{"id":4449,"date":"2014-09-02T05:54:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T05:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2015-02-04T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:52:09","slug":"hansuli-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/?p=4449","title":{"rendered":"Hansuli Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #333333\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/files\/2013\/05\/HANU_002.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4449]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-183\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/files\/2013\/05\/HANU_002-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"HANU_002\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/files\/2013\/05\/HANU_002-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/files\/2013\/05\/HANU_002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/files\/2013\/05\/HANU_002.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Zurich University of the Arts, Head of Department of Design | Media &amp; Spatial Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>My Websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333\">\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/hansuli.wordpress.com\/about\/cv\">hansuli.wordpress.com<\/a>\u00a0&gt; pesonal site with my curricula and projects<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hanu.matter\">facebook.com\/hanu.matter<\/a>\u00a0&gt; social media site<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/hanumatter\">pinterest.com\/hanumatter<\/a>\u00a0&gt; \u2018twitter\u2019 for visual content<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/welcome2india.wordpress.com\/interkulturelle-kompetenz-im-praxistest\">welcome2india.wordpress.com<\/a>\u00a0&gt; india project site<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zhdk.ch\/?design\">design.zhdk.ch<\/a>\u00a0&gt; official site of the department design ZHdK<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/designzuerich.zhdk.ch\/\">designzuerich.zhdk.ch<\/a>\u00a0&gt; interactive archive of designers who are connected with the ZHdK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>My focus as a Designer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\">Im interested into interfaces which link the virtual with the architectonical space, love the reduction (less is more) as i think that we need to reduce to achieve a sustainable world, explore the field of intercultural competence (actually reading\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Geography-Thought-Asians-Westerners-Differently\/dp\/0743255356\">\u2018the geography of thougth<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 why asians and westerners think differently .. and why\u2019 \u2013 from Richard E. Nisbett). You find more of my projects on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" href=\"http:\/\/hansuli.wordpress.com\/about\/cv\">hansuli.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>My motivation to take part in the International Design School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\">Intercultural competence is the ability to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Communication\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communication\">communicate<\/a>\u00a0successfully with people of other\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Culture\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culture\">cultures<\/a>. In\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Interaction\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interaction\">interactions<\/a>\u00a0with people from foreign cultures, a person who is intercultural competent understands the culture-specific concepts of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Perception\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perception\">perception<\/a>, thinking, feeling, and acting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\">Intercultural competence is also called \u201ccross-cultural competence\u201d. Cultures can be different not only between\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Continent\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continent\">continents<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Nation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nation\">nations<\/a>\u00a0but also within the same\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Company\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Company\">company<\/a>\u00a0and even within the same\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Family\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family\">family<\/a>. The differences may be\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Ethics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethics\">ethical<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Ethnic group\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ethnic_group\">ethnic<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Geography\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geography\">geographical<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"History of the world\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_world\">historical<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Morality\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morality\">moral<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Politics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Politics\">political<\/a>, or\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Religion\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion\">religious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333\">The basic requirements for intercultural competence are\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Empathy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empathy\">empathy<\/a>, an understanding of other people\u2019s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Behavior\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Behavior\">behaviors<\/a>\u00a0and ways of thinking, and the ability to express one\u2019s own way of thinking. It is a balance, situational adapted, among four parts:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333\">\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Knowledge\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knowledge\">Knowledge<\/a>\u00a0(about other cultures and other people\u2019s behaviors)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Empathy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empathy\">Empathy<\/a>\u00a0(understanding the feelings and needs of other people)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Confidence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confidence\">Self-confidence<\/a>\u00a0(knowledge of one\u2019s own desires, strengths, weaknesses, and emotional stability)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #f05133\" title=\"Cultural identity\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cultural_identity\">Cultural identity<\/a>\u00a0(knowledge of one\u2019s own culture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Zurich University of the Arts, Head of Department of Design | Media &amp; Spatial Design My Websites hansuli.wordpress.com\u00a0&gt; pesonal site&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1659,"featured_media":183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259263,276564,259271,276558,259273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-2014","category-faculty-2015","category-project-2014","category-team-2015","category-zhdk-2014"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5330,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/5330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/idss\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}