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“One valuable approach is to introduce people to the key aspects they need to look out for (i.e. be mindful of). […] They need to be linked with examples of interaction, so that trainees can grasp how they may apply.” Helen Spencer-Oatey, Dániel Z. Kádár (2021). Intercultural Politeness. Managing Relations across Cultures. p. 344 DISTINGUISH:
A first-order notion of 'culture' is used by lay people and the participants in our interviews when they explicitly mention culture to account for specific behaviours or where they actively construct a relatively unified (and often stereotypical) view of ‘a culture’ […] such as when they talk about ‘the Chinese’ and ‘the West’. A second-order notion of ‘culture’ which we understand as discursively constructed rather than pre-existing, and which captures the intricate processes through which people do culture throughout an interaction." p.6 [...] "The specific norms, values and practices that are constantly developed, negotiated and shaped among the members of specific localized communities of practice." p. 148 Stephanie Schnurr, Olkga Zayls (2017). Language and Culture at Work.