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Definitions and Contexts of Intercultural Dialogue in European Policy Documents

Aino-kaisa KoistinenTuuli LähdesmäkiSusanne C. Ylönen

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Cultural heritagemedia_common.quotation_subjectMulticulturalismIdentity (social science)EmpathyEducation policySociologySemanticsSocial responsibilityInclusion (education)media_commonEpistemology

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In this chapter, we analyse how the concept of intercultural dialogue is both explicitly and implicitly used in European education policy documents. First, we explore how the concept is explicitly dealt with in the documents and how its meanings are produced in relation to other concepts and terms, such as culture, cultural heritage, identity, inclusion, empathy, tolerance, multiculturalism, citizenship, participation, and social responsibility. We pay special attention to the values and ideals conveyed by the education policy documents in general and these concepts in particular. Second, we discuss the thematic overlap of these concepts and how different concepts, terms, and conceptual expressions can be used interchangeably in policy documents. These examples illuminate the conceptual network and semantics of the concept of intercultural dialogue.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41517-4_3