It has been very long since the last post which is on intercultural conflicts.
Today's post will be about communication on the road. This was something that occured to me when I was driving home from school yesterday. Everytime when we think about communication, it is always in the context of work,friends, family . However, no one seemed to link communication to driving.
For example, the driver uses his signals to tell you that he wants to do a lane change and when you hear the horn, it tells you that you may be a hazard to someone else. Drivers also use their horns to express their unhappiness. Whenever they are stuck in a jam, or when they find the vehicles in front of them going to slowly, they use the horn as a way to express their thought to those in front.
Isn't it amazing that we are able to communicate with each other on the road without speaking to each other? In fact, many things are happening around us all the times. It is just that we are oblivious or to accustomed to them that we take it for granted. (:
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Yes indeed, Shihhan! So much nonverbal communication lies beyond our conscious thoughts. Your example of how in driving we also communicate important ideas, albeit without words, is a good one.
ReplyDeleteNow think about this: even the way we design our roads, and what is built beside the roads, and how fast we can drive on them, and how or whether the roads are maintained---all of these "communicate" some value(s) or belief(s).
Two of the best books I read in graduate school were "The Meaning of the Built Environment" and "Beyond Culture." Find them in the library and read them if this topic really interests you.
Thanks!