Intercultural Dialogue Research Articles

Gesturing Toward Co-Visioning: A New Approach for Intercultural Mine Reclamation and Closure Planning

AbstractMine reclamation and closure in the traditional territories of Indigenous rights holders in Alberta, Canada, raises issues of environmental, social, and cultural significance. We highlight insights developed collaboratively with members of a First Nation about their lived experience with the persistence of oil sands mine activities and reclaimed lands, and apply a participatory and inclusive planning approach with the potential to empower host communities with an equitable role in the planning and decision-making for sustainable socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental post-closure outcomes. Two different cultural activities were evaluated for their effectiveness in empowering intercultural dialogue and guiding creation of a shared post-closure vision between a First Nation and an oil sands company. We share perspectives, barriers, and opportunities for intercultural understanding and participation in mine reclamation and closure decision-making to ameliorate cultural land use impacts. We demonstrate that application of inclusive cultural practices and protocols in mine reclamation and closure planning empowered intercultural dialogue; enhanced understanding across cultural paradigms; supported shared project decision-making; produced moments of overlapping reclamation stories; and resulted in a parallel project vision for guiding cultural and landscape reclamation.

Planejamento reprodutivo em área indígena e a busca pela atenção diferenciada: os dilemas entre desigualdade e diferença

Abstract Differentiated care is a fundamental principle for a non-colonizing care of the Indigenous populations. One of the challenges within this field is reproductive planning since it involves tensions between collective and individual wills, as well as between authority and autonomy, especially with the more continuous insertion of professionals with the Programa Mais Médicos (More Doctor Program), as occurred in the Yanomami Territory. This article aims to discuss the aspects involved in a differentiated care regarding reproductive planning by comparing the work of health professionals in Indigenous and non-Indigenous areas. Thus, an ethnographic case study was conducted based on participant observation of the teams’ practice, accessed via the Programa Mais Médicos Supervision, and interviews with six professionals, selected for the diversity of their profile. From the content analysis, three categories were identified: difference and inequality, similarities, and challenges. These divisions allows for the notion of physiological comparison, which generates a biomedical approach, encompassing the confusion between difference and inequality, the aspect responsible for favoring colonization and the denial of rights - and even the understandings of professionals about the culture - which permeates the intercultural dialogue.

Multikulturalizam kao socioistorijski kontekst interkulturnog učenja i razvoja interkulturnog kurikuluma

The paper analyses the phenomena of multiculturalism and interculturalism as social movements, as ubiquitous values, and significant and relatively progressive practices of contemporary society, and especially as an integral part of the curricula and outcomes of education policy. Multiculturalism is most often defined as a political ideology, or as a social practice that insists on the fact that every society is composed of diverse cultural groups, which is why it is necessary for all of them to have an equal position in society. However, multiculturalism is not only a given state of cultural pluralism, but it also implies an active action in the direction of (multi)cultural integration and peaceful cultural coexistence. As such, above all, multiculturalism advocates respect for cultural differences between individuals and groups, while accepting all differences in sociopolitical practice. In that sense, the social context for the emergence and development of multiculturalism, i.e., its socio-historical genesis and key characteristics have been analysed and presented in the paper. On the other hand, interculturalism implies a useful social exchange between different cultures, and the paper emphasised the importance of a particular "reverse" from multiculturalism towards interculturalism, which is a much more fruitful approach related to the cultural diversity of society and the accompanying curricula and educational policies. In other words, while multiculturalism has postulated respect for cultural pluralism, interculturalism rests on mutual social cohesion between different cultures (Cantle, 2012). In this sense, multiculturalism is only the first step towards true interculturalism. For the purposes of this paper, interculturalism is also a much more useful concept, since it implies intercultural dialogue as well as active (intercultural) learning. A concept of intercultural learning, as a significant and courageous educational practice that relies on the stated values of multiculturalism and interculturalism in a given society has been presented and critically analysed. Intercultural learning in education, as well as the lived experience, is conceptualised as an important and relatively transformative process that can lead to changes in behaviour, but also change the ways in which the stakeholders observe, interpret, and understand the world around them. As a result, educational policies shift their tendencies and goals towards creation of multicultural and intercultural curriculum. However, although such ideas are attractive and occupy the attention of all those involved in education, there is still no clear definition of what an intercultural curriculum is. In that sense, the concept of multicultural and intercultural education depends to a large extent on the teaching content, models, strategies, as well as the design of the intercultural curriculum (Hrvatić, 2011), which is aimed at cultural integration, implementation in educational practice and intercultural community.

Dialogue of Cultures and Common Humanitarian Space: Experience of Cooperation between Educational Institutions of Culture of Russia and Tajikistan

Cultural and humanitarian cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia is developing in accordance with the current strategic objectives of the foreign policy of both countries, existing bilateral and international treaties and cooperation agreements. The priority areas of the interstate partnership are the popularization of the Russian language and culture, as well as the promotion of the "brand" of the Russian higher education in the market of educational services of the post-Soviet space. Institutes of Cultures focused on the training of highly qualified specialists for various areas of the socio-cultural sphere are implementing international educational, scientific and creative projects, promoting the development of an equal mutual beneficial intercultural dialogue, deepening of integration processes in the cultural and educational sphere, strengthening good-neighbourliness of the former Soviet republics.

FILM „ZATOIČI“ (2003) TAKEŠIJA KITANA U KONTEKSTU JAPANSKIH I SRPSKIH OBREDA I OBIČAJA

The aim of this paper is a semiotic illumination of the Japanese film Zatoichi (2003) by Takeshi Kitano in a comparative context. Firstly, it is important to point it out as the most artistic regarding the previous 26 film and television achievements. Representative Japanese symbols and customs, whose function is important for the film’s understanding, also stand out. We have found and interpreted common features with Serbian ritual and customary prac- tice. In that context, the most important are the songs of Jeremiah and the rite of expelling the serpents which correspond to Zatoichi’s fight against the Ginzo clan whose members have snake-tattooed bodies. Hence, we compare the Japanese hero (or God) to Saint Jeremiah. The motif of blinding the snake is also significant, since it corresponds to Zatoichi’s punishment of the head of the criminal clan. In order to understand the film, this paper does not emphasize the intercultural dialogue between Japanese and Serbian culture as much as the need for uni- versal archaic awareness.

A study of the great silk road in European historiography

The Great Silk Road contributed to trade between regions, also to the exchange of civilizations between peoples and continents, served as an important tool for the development of cultural values, science and cities, thereby creating conditions for intercultural dialogue. The article provides a comparative analysis of the study of the history of the ancient Great Silk Road, crossing Eurasia, in domestic and foreign historiography. The coverage of all aspects of the emergence and development of the Great Silk Road in domestic and foreign literature is determined using the methodology of comparative analysis. The final part of the article contains an analysis and update of the historical data studied on the topic.

PRESERVATION OF SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF N. N. MIKLOUHO-MACLAY IN THE CONTEXT PF DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The idea of modern state cultural policy of the Russian Federation lies in creation and development of a system of education for citizens on the basis of traditional for Russia moral values and patriotism. This is achievable through learning the historical and cultural heritage of Russia, world culture, development of creative abilities of the individual, aesthetic perception of the world, accession to different types of cultural activity. As an example of preservation of scientific, historical, cultural and ideological heritage the MiklouhoMaclay Online Museum is discussed, which has opened online in October 2021. It represents the activities of the famous scientist and traveler of the late nineteenth century, which made a great impression on his contemporaries. For example, L. N. Tolstoy praised the researcher’s writings, for in them he saw a confirmation of his thoughts that true civilization can be brought to peoples not by violence, but by education and care for them. The Online Museum contains those results of exploration and scientific study of the South Pacific that help to maintain international contacts and promote intercultural dialogue. Particular attention is given to the description of the collection, which was created with the help of the indigenous people of the North-East of the New Guinea Island (Maclay Coast), where the exhibits were collected. The exhibits in the Online Museum are also interesting because they are showcased in comparison with their counterparts from N. N. Miklouho-Maclay collections of the nineteenth century. Links to the descriptions are available on the resources of those museums where they are stored. Museums today are considered as one of the most important means of education, they specifically perform the functions of additional education—a symbolic act of meeting the past and the present. In the educational process, clearly structured museum materials can be useful for various age categories of students. The establishment of the Miklouho-Maclay Online Museum is also a significant step on the way of enhancing the relations between the Russian Federation and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, because it contributes to the development of cultural relations between the states. It is a site, which with the help of information about the outstanding scientist and his achievements, shows the connection between generations, gives specific knowledge about the study of the South Seas by Russia from the nineteenth century until today.

Використання інноваційних технологій у процесі професійно орієнтованого навчання іноземних студентів економічних спеціальностей

The rapid development of the society requires changes in technologies and methods of the educational process. Therefore, the implementation of innovative technologies aimed at individual approach, mobility and distance in education is necessary and inevitable. In this regard, modern higher education institutions must radically change their educational objectives, update the content of education, implement innovative technologies in the development of student personality as a subject aimed at developing a competent person who is creative in solving problems. Nowadays, the students and teachers are the most important figures in educational institutions who should work creatively, learn, improve themselves as well as the teachers must work to develop and improve methods of teaching and education, including interactive ones. The article is devoted to the problem of preparing foreign students of specialized specialties for professionally oriented innovative technologies. Problems related to various methods and techniques of innovative technologies are highlighted. Emphasis is placed on the process of professional foreign language training, which should be aimed at the development of creative personality, its self- -improvement, the formation of socially active and independent people in the context of intercultural dialogue, the disclosure of creative potential. The basic principles of realization of the communicative approach as a communicative method of teaching speech activity in the specialty in foreign language classes (Ukrainian) are formulated. The main features of the presentation as one of the types of information processing of the text as a practical result of research conducted in the framework of interactive forms of learning. The stages of preparation of foreign students to create and conduct a presentation on the specialty in foreign language classes (Ukrainian) are considered. The importance of formation of foreign language communicative competence in the context of professional training of future specialists is proved, attention is focused on one of the main types of information processing of professional text – compression. The list of features of presentation as one of the types of compression of a scientific text is given, the main stages of preparation of foreign students for creating and conducting a presentation in the specialty in foreign language classes (Ukrainian) are analyzed. It is proved that teaching compression is the formation of students’ culture of working with scientific text, improving skills and abilities of understanding, analysis of scientific text and writing a secondary scientific text based on the disclosure of the semantic structure of the original text.

Contemporary American Drama: Socio-Political Aspect

The article deals with the topical issues of American drama based on the analysis of works by contemporary US playwrights, many of whom are representatives of groups classified as oppressed (in a white patriarchal society). The author examines popular topics and trends in cultural life in the context of public and political life in the United States over the past 70 years - from the Civil Rights Movement, "Women's Liberation" and Stonewall to "Black Lives Matter", "#MeToo" and LGBTQ prides. The author concludes that the current repertoire was directly influenced by the progressive agenda with its ambitious plan for large-scale social transformations that affected all cultural institutions, including theater. By highlighting the struggle for social equality and justice, the rights of blacks, women, ethnic and sexual minorities, diversity and inclusion, as well as condemnation of capitalism and American imperialism, progressivism has placed art at the service of ideology, once again turning cultural figures into 'engineers of human souls' - but also contributed to the expansion of opportunities for members of under-represented groups, integration, the development of intercultural dialogue and the emergence of new dramatic voices.

СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ЭТНИЧЕСКОЙ МУЗЫКИ

Modern ethnic music, represented by a wide palette of styles and trends, is an interesting global musical phenomenon, based on the actualization of national musical traditions and building intercultural dialogue. In this article, we clarify the terminological apparatus and conceptual environment of ethnic music, which in Russian realities is understood as a part of contemporary culture that combines traditional music and folk music, as well as consider the socio-cultural prerequisites for the emergence of this phenomenon and the main tendencies of ethnic music. Born as a youth folklore movement, based on a search for new sources of inspiration for young musicians and composers, today the phenomenon of ethnic music presents a rich palette in contemporary music space. These directions, formed by merging elements of different national musical traditions, synthesizing different musical styles or combining different methods, have at their core the main component — traditional musical folklore, which is embodied in new modern forms, reinterpreted and interpreted by ethnic musicians. Thus, a rich corpus of folk music culture is preserved and actualized. Among the main directions of ethnic music, we distinguish: musical folklore; folk music; ethno-fusion; new age; ethno-jazz; ethno-electronics, including folk-rock, pop-folk, folk-house and other movements based on the synthesis of musical folklore and current musical styles.

Актуализируя классику: новая коллективная монография о диалогических интенциях отечественного литературного наследия

The review contains a general description of the collective scientific monograph “Russian Classics in Dialogue with Modernity: Models of Interaction” (2022). The authors of this publication focus on the problem of the reception of Russian literary classics by the modern readership and creative community. The book presents an original concept of the development of the Russian literary process in the 19th–21st centuries in the context of its axiological and aesthetic dynamics. The article identifies the significant factors of the intercultural dialogue of Russian and European literature on the basis of personal translation strategies, gives a detailed description of Russian biographical prose in its various genre modifications, indicates variants of intertextual interaction between modern and classical authors, shows the role of theatrical and cinematographic productions as an effective factor in the popularization of the domestic literary heritage. The author pays particular attention to the methodological aspects of updating the classics in modern educational practice.

РОССИЯ — ПАКИСТАН — КЫРГЫЗСТАН: ОБЩАЯ СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНАЯ ПАМЯТЬ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ЕВРАЗИЙСКОЙ ИНТЕГРАЦИИ

The article is devoted to the important role of cultural and humanitarian cooperation for the interaction and mutual understanding promotion between regionally close states in the vector of Eurasian integration. On the example of Russia, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan, it has been attempted to identify the positive experience of humanitarian cooperation with these countries shared historical and socio-cultural memory going back to Soviet times. It has been also shown, that, despite unprecedented increase at the present stage of anti-Russian campaign on the part of the United States and its allies, there is orientation maintenance among these friendly countries towards each other states on the implementation of Eurasian integration processes. Last but not least, it has been achieved by creating an intercultural dialogue through people diplomacy and shared historical memory protection by friendly nations associated, besides other things, with the creative heritage of outstanding Soviet, Russian, Kyrgyz and Pakistani writers, scientists and public figures. Among them, there are two main personalities of Eurasian friends — the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and the Soviet-Russian-Kyrgyz novelist and diplomat Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov, whose rich literary and social activities contributed to the enhancement of interstate cooperation in the field of culture, science and public relations, peoples convergence in the Eurasian space as a whole.

From paper to screen: Decisions taken to design a story app for intercultural dialogue

From paper to screen: Decisions taken to design a story app for intercultural dialogue

Revisiting the connection between context and language from Hall to Jullien: A contribution to a real intercultural dialogue

Revisiting the connection between context and language from Hall to Jullien: A contribution to a real intercultural dialogue

Tekst dramatyczny jako przestrzeń dialogu międzykulturowego: Labirynty Własta Siergieja Kowalowa (wstępne rozpoznania)

This article is devoted to the analysis of Sergei Kovalov’s drama, The Labyrinths of Wlast. This work, based on a short story written in 1927 by the Belarusian writer Vaclau Lastouski, should be read through the prism of intertextual dialogue with other texts, which enable the perception of new contexts and, on the one hand, lead into the depths of history, thanks to which and through which an understanding of the essence of the processualism of the Belarusian nation’s history is achieved, and on the other hand, they lead towards Belarusian culture, resulting in initiating intercultural dialogue.

GEORGE ROERICH’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CREATION OF “THE TRANSCULTURAL SPACE” IN KALIMPONG IN THE 1950s

The article was inspired by several diary entries, as well as some unpublished letters of George Roerich. In a letter dated February 25, 1949, upon arrival in Kalimpong, G. Roerich writes to D. Rani and S. Roerich that one of the two people meeting him in the city was Mr. Tarchin. The unpublished letters of George Roerich to the Tibetan D. Tarchin were found in the Archive of Dorje Tarchin (Columbia University, USA). The research of G. Roerich’s and his colleagues’ correspondence, as well as the analysis of the memoir and historical-biographical cycle of Buddhologists and orientalists living in Kalimpong at the same time with G. Roerich, together with various Himalayan periodicals publications, allow us to get an idea of the previously vague aspects of G. Roerich’s activities from 1950 to 1957: Those being his public lectures, exhibitions vernissages, participation in religious and national holidays, membership in various public organizations. George Roerich’s contribution to the shaping of the “transcultural space” can be determined not only due to his cultural, academic and educational activities aimed at consolidating the local community in Kalimpong, but also by creating prerequisites for the formation of intercultural dialogue underlying the Buddhist tradition.

On the Way to Salvation: A Reading of Shinran's Tariki in the Light of Heidegger's Gelassenheit

On the Way to Salvation:A Reading of Shinran's Tariki in the Light of Heidegger's Gelassenheit Tony See (bio) The relationship between Heidegger's thought and East Asian philosophies has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. While these discussions are diverse and varied, they may be classified into three approaches (Ma and van Brakel 2006). The first approach is characterized by the study of how Heidegger's philosophy may have influenced East Asian philosophers, or how Heidegger's philosophy may have been influenced by East Asian philosophers. Reinhard May's work on Heidegger's "hidden sources" is a good example of the latter approach (May 1996). The second approach is characterized by scholarly observations that there are congruences between Heidegger's philosophy and East Asian thought. This is usually done by drawing analogies between the two. A good example of this is Joan Stambaugh's "Heidegger, Taoism, and the Question of Metaphysics" (1987). The third approach addresses the relevance and critical importance of Heidegger's philosophy in initiating intercultural dialogue (Ma 2005). It is sometimes characterized by a sense of pessimism with regard to whether such projects can be meaningful at all, for the linguistic and philosophical distances that have to be bridged is great. Lin Ma and Jaap van Brakel, for instance, argue that while Heidegger was genuinely interested in East–West dialogue, he questioned whether such dialogues can be meaningful, since the philosophical barriers between the two seem to be insurmountable. I believe that a more significant reason why such dialogues seem to be impossible is that we are already engulfed in an age of planetary Ge-stell, or enframing. Scholars in East Asia are likely to have been trained in Western-style academies and to possess modern subjectivities, and hence their access to East Asian thought is likely to be enframed by Western categories. To be sure, this does not mean that it is impossible to have a dialogue, but rather that any meaningful dialogue demands a high degree of self-reflexivity so that we may avoid imposing our prejudices and presuppositions on the Other. This paper adopts the second approach and is interested in the resonances between Heidegger's philosophy and the philosophy of Shinran. [End Page 169] The choice of engaging in a comparative study of Heidegger and Shin-ran may seem odd, given that the two thinkers come from vastly different philosophical backgrounds. However, a closer examination of their ideas reveals something in common, namely, what constitutes the right mode of comportment and what sort of experience we can expect. While there are scholarly studies in this area, such comparative East–West studies, which have become more and more important in recent years given the rise of intolerance, they remain a small minority in the field of Heidegger studies. This is why Dennis Hirota's "Shinran and Heidegger on Dwelling: Reading Shinran as a Phenomenology of Shinjin" (2014) is a welcome contribution to this area and deserves more scholarly attention. In this paper we will examine Heidegger's concept of Gelassenheit and temporality and their relationship with Shinran's idea of tariki and its relation to salvation. Gelassenheit is usually translated as "letting be" in modern scholarship. This refers to a comportment of no longer trying to overcome but to be in a relationship of "letting be" with Western metaphysics. This comportment of "letting be" resonates with Shinran's well-known recommendation to give up on "self-power" (jiriki) and to turn toward "other-power" (tariki) for salvation. For Heidegger, when we turn away from "overcoming" to "letting be" we begin to enter a different dimension of time, which he calls "temporality." In The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (1988), Heidegger already analyzed this experience of temporality in terms of an intensive awareness of one's present existence which encompasses the past and the future. Shinran likewise describes a new temporal experience when we place our faith in the saving power of Amida Buddha. To be sure, Shinran did not use the same terminology as Heidegger, nor should we presume that he referred to the same phenomenon, but he does describe this new dimension of time as being fundamentally distinct...

The role of digital technologies in strengthening ties between Russia and Papua New Guinea

The article is devoted to the use of modern digital technologies for the establishment of scientific, educational, cultural and interstate relations between Russia and Papua New Guinea in the period from 2017 to the present. The methods of digitalization used by the Miklouho-Maclay Foundation for the Preservation of Ethnocultural Heritage for preserving scientific, historical and cultural traditions in the South Pacific studies by domestic researchers both on the basis of archive materials and in the creation of new projects, are analyzed. The Foundation's work on the creation of exhibits, museum projects, digital maps, popular science films, books and international educational online platforms is based on the methods of digital humanitarianism, contributing to the development of intercultural dialogue with foreign partners and bringing together scientists in the Association of the South Pacific Researchers. It is shown how the results of the activities of a non-profit organization meet the requirements of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation” of the Russian Federation.

The multidirectionality of Romani identity in Damian Le Bas' The Stopping Places

The romanticised and stereotyped construction of the Romani people absorbed by mainstream society has contributed to the obliteration of their cultural complexity and their ensuing alienation. The present article analyses how the memoir The Stopping Places (2018), by the British Romani writer Damian Le Bas, makes a case for the borderlessness of his people. It is the main purpose of this study to underscore Romani identity as inherently multidirectional, hence allowing for a relational, intercultural dialogue aimed at transcending the long-standing Romani vs. non-Romani tension. For this purpose, Le Bas' network-like journey across some key stopping places is read as an endorsement of the synchronicity and interconnectedness characterising our present world. His narrative is an empowering attestation that foregrounds the fruitful interactions between the Roma and other cultures and sets the assumedly distrustful and protective Romani as an example of cultural flexibility.

Zpráva z Humboldtova fóra v Berlíně

The Humboldt Forum was opened in Berlin in the fall of 2021. The collections of the Ethnological Museum, containing mainly exhibits from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, as well as the collections of the Museum of Asian Art, were moved from Dahlem to the newly reconstructed building of the former royal palace. Many objects on display were obtained in more or less transparent ways during the period of colonialism, in which the then German Empire also actively participated. According to the management of the museum, the curators of permanent and short-term exhibitions tried to balance the legacy of the colonial era and reflect contemporary discourse about the problematic past of the European museums. However, the authors of the text question whether the effort to come to terms with the past and to open an intercultural dialogue can be considered successful in this case, or whether the Humboldt Forum is following in the footsteps of the ethnological museums of the 19th and a large part of the 20th century, where Europeans used to go to look at “exotic” objects and where, among other things, the construction of the European colonial imagination took place.