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3 Cultural Differences and Nuances
3 Cultural Differences and Nuances
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3.1 THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS1 Dr. Riall Nolan, previously Associate Provost and Dean for International Programs and currently Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University, provided perspectives on how cultural differences can influence international research collaborations.
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For example, in one negotiation between American and Chinese university deans, the American dean would give responses such as "we'll think about that," or "we'll look into that." In Chinese culture those sorts of phrases are almost always interpreted as "No." After the issue was explained to both deans, they quickly came to agreement. Research collaborations can take many forms (Figure 3-1: Forms of Collaboration, Riall Nolan)
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They render true collaborative work difficult even within a single institution, to say nothing of collaborative work with institutions 10,000 miles away. In the end, collaboration occurs between people and not between institutions.
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3.2 RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS IN A GLOBAL ORGANIZATION Christopher Williams, Washington Representative of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT, discussed in Chapter 2 above) , gave examples and perspective on cultural issues that can arise when doing research in the developing world.
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3.3 PERSPECTIVE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTION Tembeka Mpako-Ntusi, Director of Research at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town, South Africa, focused her remarks on cross-cultural nuances and culture-centric perspectives in international research collaborations, particularly how the personal experiences of individual researchers influence research.
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He discussed the role of diaspora communities in fostering international research collaboration, reflecting on his own personal and professional experience. He is an exiled journalist from Ethiopia.
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This realization led him to launch the African Academic Press and Tsahai Publishers to publish African scholarship within and outside of Africa. These are now fulltime enterprises for him.
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