So its 2011, the supposed “Clash of Civilisation” hasn’t happened, but it still could. Multiculturalism and Political Correctness once hailed as being the only way to deal with “people different to us” is failing. The issues created when “others” moved into an area are still there. Nothing is improving and in some places cultural tensions are increasing. There are a few reasons why multiculturalism is failing. The fear of the “Other” still exists. We say say we aren’t racist,...
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Image by stephen.spillane via Flickr Yesterday I posted that I was attending the Cities, Migrants and Diversity: “Valuing Diversity, Understanding Migration” Workshop at the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010, but today I have decided to tell you about the other Workshops available if you attend! It was a tough decision for me to make. First up is Education, Intercultural Learning & Youth: “Learning to live together in diversity” This did intially appeal to me, considering my membership of Scouting...
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Image via Wikipedia If you intend on attending the Anna Lindh Forum 2010, you must register! The deadline is fast approaching by the way. You must register by 12th February 2010, 20.00 GMT. As part of this process you must pick which workshop you want to attend in the Agora. The choice is from: Education, Intercultural Learning and Youth: “Learning to live together in diversity” Cultural & Artistic Collaborations: “Creativity for Dialogue” Creating Spaces of Peace and Co-existence: “Restore...
Image by Getty Images via Daylife On Sunday I head off to Luxembourgh to take part in the ALF Euromed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue. As part of that Programme I have to look up a bit on interculturalsim. Searching Irishblogs.ie I found a few websites dealing with the issue, but most were websites and not blogs. Only two of the blogs I found were ordinary blogs but the rest were photoblogs. Does this mean that Interculturalism isn’t an...
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