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People everywhere see red and green and yellow and blue. Still there are also people born congenitally blind everywhere; and there are tetrachromats, who see more colors than the rest of us, and people with various kinds of color blindness, who see fewer. In what sense, then, is it true that human color vision is universal?

(K. A. Appiah, Cosmopolitanism. Ethics in a World of Strangers, New York, W.W. Norton & Company, p. 94)

Gandhi, "Non-Violence in Peace and War"

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?”

Redemption Song

Talking about universal languages, Bob Marley gave to the world this song that is a perfect message to cry, words from the soul. Thank you Marley!

World Day for Cultural Diversity

Take a look at the UNESCO webpage: http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

The effect of education on democratisation: A review of past literature and suggestions for a globalised context

By Ryan Wells (University of Iowa, IA, USA) in Globalisation, Societies and Education, Volume 6, Issue 2 2008 , pages 105 – 117

Abstract

Democratisation is an important component of current globalisation trends, and education is commonly thought to lead to greater democratisation. Thus, education holds a prestigious place in political development discourses. Are policies that promote this belief grounded in research-based evidence, or simply the propagation of institutionalized myths? This study reviews the literature concerning education's effect on democratisation. Ultimately, the evidence is inconclusive, and cannot justifiably be used to support an education-democratisation link at the national level. Therefore, this review concludes with a call for a revitalized research effort concerning education and democratisation that uses new approaches to account for a newly globalised context.

Keywords: democratisation; political development; educational research

Segue o seco

 

So, being a global citizen is also to exchange culture. Marisa Monte is one of my favourite Brazilian singers. In this song she talks about the rain in a place of our country where is very dry (called "Sertão") and people don´t have water. And the song brings also regional sounds mixed with Berimbau, an instrument from Capoeira. I holp you enjoy it!

My humanity and yours

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. — Desmond Tutu

Pessoas e capitais

“La nueva economia es una economia global en la que el éxito de una nación depende de su capacidad para constituirse en un modo atracivo para las redes globales de capital y personas. [...] La nueva sociedad es baseada en multiculturalismo y multietnicismo. El multiculturalismo es una rica fuente de crecimiento económico y culturale”.

 "El estado Del bienestar y a la sociedad de la información" 

(Manuel Castells)

Happy Europe Day!

knowledge & ignorance in a global world

"We live in a globalized world where much too often, more knowledge also means more ignorance. It is a world where those who are born today have more things to learn, and where those who grow old have more difficulties to understand. In this globalized world, we are increasingly aware of our common destiny, yet at the same time, we continue to wish that others understand us in what makes us unique, in what makes us singular".

Let´s think about it!

"Quality education must not only open doors to careers; it must open up minds and hearts".

SOURCE: UNESCO.ORG

Thoughts on Fear in Global Society by Stanley Hoffmann

Sent by Patrisia, one of our students, with her best regards to the italian group!