Cultural Insights Series: Introducing Greece
We recently shared the first of our Cultural Insights Series. With a friend of LOTE, Shamsiya, we explored the incredible culture of Afghanistan. From this week on, we’ll be publishing…
Cultural Insights Series: Introducing Greece
“Don’t stand so close to me!” How does your culture affect your attitude to personal space?
Top Tip: Cultures have different attitudes to personal space. It’s important to understand what those attitudes are in order to achieve effective cross-cultural communication! There is one culturally insightful flight…
How Does Focus Group Testing Benefit Your Multicultural Campaign?
To effectively reach diverse audiences through a multicultural communication campaign, first, you need to understand their unique needs, requirements and views. Fortunately, you can easily gain this understanding through research…
The Language of Silence Across Cultures
Top Tip: Attitudes to silence are differentt across cultures. It’s crucial to understand what those attitudes are when speaking with diverse cultures, to achieve effective communication! We’ve all come across…
The 10 Must-Visit Places in Afghanistan
In recent weeks, we’ve been publishing videos about Afghanistan in our Cultural Insights Series. In these Zoom videos we speak to a friend of LOTE, Shamsiya Hussainpoor, about the Afghan…
Suburb Profile: Abbotsford
Council: City of Yarra Council KMs from CBD: 2km Population: 8,184 Top languages spoken other than English: Vietnamese 462 Mandarin 355 Greek 204 Cantonese 173 Spanish 115 Abbotsford is the home of an…
Cultural Insights Series: Music in Afghanistan
In last week’s chat with Shamsiya, we got our taste buds excited over the delicious Afghan cuisine! In the final instalment of our Afghanistan series we learn how to dance…
Why Understanding Uncertainty Avoidance is Crucial in Cross-Cultural Communications
“Should we try to control the future or just let it happen?” G. Hofstede Before you read on, let’s start with a couple of questions. It’s a Friday night. Do…
Cultural Insights Series: Cuisine in Afghanistan
Rich, aromatic, colourful…these are three words that sum up Afghan cuisine, as you’ll see from our video as we catch up once again with Shamsiya to get a little taste…
Cultural Insights Series: Family & Society in Afghanistan
Family is one of the fundamental parts of the Afghan culture. This week Shamsiya discusses the role of family in Afghan society and highlights some key differences between Afghan and…