Cultural mediation and educational practices in Italy

Abstract

This article focuses on cultural mediation by discovering its potential and relevance in Italy, during a project on intercultural education, that has been undertaken in Rome by us. And four intercultural singular initiatives are described. Specifically, this article is the result of the empirical work following a qualitative methodology. In the first phase (September - December 2019), 6 in-depth interviews were conducted with expert university professors on the subject, as well as visits to various formal and non-formal training centers. Based on the results, in the second phase (February 2020), 4 initiatives were selected, and 8 in-depth interviews were conducted with their managers and teachers. They are described in this article as an example of good educational practices in interculturality, characterized by their proposal for inclusive activities for immigrant groups, their networking with the community, and in which intercultural mediation plays a key role directly or indirectly.

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“…Asimismo, en las etnografías, existe gran disparidad de opiniones en cuanto a los conflictos racistas, que pueden generar incomodidad y ser difíciles de reconocer para algunas personas, tachándolos de "cosas de niños" y quitándole importancia a la raíz del asunto, a la discriminación y al racismo estructural existente. Para su resolución se actúa desde dirección y tutoría, tendiendo a la mediación natural, aunque resulta fundamental la defensa de la mediación profesional (Llevot y Bernad, 2021).…”