Interactions

For my analysis of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" i discussed JR and how he had to daily assimilate himself between high and low context cultures. I was aware of the differences on a "theoretical" level before this however i never paid attention to the practicality of it. The other day i was sitting in the library and found myself not paying attention to what i was doing but rather to what i was hearing behind me. There was a conversation going on between two gentleman about nothing in particular, just some generalities. It occurred to me after the conversation was that the two gentleman were "Indian"  when one walked past me. It was then that i realized that i had just witnessed a high context culture, casual encounter. If they were both "American" the conversation probably would have been as simple as "hey, whats up" and then over. Like I said before in another post sometimes the things that you pull out of a moment are eye opening and make you say "oh".