Cultural Communication In Babel

Along with workforce and economic globalization, demographic changes such as immigrants, refugees or undocumented individuals, that studying of intercultural communication has become an indispensible part in acquiring the necessary knowledge about the outside world over one territory’s boundary as well as increasing our awareness of our own culture - our cultural identity and background to reduce or remove the barriers of national borders and stimulate global integration. And, a normal way to enhance the cross-cultural understanding might be by theories or approaches in books. Indeed, the grasp about intercultural communication could be enriched by various ways including a practical one like watching film. “Film is an excellent medium for giving meaning to theories and concepts,” according to Champoux (1999, p.211). Babel is peculiarly suited to give meaning to intercultural concepts as its two central themes are culture and communication.

Babel (2006) is a multi-plot drama directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, USA.set in Mexico, Morocco, the USA and Japan with its features are Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Said Tarchini, Boubker Ait El Caid, Mustapha Rachidi, Adriana Barraza, Elle

It can be said that Babel (2006) is an useful resource for learning intercultural communication as it clearly illustrates the cultural dimensions such as individualism versus collectivism, high versus low power distance by actualizing the abstract theories in books into undestandable practice in specific setting. If go further study, many other cultural dimensions like masculinity versus fermininity and future orientation versus humane orientation also can be easily and lively shown. Indeed, the film could give its audiences more than the entertainment of a normal drame, it is the knowledge about people, language and culture beyond the nation’s