Living within diversities. Cultures and new complexities. An international conference by Fondazione Intercultura. Florence, April 4-6, 2024

11 February 2024 | Community in Action

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At a time of globalisation and of multiple cross-cultural influences how can we learn to communicate in an effective and culturally sensitive way in our complex societies? Which competencies are required? How can we face and cope with cultural uncertainty?

In the earlier decades of the 20th century interculturalists focused their attention on national cultural differences and on methodologies to help people of different nationalities to live together and understand each other in a more interconnected world. Cultural systems were often presented as national systems, even if personal differences were acknowledged.

In recent decades the cultural scene has been made more complex by many new transnational cultural sub-systems. At the same time, local identities exist on different national territories and urbanisation creates an increasing cultural gap between urban and rural life. There are also homologising transnational cultural factors such as technology, the dominance of English as the world vehicular language, supranational institutions and multinational corporations, and the spread of world myths.

Are we moving towards a “liquid” concept of culture? How can young people be educated to cope with so many intertwined cultural differences within a complex society?

To answer these questions, Fondazione Intercultura will dedicate a conference to these topics in the beautiful city of Florence.

 

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