Italy: Intercultural Dialogue
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Comenius Comenius Project Project Gijón, Asturias November, 2008 IES PADRE FEIJOO. GIJON 2008
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Italy's presentation on international dialogue presented as part of the Comenius project in Italy 2009.
Transcript of Italy: Intercultural Dialogue
Comenius Comenius ProjectProject
Gijón, Asturias
November, 2008
IES PADRE FEIJOO. GIJON 2008
Intercultural Dialogue Intercultural Dialogue
INTERCULTURAL DiALOGUEINTERCULTURAL DiALOGUE
To attain a positive view of cultural diversity
An attempt to know “the other” and its culture (s)
With a critical view about ourselves and others
Overcoming negative stereotypes and prejudice
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It implies an appeal to equality and respect among all human beings
A demand for justiceTo find and defend some basic values for
living togetherAnd an ethic of minimum values
cultural diversitycultural diversityIES PADRE FEIJOO. GIJON 2008
Kinds of cultural diversityKinds of cultural diversity
National diversity
Ethnic diversity
Underprivileged social groups
National minorities
Gipsies, immigrants,etc
Women, workers, homosexuals, the elderly….
Past and present of our country
Cultural Diversity in Cultural Diversity in SpainSpain
Medieval SpainMedieval Spain
Jews, Arabs and Christians lived together in the same territory.
The Catholic King and Queen unify on the basis of Catholicism and expel the minorities.
1936-19751936-1975
Franco´s dictatorship imposed a model of state: monolithic, centralized and unitarian, persecuting all kinds of cultural differences.
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TODAY´S DIVERSITY
NATIONAL DIVERSITY:GALICIA, BASQUE COUNTRY, CATALONIA...
THE GIPSY COMMUNITY (500.000 PEOPLE)
IMMIGRATION
TODAY´S DIVERSITY
SOCIAL CLASS
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
GENDER
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AS AN EXAMPLE:
THE CHALLENGES OF IMMIGRATION
AS AN EXAMPLE:
THE CHALLENGES OF IMMIGRATION
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THE CHALLENGE OF IMMIGRATION
We were a nation of immigrants:
•19th and 20th centuries.- America•40´s and 50´s.- Internal (from the village to the city)•60´s and 70´s.- to France, Germany, Switzerland…
DATA FROM THE 2003 REGISTER 2.000.000
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TOTAL: 4.192.835TOTAL: 4.192.835IES PADRE FEIJOO. GIJON 2008
THE CHALLENGE OF IMMIGRATION
ACCEPTING THE OTHER
ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR DIFFERENCE
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER
What can schools do What can schools do about it?about it?
Schools faced to minorities
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LA ESCUELA ANTE LAS MINORÍAS
SCHOOLS FACED TO MINORITIES
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1ST TASK: WELCOME THE OTHER
o socialize and integrate them
o provide means of acquiring the language
o guarantee access to the curriculum
o make school success possible
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2ND TASK: AVOID DISCRIMINATION
AND PREJUDICE
o Curriculum (inadequate images or distorted vsions of their past or cultural tradition)
o Avoid reduction of their rights (different eating habits, clothing……)
o Religiuos rights
o Right to their native tongue
THE EDUCATION OF THE
NATIVE POPULATION
Respect the otherAppreciate their cultural features
Learn to welcome the otherBe active in the fight against discrimination
Reject racism and xenofobia
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SHOW DIVERSITY AS A RICHNESS
Cultural difference can be
the object of learning for the other students
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WHY IS THE TOPIC WHY IS THE TOPIC SOCIALLY RELEVANT?SOCIALLY RELEVANT?
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We come from societies that have taken pride in homogeneity
Europe is in a process of unity on the basis of the accptance of diversity
The Rights of minorities are expressly acknowledged
There is a need to learn to live in diversity
Discrimination and inequality are to be avoided
Because we want to live in fair societies
Los hombres son todos semejantes por su naturaleza. Se diferencian por las costumbres que adquieren Confucio, siglo VI a. c
Films and intercultural dialogue
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INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AS AN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ETHNOCENTRISMALTERNATIVE TO ETHNOCENTRISM
ETHNOCENTRISM
One´s own culture is the best, the model and reference for the othersThe solution to cultural diversity is assimilation
A dialogue among cultures must be encouraged, based on mutual respect
There are universal values and others particular to each culture
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INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
Relativism versus UniversalismRelativism versus Universalism
Universalism
Cultures are diffeent among them, each has its own values
All the cultures are equally valuable and their traditions and habits should be preserved
There are common elements to all cultures
There must be some values that should be respected by all cultures
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Relativism
