“The recognition that modern societies are no longer monolithic, that the
imaginary social space has mushroomed into a multitude of identities has
propelled us into a realization that we are in an era where interculturality,
transculturalism and the eventual prospect of identifying a cosmopolitan
citizenship can become a reality. However we still remain circumscribed by
our Little Italies, our China Towns etc., which beyond the pleasures of
experiencing culinary delights, nevertheless create a self illusion that we
have attained a level of cultural awareness of the other.”
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imaginary social space has mushroomed into a multitude of identities has
propelled us into a realization that we are in an era where interculturality,
transculturalism and the eventual prospect of identifying a cosmopolitan
citizenship can become a reality. However we still remain circumscribed by
our Little Italies, our China Towns etc., which beyond the pleasures of
experiencing culinary delights, nevertheless create a self illusion that we
have attained a level of cultural awareness of the other.”
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“(...) Solo nos resultaría posible percibir, escuchar y adivinar al otro, abriendo nuestros sentidos y haciendo pensar a nuestro corazón sobre la perturbación que en nosotros produce su posible presencia. Es decir, reflexionando sobre la ilusión de normalidad que a nosotros nos impide conocernos y reflexionando sobre el hecho de que si miramos afuera, donde el otro no está es porque está en mí (...)”
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“In sum, then, "thinking about thinking" has to be a principal ingredient of any empowering practice of education.”
― Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture
― Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture
“El otro simplemente refleja y representa aquello que es profundamente familiar al centro, pero proyectado para fuera de sí mismo. Por ello cuando los binarismos son identificados culturalmente, el primer término siempre ocupa como dice MaCannel (1989) la posición gramatical del “él”, pero nunca del “yo” o del “tu”, construyendo la modalidad enunciativa su posición de privilegio (2000, p. 191)”
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