Theories.

According to Gannon, which requirements should fulfill any cultural metaphor?

The first one is to capture in one image the cultural mindset of a nation, at the same time that provides a framework that incorporate relevant cultural dimensions previously identified for the country. And finally, Move beyond the dimensional approach to capture the values, attitudes and behaviors of the culture otherwise ignored.

 

Is it okay if I consider a whole country as a Low or High context country?

No, not always a  complete country is obligatory a High or a Low context country, for instance, Anglos are considered to be generally low context , so the US is generally consider as a low context culture, however the southern US is regarded as a High context culture.

Moreover, English speaking Canadians are considered to be low context, but the French speakers are clearly High context. Which show us that even though we can see the general behavior of a country, we can not assure the fact that all their citizens are exactly as we predicted, thus teaching us to be open mind to possible changes in prototypes. 

RESEARCH QUESTION: The Chinese theory of the Discover of America.

According to some authors as Gavin Menzies, there is a theory that proclaim the fact that the Chinese came to America even earlier than Cristobal Colon, so according to it, the trips to America from china started in 458 A.C. when Hui Seng, a buddhist monk started his trip through the Pacific Ocean, first arriving to japan, then the Aleutian islands and finally to the Mexican or California coasts. 

After 41 years, Hui Seng came back to China and explained them how incredible was this new world and how they tried to teach the natives some aspects of China such as the Buddhism.

There are many proves about this theory, for example the chinese ships found in the North american coasts, the Circular anchors characteristic in the ship of that time, some diseases such as the Asiatic leukemia found in native mummies in Chile, and many different peruvian names that have a meanings in chinese, among many others.

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