“…However, the study delved more deeply into the perspectives of the school leadership, the teachers, the students, and the parents, and the authors concluded that the international week was experienced as 'a powerful social space where constructions of new identities take place' (Author 1, Author 2, Colleague and Author 3, xxxx). Being well aware of the criticism from the research field, the school's principal remained steadfast, claiming 'the international week is a symptom of what the school is all about' (Dewilde, Kjørven, Skaret, and Skrefsrud 2017), as it serves to establish 'a common understanding of the school as a multicultural school. Students get to know each other across classes, groups, and language.…”