American University of Cairo, Egypt - Stanford University, USA
|| Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Video Conference || October 13, 2010
1. Preparation for getting to know each other
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You will share your name/course of study, and show something that represents your
culture (please bring an object to show via video camera! iphone, animal, sports gear, etc)
You will also get to share: What are you researching? Prepare 1 sentence on your topic.
Preparation for Group Discussion of Leadership Speeches – 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
"Paul Farmer Interview Transcript" What Matters. (Read and also listen to interview)
McKinsey and Company. Web. Oct 9, 2010
<http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/health_care/paul-farmer-interview-transcript> and short video
<http://www.mixx.com/videos/10038254/youtube_paul_farmer_i_believe_in_health_care_as_a_human_right>
Stanford Group A: Alison, Alyssa, Anuj
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>.
Also see trailer for Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjx6KETmi4>
And Al Gore speaking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IB6wxXFdU
Stanford Group B: Valerie, Liz
Group C - Obama's Communication in the Middle East
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/04/obama-speech-in-cairo-vid_n_211215.html
Stanford Group C: Marianne, Andrew, Sal
Group D - Queen Rania's Education through New Media
Al Abdullah, Rania. "Real Time Web for Real World Change: Queen Rania Keynote at Le Web '09”
Web. 12 Mar. 2010. <http://www.queenrania.jo/media/speeches/LeWeb09>.
Stanford Group E: Shane, Vikas, James
Group E - Bono: Religion’s Place in Intercultural Communication
Kim Lawton, “Bono Unplugged,” in Religion and Ethics, PBS, 3 February 2006.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week923/exclusive.html
Watch Bono’s speech at: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/bononationalprayerbreakfast.htm
Stanford Group E: Patrick, Chandler, Daniel
Questions to prepare for the CCR video-discussion:
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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? Not address?