Chapter 1. History of the South Tyrol Conflict and Its Settlement

Lantschner, Emma

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“…After centuries of belonging to the Habsburg Empire, South Tyrol became part of Italy after World War I (Steininger, 2003;Lantscher, 2008), with a governance and system of power-sharing between the three clearly separated language groups (German, Italian, Ladin) that successfully manages ethnic diversity, resolves potential conflicts and promotes interethnic cooperation (Alber, 2017;Carlà, 2015, Carlà, 2022. Ladin speakers live mainly in two valleys and Italian speakers live mainly in urban areas, especially in the South Tyrolean capital Bolzano (Carlà, 2022).…”

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Understanding old herbal secrets: The renaissance of traditional medicinal plants beyond the twenty classic species?

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Petelka³

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Front. Pharmacol.

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The use of traditional medicinal plants plays an important role especially in remote rural and marginalized landscapes at different latitudes. In the development of nature conservation strategies based on local knowledge and sustainable resource management, medicinal herbs have been hypothesized to be cultural key stone species. Environmental education is a crucial driver for fostering environmental literacy and preserving local knowledge across generations. We conducted semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in the Autonomous Province of Bozen-South Tyrol (N Italy) to gain insights into, and reflections on, the cultural value of traditional medicinal plants and their interplay within the local landscape, nature conservation and their role in environmental education and knowledge transfer across generations. We also used a combination of purposive and snowball sampling to identify relevant actors. The different voices collected in the study clearly highlight the role of medicinal herbs in healthcare, for cultural identity of local communities and demonstrate a growing commercial market niche that maintains the local economy and services, including widespread offers related to environmental education, that have not, unfortunately, been used yet in the formal curricula of local schools. The latter is crucial for a holistic approach taking medicinal plants as an ideal vehicle to connect especially children with nature and history of South Tyrol, strengthening health education and overall environmental literacy, including species knowledge. However, the revival of herbal medicine and related knowledge do not prevent the continuous loss of local traditional knowledge regarding medicinal plants, recipes and use. More species and their uses are being forgotten due to superficialisation of knowledge and of mainstreaming and homogenization of the global market of herbal medicine. Safeguarding the natural and cultural treasures of South Tyrol for future generations is in the hands of the local communities.

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Understanding old herbal secrets: The renaissance of traditional medicinal plants beyond the twenty classic species?

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Zerbe

Petelka³

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“…During World War I the German‐speaking South Tyrol, as well as the predominantly Italian‐speaking neighbouring province of Trento, were promised to Italy as compensation for joining the war on the site of the Entente. The two provinces – under the umbrella of the Trentino‐Alto Adige region – were ceded to Italy by the treaty of St. Germaine‐en‐Laye (Lantschner :5) and officially annexed by Italy in October 1920 (Steininger :11). Although the Italian government in the immediate post‐war period promised to protect its new linguistic (German‐speaking) minority, no measures were taken to ensure this.…”

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“…The following fascist government, which ruled the country from 1922 until 1943, openly and aggressively acted against the German‐speaking population trying to Italianize the territory by ‘means of repression of the German language and culture, mass migration of Italian speakers into the province, encouraged mainly through industrialization, and, finally the resettlement of the German‐speaking population’ (Lantschner :6). The prohibition of the German language in South Tyrol by the fascist government of Italy and the replacement of German names with Italian names aimed to assimilate the German‐linguistic minority to the Italian population and, as a result, to change their identity .…”

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Identity Politics in the Educational System in South Tyrol: Balancing between Minority Protection and the Need to Manage Diversity

Wisthaler

2013

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This article focuses on the educational system in South Tyrol as one of the pillars of language and identity politics used for minority protection and elaborates on possible future developments triggered by immigration. After a historical overview of the coexistence of the three linguistic groups in South Tyrol, the article will explore, from the perspective of the educational system, the institutional framework guaranteeing the protection of the German-speaking and Ladin minority and in particular their languages as the most important markers of the particular local identities. The article then examines how the educational system in South Tyrol deals with increasing immigration, assessing the strengths and weaknesses in relation to whether the educational system facilitates, on the one hand, the development of a multilingual society and, on the other, individual language competences and thus individual multilingualism.

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Chapter 1. History of the South Tyrol Conflict and Its Settlement

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Understanding old herbal secrets: The renaissance of traditional medicinal plants beyond the twenty classic species?

Understanding old herbal secrets: The renaissance of traditional medicinal plants beyond the twenty classic species?

Identity Politics in the Educational System in South Tyrol: Balancing between Minority Protection and the Need to Manage Diversity

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