Abstract
“The meaning behind intercultural communication is to try to bring different world views and meaning attributions closer to each others through and with the help of verbal and non-verbal interactions” . Here is a definition of intercultural communication by Niina Kovalainen that reveals the three main points for intercultural communication, that is to say “culture” (which can correspond to “different world views”), “language” (represented in this definition by the expression “meaning attributions”) and “communication” (which is reflected here by “verbal and non-verbal interactions”). In order to try to answer to the essay question, we will thus focus on each of the three aspects of intercultural communication mentioned previously and replace them in the Baltic Sea Region cultural contexts. In a first part, we will concentrate on the cultural diversity (including languages diversity) that exists across the Baltic Sea Region and try to find out to which extent this diversity (because of its nature, its origins…) can influence intercultural communication in this area. In a second part, we will deal with the evolution of super-modernity in the Baltic Sea Region's societies and with the role it plays as far as intercultural communication is concerned (both in intercultural and intra-cultural contexts).
