An Intercultural Perspective of Inviting Guests

When we are talking about individualism and collectivism, its not seperated from the degree which people in a society are integrated into groups. Meaning that it measures the connection of a person to a society to achieve a specific or needs. After seeing the video, we can sort of predict  individualist and collectivist based on statistic, for example we see country like India and Indonesia with a lot of population indicates that people there tends to be more collectivist compare to people that came from Netherlands and Australia. Not only population, the amount of rich people staying in the country can also indicate the tendencies between the two categories.

Personally, I consider my self as an individualist, because its easier to manage things myself, without even have to worry about other capabilities. Other things is also because I know myself limitations so if i do things by my own, its kinda easier for me to measure where is the thing to i need to spend time the most and where is the thing that is easy for me so that spending more time there is irrelevant. This kind of mentality also affecting my day to day life too. For example, I prefer less guest coming to my house. Also, usually guest come just to do serious stuff, things like coming just to talk happen less often.

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  1. AnonymousJune 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM

    Really interesting perspective! I liked how you connected population size and wealth distribution to the collectivism–individualism scale, it’s a unique way of interpreting those statistics. Your reflection on managing tasks alone because you understand your limits really resonated with me too. It’s true that being independent can help with clarity and time management. Also, I get what you mean about guests, sometimes having fewer people around makes your personal space feel more in control and peaceful.

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  2. YujiJune 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM

    i like your definition of what individualism and collectivism measure, also good job connecting these subjects to inviting people to your house

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  3. ElsaJune 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM

    Hey Ali, thank you for your blog post! I also found it interesting that data can indicate if a culture is more individualistic or collectivist. I guess you go against that pattern though haha

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