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Activity M2-5 Why We Need to Embrace Culture Shock

Watch the following video.
Kristofer Gilmour |TEDxTownsville
TEDxTalks
 10:33 mins
 Nov 3, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGSD6jduFJg

Answer/fill in the blanks in the following 2 questions

1. What are the three parts of the formula presented? Explain each as discussed in the
video.

1. Flanerie(Flannery): Wondering while wandering

It means to explore a new place by going outside and experiencing the magic of unknown.
We must keep our motivation of taking the journey alive. Instead of avoiding the unusual
we should encounter it with an optimistic spirit. By taking time to make ourselves familiar
with the difference and making the true effort will act as a bridge of belonging with the new
scene.

2. Embracing Change

2. What
It means parts
to be of the videowith
comfortable did newness
you find personally informative?
and familiar with strangeness by participating in
the daily norms of the place. Doing this creates a newness comfort paradigm, where
I found learning about the newness comfort paradigm and reflecting has made me much
newness to a situation decreases over time and our culture comfort increases
more confident about fitting into a new culture without being burdened by the shock.
correspondingly. Moreover, by meeting with new people we gradually form a relationship
with the community.

3. Reflection

It means to see the bigger picture by stepping back from a situation, and understand that a
challenging experience is all part of a hard process of becoming comfortable. It can be
done by writing down the descriptions, journaling, blogging, communicating with family and
friends. This helps us digesting the fact that normal is not a static frame of mind, but it is
changeable.