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 SM ISO690:2012POPA, Clara Laura. Intercultural Bridges: A Case Study of a Peace Corps Volunteer in Moldova. In: Individual, family, society – contemporary challenges, Ed. 3, 9-10 martie 2019, București. București, România: 2019, Ediția 3, p. 49. |
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Objectives. This study focuses on narrated intercultural experiences of a Romanian-American Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Moldova. It seeks to understand in depth the participant’ point of view on the role of culture in creating bridges of understanding between people, as well as hindering communication. Material and methods. The method used is a case study based on 5 formal in-depth interviews and numerous anecdotal conversations over the course of 2 years. The interviewee is a Romanian-American male in his 40s who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Moldova between June 1st, 2017 and June 1st, 2019. Each of the 5 formal interviews lasted approximately one hour and they were semi-structured. The topics of the interviews were: the participant’s experiences of culture shock and adjustment to the Moldovan culture, the nonverbal communication of Moldovans, and the participant’s strategies of building communicative bridges with Moldovans. All other questions flowed naturally from the discussion during the interviews. Results. Several themes emerged from the participant’s narrative: from stranger to accepted member of the community; Moldovans’ non-verbal communication heavily influenced by the Russians’ serious and reserved demeanour; and constant code switching as a "third" language is both an oddity and an opportunity for intercultural bridges. The results are interpreted through the lenses of intercultural communication concepts of individualism-collectivism, high-context – low-context cultures, ethnocentrism, stranger, acculturation, and globalization. Conclusions. This study is a qualitative attempt at understanding the inner and communicated experiences of one person, as he lived, worked, and interacted with the Moldovans in professional and social settings. It adds to the literature of intercultural communication and non-verbal cross-cultural communication by providing a glimpse into a rarely studied society, Moldova, through the eyes of an American born in Eastern Europe. It shows that the Moldovan culture as a natural linguistic experiment of language blending that provides an unusual openness toward intercultural communication. It also highlights the slow and difficult process of personal adaptation to a new culture in order to be accepted as a full member of the community. This case study, although based on only one participant, offers suggestions for future studies on bilingualism and intercultural tolerance, and building intercultural trust in an era of globalization. It encourages researchers to study the "sandwich" cultures, those at the intersection of two strong cultures (like Russian and Romanian, in the case of Moldova) in order to understand the lessons of survival and intercultural openness that they can teach us. |
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