European inventory of
societal values of culture

INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE, INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY

A key societal value of culture is its ability to connect people. But cultures also differ among themselves and are sometimes opposed regarding some central features, such as fundamental beliefs, relevant symbols, and historical and collective memory. Cultures can differ in a number of other variable elements, including languages and linguistic variations. These differences create distances and sometimes real obstacles to communication and shared identity.

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IMMIGRANT CULTURES

Immigrant cultures refer to the diverse customs, traditions, languages, and practices immigrants bring when they settle in a new country or region. The heritage, history, and values of the immigrants' home countries may impact the host country's culture. Immigrants often bring their unique cultural identities and perspectives, contributing to the cultural tapestry of their adopted home. To what extent immigrant and host cultures will become intertwined depends on the government's cultural and social policies.

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AGONISTIC POLITICS, DISSONANCE AND DISAGREEMENT

The existence of democratic institutions does not imply the absence of antagonisms in the political field. On the contrary, conflicts are better regulated when they are institutionalised at different levels through various channels, such as the electoral arena.

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Cultural Openness and Tolerance

Heikkilä, R,  Karels, A. & C. Arroyo (2023, September). Cultural Openness and Tolerance – INVENT Culture

INVENT conference Barcelona

Arroyo, C. & S. Albertí (May 2023). INVENT conference Barcelona

Culture Below The Surface: The Cultural Iceberg Analogy

Karels, A., Holla, S. & C. Arroyo  (2023, September). Culture Below The Surface: The Cultural Iceberg Analogy – INVENT Culture

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

INVENT Newsletter I (2021)

Janssen, S., (Ed.) (2021). INVENT Newsletter I.

INVENT Newsletter II (2022)

Holla, S., Karels, A., & Janssen, S. (Eds.). (2022). INVENT Newsletter II.

INVENT Newsletter III (2023)

Karels, A., Janssen, S., & Holla, S. (Eds.). (2023). INVENT Newsletter III.

» NEW! » Vollhardt, Migacheva & Tropp - Social Cohesion and Tolerance for Group Differences

Vollhardt, J.K., Migacheva, K., Tropp, L.R. (2009). Social Cohesion and Tolerance for Group Differences. In: de Rivera, J. (eds) Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace. Peace Psychology Book Series. Springer, New York, NY

» NEW! » Nahruddin - The Politics of Conflict Resolution

Nahruddin, Z. (2022). The Politics of Conflict Resolution: Negotiating Public Policy Amidst Community Dissonance. Journal of Public Representative and Society Provision, 2(3), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.55885/jprsp.v2i3.186

» NEW! » O’Callaghan - Urban anxieties and creative tensions in the European Capital of Culture 2005

O’Callaghan, C. (2012) Urban anxieties and creative tensions in the European Capital of Culture 2005: ‘It couldn’t just be about Cork, like’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 18:2, 185-204, DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2011.567331

» NEW! » Bowen & Kisida - Arts education partnerships: sources of harmony and dissonance with cultural institutions’ collaborative efforts

Daniel H. Bowen & Brian Kisida (2019) Arts education partnerships: sources of harmony and dissonance with cultural institutions’ collaborative efforts, Cultural Trends, 28:5, 379-390, DOI: 10.1080/09548963.2019.1679995

» NEW! » UNESCO - Intercultural Dialogue Talks

UNESCO - Intercultural Dialogue Talks. 2022

» NEW! » The Integration of Migrants and Refugees: CULTURAL INTEGRATION | Ruth Wodak

The Integration of Migrants and Refugees: CULTURAL INTEGRATION | Ruth Wodak. 2016

» NEW! » Immigrants & New Cultures: Katharina Lefringhausen

Immigrants & New Cultures: Katharina Lefringhausen. 2013

» NEW! » Are Immigrants Stealing Your Culture? | Sulin Sardoschau

Are Immigrants Stealing Your Culture? | Sulin Sardoschau. 2019

» NEW! » Council of Europe - Intercultural cities – how can migration and diversity work for cities

Council of Europe - Intercultural cities – how can migration and diversity work for cities. 2016

» NEW! » Chantal Mouffe - Critical Artistic Practices as Counter-Hegemonic Interventions

Chantal Mouffe: Critical Artistic Practices as Counter-Hegemonic Interventions. 2013

» NEW! » Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis

Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis. 2021

» NEW! » Akuno et al. - Whose arts education?

Akuno, E., Klepacki, L., Lin, M. C., O’Toole, J., Reihana, T., Wagner, E., & Restrepo, G. Z. (2014). Whose arts education?: International and intercultural dialogue. In Fleming, M., Bresler, L., & O'Toole, J. (Eds.). The Routledge international handbook of the arts and education (pp. 79-105). Routledge.

» NEW! » Garcia-Lazo - Dialogical Pedagogies in Visual Arts Education

Garcia-Lazo, V. (2022), Dialogical Pedagogies in Visual Arts Education: A/r/tographical Encounters in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 41: 6-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12398

» NEW! » Crosbie - Capabilities for intercultural dialogue

 Veronica Crosbie (2014) Capabilities for intercultural dialogue, Language and Intercultural Communication, 14:1, 91-107, DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2013.866126 

» NEW! » Fuentes - Cultural diversity on the Council of Europe documents

Fuentes, J. L. (2016). Cultural diversity on the Council of Europe documents: The role of education and the intercultural dialogue. Policy Futures in Education, 14(3), 377-391. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210316630467

» NEW! » Ganesh & Holmes - Positioning Intercultural Dialogue

Ganesh, S., & Holmes, P. (2011). Positioning intercultural dialogue—theories, pragmatics, and an agenda. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 4(2), 81-86. DOI:10.1080/17513057.2011.557482

» NEW! » Holmes - Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research

Holmes, P. (2014). Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2013.866120

» NEW! » Lee - Intercultural dialogue in theory and practice: a review

 Ee Lin Lee (2016) Intercultural dialogue in theory and practice: a review, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 11:2, 236-242, DOI: 10.1080/17447143.2016.1156686 

» NEW! » Phipps - ‘They are bombing now’: ‘Intercultural Dialogue’ in times of conflict

 Alison Phipps (2014) ‘They are bombing now’: ‘Intercultural Dialogue’ in times of conflict, Language and Intercultural Communication, 14:1, 108-124, DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2013.866127 

» NEW! » Stokke & Lybæk – Combining intercultural dialogue and critical multiculturalism

Stokke, C., & Lybæk, L. (2018). Combining intercultural dialogue and critical multiculturalism. Ethnicities, 18(1), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796816674504

» NEW! » Vidmar-Horvat - The Predicament of Intercultural Dialogue

Vidmar-Horvat, K. (2012). The predicament of intercultural dialogue: Reconsidering the politics of culture and identity in the EU. Cultural Sociology, 6(1), 27-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975511401280

» NEW! » Zajda - Globalisation, Nation-Building, and Cultural Identity: The Role of Intercultural Dialogue

Zajda, J. (2009). Globalisation, nation-building, and cultural identity: The role of intercultural dialogue. In Nation-building, identity and citizenship education (pp. 15-24). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4020-9318-0_2

» NEW! » Wilson - The Possibilities of Tolerance

Wilson, H. F. (2014). The Possibilities of Tolerance: Intercultural Dialogue in a Multicultural Europe. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32(5), 852-868. https://doi.org/10.1068/d13063p

» NEW! » Algan et al. (eds) - Cultural integration of immigrants in Europe

Algan, Y., Bisin, A., Manning, A., & Verdier, T. (2012). Cultural integration of immigrants in Europe. Oxford University Press.

» NEW! » Amiraux & Simon - There are no Minorities Here

Amiraux, V., & Simon, P. (2006). There are no minorities here: Cultures of scholarship and public debate on immigrants and integration in France. International journal of comparative sociology, 47(3-4), 191-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715206066164

» NEW! » Angelini, Casi & Corazzini - Life satisfaction of immigrants

Angelini, V., Casi, L., & Corazzini, L. (2015). Life satisfaction of immigrants: does cultural assimilation matter? Journal of Population Economics, 28, 817-844. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-015-0552-1

» NEW! » Bisin et al. - Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration?

Bisin, A., Patacchini, E., Verdier, T., & Zenou, Y. (2008). Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration? Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(2-3), 445-456.

» NEW! » Ersanilli & Koopmans - Rewarding Integration?

Ersanilli, E., & Koopmans, R. (2013). Rewarding integration? Citizenship regulations and the socio-cultural integration of immigrants in the Netherlands, France and Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36:5, 773-791, DOI: 10.1080/13691831003764318

» NEW! » Hadj Abdou - Immigrant integration

Hadj Abdou, L. (2019). Immigrant integration: the governance of ethno-cultural differences. Comparative migration studies, 7(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-019-0124-8

» NEW! » Heckmann & Schnapper (eds.) - The Integration of Immigrants in European Societies:

Heckmann, Friedrich and Schnapper, Dominique. The Integration of Immigrants in European Societies: National Differences and Trends of Convergence, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110507324

» NEW! » Cheong - Communication context, social cohesion and social capital building among Hispanic immigrant families

Cheong, P. (2006). Communication context, social cohesion and social capital building among Hispanic immigrant families. Community, work and family, 9(3), 367-387. DOI:10.1080/13668800600743495

» NEW! » Kennedy & Roudometof - Communities Across Borders

Kennedy, P., & Roudometof, V. (Eds.). (2002). Communities Across Borders: New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203164907

» NEW! » Kunst et al. - The Missing Side of Acculturation

Kunst, J. R., Lefringhausen, K., Sam, D. L., Berry, J. W., & Dovidio, J. F. (2021). The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30(6), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214211040771

» NEW! » Ngo - Beyond “Culture Clash” Understandings of Immigrant Experiences

Bic Ngo (2008) Beyond “Culture Clash” Understandings of Immigrant Experiences, Theory Into Practice, 47:1, 4-11, DOI: 10.1080/00405840701764656

» NEW! » Penninx - Integration of migrants

Penninx, R. (2005). Integration of migrants: Economic, social, cultural and political dimensions. In M. Macura, A.L. & Haug, W. MacDonald (eds.) The new demographic regime: Population challenges and policy responses, 5(2005), 137-152. New York/Geneva: United Nations 

» NEW! » Pitkänen & Kouki - Meeting foreign cultures

Pirkko Pitkänen & Satu Kouki (2002) Meeting foreign cultures: A survey of the attitudes of Finnish authorities towards immigrants and immigration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28:1, 103-118, DOI: 10.1080/13691830120103958

» NEW! » Rapoport, Sardoschau & Silve - Migration and Cultural Change

 Rapoport, Hillel and Sardoschau, Sulin and Silve, Arthur, Migration and Cultural Change (2020). CESifo Working Paper No. 8547, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3689469 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3689469 

» NEW! » Sakamoto, Wei & Truong - How Do Organizations and Social Policies ‘Acculturate’ to Immigrants?

Sakamoto, I., Wei, Y. and Truong, L. (2008), How Do Organizations and Social Policies ‘Acculturate’ to Immigrants? Accommodating Skilled Immigrants in Canada. American Journal of Community Psychology, 42: 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-008-9197-5

» NEW! » Tawat - Danish and Swedish immigrants’ cultural policies between 1960 and 2006

Tawat, M. (2014). Danish and Swedish immigrants’ cultural policies between 1960 and 2006: Toleration and the celebration of difference. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 20(2), 202-220. DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2012.743530

» NEW! » Wodak - Us’ and ‘them’

Wodak, R. (2008). ‘Us’ and ‘them’: Inclusion and exclusion–Discrimination via discourse. In  Gerard Delanty, Ruth Wodak, and Paul Jones (eds.) Identity, belonging and migration, 54-77. Liverpool. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0004

» NEW! » Belfiore - Whose cultural value?

Belfiore, E. (2020). Whose cultural value? Representation, power and creative industries. International journal of cultural policy, 26(3), 383-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2018.1495713

» NEW! » Dubois - Cultural Policy Regimes in Western Europe

Dubois, V. (2015). Cultural policy regimes in Western Europe. In James D. Wright (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2015, Pages 460-465, ISBN 9780080970875, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.10419-2

» NEW! » Cento Bull et al - War museums as agonistic spaces

Cento Bull, A., Hansen, H. L., Kansteiner, W., & Parish, N. (2019). War museums as agonistic spaces: possibilities, opportunities and constraints. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 25(6), 611-625. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1530288

» NEW! » Belfiore & Gibson (eds) - Histories of Cultural Participation, Values and Governance

Eleonora Belfiore and Lisanne Gibson (eds.) (2019) Histories of Cultural Participation, Values and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan London. ISBN978-1-137-55027-9; 978-1-137-55026-2; 978-1-349-71541-1

» NEW! » Durrer et al. (eds.) - Cultural Policy is Local

  Victoria Durrer, Abigail Gilmore, Leila Jancovich & David Stevenson (eds.) (2023). Cultural Policy is Local: Understanding Cultural Policy as Situated Practice. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-32311-9

» NEW! » Woddis - Acting on Cultural Policy

Jane Woddis. (2023). Acting on Cultural Policy: Arts Practitioners, Policy-Making and Civil Society. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-11161-7

» NEW! » Landau - Agonistic Articulations in the 'Creative' City

Landau, F. (2019). Agonistic Articulations in the 'Creative' City: On New Actors and Activism in Berlin’s Cultural Politics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429431258

» NEW! » Landau - Agonistic failures

Landau, F. (2021). Agonistic failures: Following policy conflicts in Berlin’s urban cultural politics. Urban Studies, 58(12), 2531-2548. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020949080

» NEW! » Mouffe - Art and democracy: art as an agonistic intervention in public space

Mouffe, C. (2008). Art and democracy: Art as an agonistic intervention in public space. Open, 14, 6-15.

» NEW! » Mouffe - Agonistics

Mouffe, C. (2013). Agonistics: Thinking the world politically. Verso Books.