Management of Multiculturalism and Multiethnicity in Latin America

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Management of Multiculturalism and Multiethnicity in Latin America

MOST Discussion Paper No. 5

Documents 5 of 13

At earlier meetings sponsored by UNESCO (Latin America and the World in the approach to the Year 2000; Caracas, 1988 and Quito, 1989), several participants agreed in pointing to diversity as a turn-of-the-century characteristic that would come to replace the trend towards homogeneity - of whatever feature - that had appeared to be unstoppable since the end of the Second World War. That idea was based on observation of the distorted development of the rural world (Warman), the observable processes of ethnogenesis in the Caribbean and in the very heart of the United States (Casimir), the emergence of new actors in large cities (Zanotta), the revitalization of popular cultures (Bonfil) and the increase in indigenous people's demands and organizing activities (Iturralde).
It is therefore reasonable to suppose that the tensions caused by opposing trends (social diversity but a homogeneous model) could not be contained without major changes in the management of social processes. The tensions have matured and underlie the conflicts that have flared up in recent years in several countries of the region; some changes (at least in the constitutional and legal tradition and in the organization of the economy) have been made or are occurring at present. The unanswered questions that we asked then are now more relevant than ever: how should diversity be managed? How far should it be taken as a social potentiality? What research and debates are required to define new strategies?

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Author(s)	Diego A. Iturralde G
Website (URL)	http://www.unesco.org/most/itureng.htm

Publisher	UNESCO

Publication Year	2003

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