“Us and Them” Revisited: Multilingual Cognitive Justice as Antidote Against Xenophobia?

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Bruno Della Chiesa

Speaker's Country of Origin

USA

Location

Ocean Bank Convocation Center

Start Date

20-5-2018 9:00 AM

End Date

20-5-2018 10:00 AM

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Description / Descripción

If “educating is humanizing” (Freire), global mindsets cultivating self-awareness gardens are necessary.

This implies first and foremost enhancing positive motivation to learn languages, in order to get better acquainted with other cultures.

Could it be the condition to make this globalizing world of ours a better place to live?

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“Us and Them” Revisited: Multilingual Cognitive Justice as Antidote Against Xenophobia?

Ocean Bank Convocation Center

If “educating is humanizing” (Freire), global mindsets cultivating self-awareness gardens are necessary.

This implies first and foremost enhancing positive motivation to learn languages, in order to get better acquainted with other cultures.

Could it be the condition to make this globalizing world of ours a better place to live?