Cross-Cultural Blog

I learned that a lot of the humor we found funny did not transcend cultural barriers. Technological problems further added to the barrier because they could not hear the Youtube videos we tried to share. However, overall the workshop was a good experience in making me I aware of how little I know about Sweden. The only thing we could all relate to was Ikea!

I found the experience to be a lot of fun. I learned that all 4 of us had seen a lot of the same material and found it to be funny, despite the cultural differences. The technology helped us interact face-to-face even though we were thousands of miles apart. I also feel that the Swedish students knew a lot about American culture, while I know barely anything about Swedish life and culture. Overall, I enjoyed it!

I think that this was a great experience, and I am glad that I was a part of it. I knew that there were gong to be differences, but it was the similarities that I found intriguing. We talked a lot about movies (comedies), and we were able to agree on the funniest parts of those movies. I will admit that I’m a little surprised, but I feel like there were no awkward moments during our discussion. This was probably due to the intimate setting and the fact that we had no big technological problems.

First off, I would just like to say how amazing it was to be able to webcam with students in Sweden. The technology that was involved in the entire endeavor was very impressive. That said, it was a great experience. The two guys that we were paired up with were a lot like us--they enjoyed the same kind of humor (Katt Williams, Chris Rock, etc.) and even enjoyed the same kinds of movies. They were well versed in American culture, and probably knew even more about American politics than I did. I enjoyed the hour and a half that we spent in the room, but there were times of awkward silence. At that point, we resorted to going back to the worksheet and seeing what else there was that we hadn't covered yet.

I had a more enjoyable experience than I originally anticipated. We had almost no awkward silences and engaged in interesting conversation for the whole time. We were on the same page humor wise as our counterparts from Sweden. We knew almost all of the same movies and actors and also found the same parts of the youtube clips funny. The two guys we talked to definitely knew more about American culture than the three of us did about Swedish culture, but we both were able to learn a good amount of new information about each other. Hopefully we will be able to continue that in our next meeting.

I really enjoyed using the Marratech media and having a real time conversation with students in Sweden. It was definitely an eye opening experience, as I was very unfamiliar with Swedish culture. An interesting detail was the amount of knowledge they knew about the United States, from pop culture such as movies and celebrities, to real politics such as the current general election. There were no real problems with the technology or the humor. Everything went pretty flawlessly and I feel richer for the experience.

I really enjoyed using the Marratech media and having a real time conversation with students in Sweden. It was definitely an eye opening experience, as I was very unfamiliar with Swedish culture. An interesting detail was the amount of knowledge they knew about the United States, from pop culture such as movies and celebrities, to real politics such as the current general election. There were no real problems with the technology or the humor. Everything went pretty flawlessly and I feel richer for the experience.

I thought this was a great experience. Using Marratech media is an amazing way to connect yourself to people around the world and I think that we were really able to see the affects of that on Wednesday. The interactive whiteboard and AIM style chat on the bottom on the screen also helped us communicate with the Swedish students. Sometimes it was hard to hear exactly what was being said or difficult to explain a concept/joke/youtube video -- instead, we were able to share it via the whiteboard and then from there, I found that humor transcended our geographical barriers.

I really enjoyed the Marratech media. I thought that overall the experience was a good one. It was good to not only see the cultural/location difference, but also the differences in humor, which I didn't really think was as huge as I thought that it was going to be. I felt like the guys we talked to enjoyed the same kinds of humor that we did. I was very happy to learn that they knew about George Lopez and Chris Rock. Another thing that interested me, was how much they know about us relative to how much I/we know about them and their culture.

I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this Cross-Cultural project. While there were some minor communication difficulties such as our two groups' inability to share videos with each other, the overall experience was great. We learned that some humor is most certainly dependent upon specific cultural knowledge, however, drawing ridiculous pictures is humorous regardless of language barriers.

I found this Cross-Cultural project very interesing and intriguing. I learned that humor relies upon relating to the topic. The comedians we thought were funny failed to make our counterparts laugh. We found that slap-stick humor makes everyone laugh because we can all relate to the physical pain. There were some technological issues that did not help us in our attempts to show them our humor. Despite the setbacks, it was the drawing on the whiteboard that helped us relate to each other. Our pathetic attempts to draw our wardrobe kept the mood light and fun.

Reflection Humor and Doxa.
Group A: Sebastian Sjöström, Markus Lundgren. Rhetorics programme Örebro University.

First off, both we and the Stanford students felt a bit unprepared. Our Stanford friends didn´t have a clue what doxa was, and had not got the same papers as we did. We had a long talk about were we came from. We talked a bit about ethnic humour, and that immigrants joking about immigrants was a big thing, in both the US and Sweden. The youtube clips wasnt anything we paid to much attention. The ”white nerd” theme felt a bit overplayed and old. That kind of jokes was popular like 5 years ago. We also talked warm about Will Ferrell, and the classic movie Old School.
We are looking forward on showing our favourite comedy clips on the fifth of november, happy weekend!

Reflection Humor and Doxa.
Group A: Sebastian Sjöström, Markus Lundgren. Rhetorics programme Örebro University.

First off, both we and the Stanford students felt a bit unprepared. Our Stanford friends didn´t have a clue what doxa was, and had not got the same papers as we did. We had a long talk about were we came from. We talked a bit about ethnic humour, and that immigrants joking about immigrants was a big thing, in both the US and Sweden. The youtube clips wasnt anything we paid to much attention. The ”white nerd” theme felt a bit overplayed and old. That kind of jokes was popular like 5 years ago. We also talked warm about Will Ferrell, and the classic movie Old School.
We are looking forward on showing our favourite comedy clips on the fifth of november, happy weekend!

Hi there.

We don’t know what we are supposed to write, but here we go:

About humor and doxa and what we in our group talk about on Wednesday 15/10. We talk about that it doesn’t seem to be the same humor worldwide, and that only slapstick humor seem to be universal. We also talked a little about what kind of program we watched and what kind of humor we like. Stanford send us a link to watch, it was a stand up, but we couldn‘t hear it ‘cause the sound didn’t work for that one. Otherwise we talked about different things about this subject, but to write it all take much more room than the 50 words we should write, so we’ll stop here. Take care.

/Jenny’s group
(We sorry that it took so long time for us to write this, but we couldn’t find where we were supposed to write it. Again sorry).

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