Pluriculturalism is an approach to the self and others as complex rich beings which act and react from the perspective of multiple identifications and experiences which combine to make up their pluricultural repertoire.
[Runnels, Judith]
Pluricultural Language Education and the CEFR
Preface Identity or identities are the by-products of experiences in different cultures and with people with different cultural repertoires. As an effect, multiple identifications create a unique personality instead of or more than a static identity.
[pluriculturalism (2)]
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Culture Awareness and the development of the pluricultural competence
page 3 An individual's pluriculturalism includes their own cultural diversity and their awareness and experience with the cultural diversity of others.[Runnels, Judith]
Pluricultural Language Education and the CEFR
Preface It can be influenced by their job or occupational trajectory, geographic location, family history and mobility, leisure or occupational travel, personal interests or experience with media. The term pluricultural competence is a consequence of the idea of plurilingualism.[5.1. The concept of pluricultural competence]
5. PLURICULTURAL COMPETENCE: DESCRIPTIVE PRINCIPLES, coe.int There is a distinction between pluriculturalism and multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the coexistence of multiple cultures. The word is used in sociology, in political philosophy, and colloquially. In sociology and everyday usage, it is usually a synonym for ''Pluralism (political theory), ethnic'' or cultura ...
.
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
has been referred to as a pluricultural country, due to its nationalisms and regionalisms.
See also
*Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the coexistence of multiple cultures. The word is used in sociology, in political philosophy, and colloquially. In sociology and everyday usage, it is usually a synonym for ''Pluralism (political theory), ethnic'' or cultura ...
* Cultural diversity
* Interculturalism
* Intercultural communication
* Polyethnicity
References
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