Name five cultural barriers to creativity. Why do you think these would keep a
group from being creative? Have
you experienced any of these personally?
Explain.
The five cultural barriers
to creativity are requirement for conformity, expectations of practicality
efficiency, expectations of politeness, rules for social order and dependence
on generalizations.
People like to follow the
rules of a certain culture because they do not want to get left out or mock for
what they are thinking or doing. A lot of the time the culture builds its own norm
and one does not want to break out of the norm. It is because different
cultures look at numerous things with a different light. By thinking outside of
the box, it might offend the culture due to the cultures values and beliefs.
I personally do not think I
have experienced any cultural barriers because my parents and family members do
no really care about the things that I do. They also do not really stick to our
“culture” and traditions, so my uncle, aunts, and older cousins are the one
loosening the rules for my generation. For instance, in the Chinese culture we
have a party to celebrate the baby’s 100th day birthday, it is also
called the red egg. Why this is celebrated I have no idea. But often times my
cousin will not do this party but instead just throw a huge first birthday
party for their child, breaking the rules of the culture.
Good evening interesting post. After reading the last part of your post I found myself looking at my own family and noticed that we also loosen the rules as my generation begins to take over the family. It is sad but true that we have do not really stick to our culture and traditions maybe it is because some did not want to stick to the norm and decided to go against the norm. Sometimes it causes a great divide between members of the family. Maybe for the reasons you gave that it has offended people who still follow rules of the culture.
ReplyDeleteIf I may say I think everyone at some point in time has experienced cultural barriers take for example the reliance on expert knowledge, I am willing to bet that when an expert of any field most people believe nearly everything the expert says. Good job and keep up the good work.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post this week. There are many cultural barriers to creativity. It sucks that these are in place and it can hurt a group if the members in it let the barriers interferer. I like how you mentioned that people like to follow the rules of a certain culture so that they don’t get left out or mocked for that they are thinking or doing. I agree with you and think that people do that more than we might think. Another statement that you made that I didn’t think about until I read you post was, “by thinking outside of the box, it might offend the culture due to the cultures values and beliefs”. I would also have to agree with that. I as well don’t think that I have experienced any cultural barriers. I enjoyed reading the example about your family, thanks for sharing that. Great job on the post.