Inclusion Paradox Sighting: Chinese Artist Living in Germany Captures East – West Worldview Differences

Artist Yang Liu, who is Chinese and lives in Germany, captures through illustration the first two of the three steps of being crossculturally competent: self awareness of one’s own culture and awareness of others’ cultures. Look at how she calls out worldview differences between West (blue) and East (red) so that we can, paradoxically, have inclusion. If we internalize that these differences are real and that they affect nearly everything we do, then we can move to Step 3 which is to manage the differences.

Anger
Anger

Definition of Beauty
Definition of Beauty

Me
Me

Contacts
contacts

Elderly in day to day life
Elderly in day to day life

Handling of Problems
Handling of Problems

In the restaurant
In the restaurant

Moods and Weather
Moods and Weather

Opinion
opinion

Party
Yang Lui
party

Punctuality
punctuality

Queue when Waiting
Queue when Waiting

Sundays on the Road
Sundays on the Road

The Boss
The Boss

The Child
The child

Three meals a day
Three meals a day

Transportation
transportation

Travelling
travelling

Way of life
Way of Life

What’s Trendy
What's Trendy

Illustrations designed by Yang Liu

About Andrés

Andrés Tapia is President of Diversity Best Practices, the preemininet diversity and inclusion thinktank and consultancy. Andrés also served as Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader for seven years, where he was responsible for leading the company’s diversity vision and strategies and for consulting with Hewitt's FORTUNE 500 clients. He is the author of The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity. Find his bio here.

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2 Responses to “Inclusion Paradox Sighting: Chinese Artist Living in Germany Captures East – West Worldview Differences”
  1. benjamin kim says:

    I love her ART! MORE THAN OUTSTANDING!

  2. billy says:

    Nice illustrations.
    I agree most of them and would like to add one:

    “FACE”!

    This is the core of Chinese culture.

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