Abstract
This article reports the experiences of an anthropologist who suddenly found himself in the role of intercultural communicator. Specifically, the author worked in Mexico City on a new Mexican-American joint venture and mediated between Mexican and American partners, customers, and government officials. Based on that experience, the article evaluates some models of intercultural communication currently in the literature and finds them somewhat distant from practice. Part of the problem, continues the argument, lies in the unarticulated characteristics of the culture concept. Using examples from Mexican-American contact situations, a working concept of culture is developed that accounts for the data and that might serve as a guide for intercultural work.
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