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Understanding Multiculturalism vs. Interculturality

The document discusses multiculturalism as a concept that recognizes the coexistence of multiple cultures and promotes respect for cultural diversity, while also addressing the challenges and conflicts arising from migration and cultural differences. It critiques multiculturalism for potentially masking inequalities and promoting segregation, advocating instead for an intercultural approach that emphasizes dialogue and interaction among diverse cultural groups. Additionally, it defines interculturality as a project aimed at fostering equal treatment and recognizing the rights of cultural minorities, acknowledging that interactions among diverse groups can lead to conflicts.

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Understanding Multiculturalism vs. Interculturality

The document discusses multiculturalism as a concept that recognizes the coexistence of multiple cultures and promotes respect for cultural diversity, while also addressing the challenges and conflicts arising from migration and cultural differences. It critiques multiculturalism for potentially masking inequalities and promoting segregation, advocating instead for an intercultural approach that emphasizes dialogue and interaction among diverse cultural groups. Additionally, it defines interculturality as a project aimed at fostering equal treatment and recognizing the rights of cultural minorities, acknowledging that interactions among diverse groups can lead to conflicts.

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Curricular space: Communication, Culture and Society

Practical Work - Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism

The current conceptions of culture, which focus on the character


relational and disputed specific to the cultural as an object of analysis,
they allow addressing complex social processes such as the effects of
increase in migratory movements within and between states
national. From these processes, new problems arose such as
the conflicts and social tensions that come with the recognition of
cultural diversity (right to difference, citizenship, racism,
xenophobia, stigmatization). This type of phenomena and processes
were addressed y descriptors initially inside del
multiculturalism.

The term multiculturalism has been used in various ways in


academic and governmental fields, media,
etc. But in general terms, we will point out that it refers to three
different realities: the existence of multiple cultures; the ideology
of respect and the coexistence of multiple cultures; and lastly, the
government policies regarding immigration. The two
the first meanings are those with the greatest tradition in the debates of the
anthropology. Both deal with situations of coexistence of
different cultural groups understood in relation to culture
official hegemonic sustained by a Nation-State. In this way the
multiculturalism is based on the recognition of difference and the
cultural diversity and is conceived as opposed to the model
assimilationist, (who advocates for the abandonment of practices, traditions,
values, etc. by minorities and the adoption of culture
dominant in order to assimilate to her).

Contemporary society and multiculturalism

As an ideology of coexistence among different cultures, the


multiculturalism advocates for a defense of cultural diversity,
based on tolerance and respect for difference. This vision
positive aspect of diversity and exaltation of tolerance afterwards
it was also translated into state policies to contain the claims
–from various cultural groups– of respect for difference. In
In this sense, multiculturalism is understood as the policy adopted.
by the states particularly in relation to immigration, although
It can also understand the policies directed towards the peoples
natives. As an expression of state policy, it refers to the
ways in which rights to cultural diversity are recognized
the formation of new communities, and it encourages states-
nations modify homogeneous and monocultural patterns to
promote rights in line with social equality and non-discrimination
discrimination. However, in recent years, multiculturalism
it has received numerous criticisms that focus on the fact that, under
the disguise of respect for cultural difference hides
inequalities and promotes segregation and marginalization. In
other words, while cultural difference and respect are exalted
for her, economic and sociopolitical inequality is hidden. Since the
anthropology indicates that multiculturalism is based on a
static and unchanging concept of culture, which sets aside the
interactions between cultures, and the tensions and conflicts that many
sometimes these contacts generate. By denying the conflict, it is accepted
sitting that the relationships between different cultures are equal.
symmetrical.. In front of this stance that is based on a vision
the statics of cultural diversity, anthropology proposes the
use of an intercultural approach. This approach recognizes the
coexistence of diverse cultures but also proposes dialogue and the
communication between these as a means of mutual enrichment.

Migrant groups, interculturality, and social inclusion

The concept of interculturality implies the interrelation between


different sociocultural groups, valuing interaction, the
reciprocal communication and questioning the social mechanisms that
they hierarchize groups and/or individuals into superiors and dominants and,
in the inferior and subordinate. Understood as a project that must
building collectively, interculturality is related to the
recognition of the rights of cultural minorities at the same time
that presumes an equal treatment without distinctions of origin
social or belonging to certain ethnic or cultural groups. No
however, it would be naive to think that this interaction of groups with
diverse cultural identifications within the same space
social can happen without conflicts or tensions. The paradigm of the
interculturality is socially constructed and, in that construction, the
conflicting definitions of concepts such as 'identity' and 'culture'
respond to political-ideological positions regarding how
cultural diversity and social inequality are conceived.

Actividades:

Based on the reading of the text, solve the following instructions:

1. Define the concept of multiculturalism


2. What are the criticisms made of the multicultural approach?
3. Define the concept of Interculturality.
4. Create a comparative table between the concept of
multiculturalism and interculturality.

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