Barnga, a simulation game on cultural clashes
Barnga, a simulation game on cultural clashes
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Barnga，一款关于文化冲突的模拟游戏
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1990
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通讯作者：
R. Thiagarajan
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作者：
S. Thiagarajan;R. Thiagarajan
在玩Barnga游戏时，参与者会感到震惊，因为他们意识到，尽管他们的意图是好的，而且彼此之间有许多相似之处，但人们对事物的理解却与深刻重要的方式不同，特别是来自不同文化的人。玩家了解到，如果他们想在跨文化群体中有效地发挥作用，他们必须理解并调和这些差异。这个“游戏”看似简单：参与者被分成几个小组，玩一张简单的牌，永远不知道每个小组都有一套微妙的不同规则，也不知道这些规则会随着游戏的发展和玩家的重新配置而再次改变。冲突很快开始发生，因为玩家从一个组到另一个组，模拟真实的跨文化接触，人们最初认为他们对基本规则有相同的理解，然后沮丧和困惑地发现他们没有。在发现规则不同的过程中，玩家经历了一个小型的文化冲击，类似于进入不同文化时的实际体验。然后，他们必须努力理解和调和这些差异，才能在“跨文化”群体中有效地玩游戏。困难是放大的事实，球员可能不会互相说话，但只能通过手势或图片进行交流。在努力理解为什么其他玩家似乎玩得不正确的过程中，在主持人的帮助下，参与者可以深入了解跨文化接触的动态。
While playing Barnga, participants experience the shock of realizing that despite their good intentions and the many similarities amongst themselves, people interpret things differently from in profoundly important ways, especially people from differing cultures. Players learn that they must understand and reconcile these differences if they want to function effectively in a cross-cultural group. The "game" is deceptively simple: participants, broken up into several small groups, play a simple card, never knowing that each group has been given a subtly different set of rules to play by, nor that those rules will change yet again as the game develops and groups of players are reconfigured. Conflicts quickly begin to occur as players move from group to group, simulating real cross-cultural encounters, where people initially believe they share the same understanding of the basic rules and learn to their dismay and confusion that they do not. In discovering that the rules are different, players undergo a mini culture shock similar to actual experience when entering a different culture. They then must struggle to understand and reconcile these differences to play the game effectively in their "cross-cultural" groups. Difficulties are magnified by the fact that players may not speak to each other but can communicate only through gestures or pictures. In struggling to understand why other players don't seem to be playing correctly, and with the aid of the facilitator, participants gain insight into the dynamics of cross-cultural encounters.