"Culture hides much more than it reveals, an strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participants. Years of study have convinced me that the real job is not to understand foreign culture but to understand our own. " Edward T. Hall (1914- )
Reflecting upon this quote on E. Hall written in the book "American Ways".......
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Like the fish who is unaware of the water until she finds herself on land, we become aware of our cultural values and biases only when someone else points them out to us--or when we travel!
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