Where do we go from here?
If we are to begin creating intercultural
realities we have much to do in challenging:
• our personal attitudes and
• the systems of control and power
which result in inequality
Dialogue between cultures requires a great
deal of time and experience. The development of intercultural
approaches will depend not only on people's openness, but
also on politicians, who have to implement a whole series
of measures to facilitate the process.
Without being too strict and taking the
following list as a set model for our behaviour, we can
nevertheless see that it is necessary to pass through certain
stages, namely:
1. Accepting that everyone is on the same
level; accepting equality of rights, values and abilities;
prosecuting racism and discrimination.
2. Getting to know each other better; engaging
in discussion, knowing about other people's cultures, moving
towards them, seeing what they do.
3. Doing things together; co-organising,
collaborating, helping each other.
4. Comparing and exchanging; exchanging
viewpoints, experiencing each other's cultures and ideas,
accepting mutual criticism, reaching agreements and taking
decisions together.
What roles can intercultural education
play in all of this? Turn to the next chapter for some ideas...
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