American University of Cairo, Egypt - Stanford University, USA
|| Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Video Conference || April 12, 2010
Preparation – Please study the article or speech of your group and come prepared to discuss the
questions with your globally distributed team!
Group A - Paul Farmer - One doctor championing human rights
Schneider, Naomi. "Championing Health Care as a Human Right: Paul Farmer."
UC Press. Web. 29 Jan 2010.
<http://rex.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9875/9875.auint.php>.
Group B - Gore's Docu-Horror Film on the Environment
Schulte, Bret. "Saying It In Cinema." U.S. News. 28 Mar. 2006. Web. 17 Jan.
2010. <http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060605/5warming.b.htm>.
Group C - Obama's Communication in the Middle East
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/04/obama-speech-in-cairo-vid_n_211215.html
Group D - Queen Rania's Education through New Media
Al Abdullah, Rania. "Real Time Web for Real World Change: Queen Rania Gives
Keynote Speech at Le Web '09 | Queen Rania." Queen Rania's Official Website.
Web. 12 Mar. 2010. <http://www.queenrania.jo/media/speeches/LeWeb09>.
Group E - Bono: Religion’s Place in Intercultural Communication
Kim Lawton, “Bono Unplugged,” in Religion and Ethics: An Online Companion to
the Weekly Television News Program, PBS,
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week923/exclusive.html, 3 February
2006, Episode no. 923.
Questions to consider in preparation:
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Who is the audience for the speech or article?
What cross-cultural communication strategies seem to work? How so or how not?
How is the speaker or writer accommodating the audience needs in the speech?
What is your own perspective on the core issues raised in the text?
How does the speaker or writer's stance on the issue reflect your cultural values?
What core issues or problems does the speaker or writer refer to?