Challenges in the Construction of an Inclusive Society
In contemporary societies, identities are believed to be more fluid, less easily definable, demanding new articulations and new dialogues. However, some communities seem unable to engage in a dialogue traversing cultural borders and fostering the appreciation of diversity as the cornerstone of a more just and humane world. Is intercultural exchange truly possible in societies riddled with tensions of every sort? Multicultural and intercultural interactions may have given us the opportunity to enrich our understanding of the other, but they have also posed new challenges for education practices and educational politics. This collection of studies addresses some of the challenges posed by diversity and inequality in the construction of inclusive societies.
António Lopes is Associate Professor at the School of Education and Communication, University of Algarve, Portugal. He received his PhD in English Studies from Nova University of Lisbon, and currently teaches Philosophy of Communication, Cultural Studies and English Culture. He is also a researcher with the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS), and has collaborated in several research projects in the fields of cultural studies and teacher education. He is the author of Is There an End of Ideologies?: Exploring Constructs of Ideology and Discourse in Marxist and Post-Marxist Theories (2015).
Merja de Mattos-Parreira is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the University of Algarve, Portugal, and holds a PhD in English Linguistics. She is a member of Centro de Investigação, Artes e Comunicação (CIAC), researching on media literacy. She co-edited 2001: What Now? Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, Identity and Literature in the Twenty-first Century (2004) and, along with Ana Isabel Soares, is the translator of the Portuguese version of the Finnish saga Kalevala (2013).
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