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<p>Content pass: encyclopedic seed/expansion</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;cultural iceberg model&#039;&#039;&#039; is a teaching metaphor popularised by anthropologist [[Edward T. Hall]] and later intercultural trainers. It compares culture to an iceberg: a small visible portion (language, food, dress, festivals) sits above the waterline, while a larger unseen portion (values, assumptions, communication styles, power norms) lies beneath.<br /> <br /> ==Classroom and corporate use==<br /> The model is widely used in intercultural communication courses and diversity training to warn against judging a culture only by surface behaviours. Variants differ in how they label the underwater layers; all share the surface/depth split.<br /> <br /> ==Internet charts==<br /> Online [[Iceberg chart|iceberg charts]] borrow the silhouette and the &quot;most of it is hidden&quot; punchline, but usually rank fandom trivia or platform lore rather than ethnographic structure. Encyclopedic articles should not equate a meme chart with Hall&#039;s analytical model.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Iceberg theory]]<br /> * [[Tip of the iceberg]]<br /> * [[Iceberg chart]]<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> * Edward T. Hall&#039;s intercultural communication work (cultural iceberg teaching metaphor as received in training literature).<br /> * Know Your Meme and cultural essays noting Hall among precursors to the meme image.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Metaphor and idiom]]<br /> [[Category:Iceberg formats]]</div>

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