27 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smcg8374 (talk • contribs)

reference for cultural literacy[edit]

Do you think this is a good example of cultural literacy?

^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamreinman (talk • contribs) 21:01, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Class in Edwards examines Judaism". Vail Daily. We've designed this course as a fun and insightful overview of Jewish heritage to promote a Jewish cultural literacy within the community," said Rabbi Zalman Abraham, of the Jewish Learning Institute's Brooklyn headquarters, "We aim to enlighten even the most seasoned trivia buffs with a treasure trove of 'Who knew?' Jewish factoids."

Merge "Cultural literacy" with "Cultural competence" with "Intercultural competence" with "Cross-cultural competence"[edit]

Pacerier (talk) 14:03, 29 February 2016 (UTC): ❝[reply]

I'd suggest we merge these 4 articles. They are just 4 different titles to the same thing.

Thoughts?

How would "literacy" be different from "competence" in the context of "culture"?

❞ It is different as the term "literacy" is an ability to know or see (or literally to read) a set of cultural practices in a certain social context. The "competency" is different in that it is about the ability to use the "literacy" in what is considered an appropriate way in that certain cultural context. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rastadavid (talk • contribs) 10:47, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A merge can be useful, however my technical opinion as it emerges in the literature, is that "cross-cultural" should refer to "comparison" between cultures, while "intercultural" should refer to the interaction (contact), and these are 2 distinct abilities. Hope this suggestion can be useful--Culturalresearch (talk) 12:58, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Class in Edwards examines Judaism". Vail Daily. We've designed this course as a fun and insightful overview of Jewish heritage to promote a Jewish cultural literacy within the community," said Rabbi Zalman Abraham, of the Jewish Learning Institute's Brooklyn headquarters, "We aim to enlighten even the most seasoned trivia buffs with a treasure trove of 'Who knew?' Jewish factoids."

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