{"id":50007,"date":"2017-05-23T16:51:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T14:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/european-societies-valuing-migration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:46:01","slug":"european-societies-valuing-migration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/studies\/european-societies-valuing-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"European societies valuing Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

European societies valuing Migration<\/h1>
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How can migration enrich receiving European societies?<\/h2>\n

Migration in many European countries has a negative connotation. The global crisis has had a negative effect on the perception of immigrants. The media, politicians and enterprises often link migrants to issues such as crime like drugs, human trafficking, as well as unemployment, illegal immigration, low educational achievement and social misconduct. In all European countries, immigrants have become part of mainstream society. In many European countries, immigrants generate up to 20% of the gross domestic product. There is a need for grassroots and participative initiatives to enhance intercultural dialogue. \u201cFeel it! Feel the difference\u201d study included both migrants and receiving communities in cultural and entertaining activities to promote cultural understanding. It worked to create a new awareness about immigrants so they can be seen as an enriching resource for Europe, as a unique chance to increase cultural and economic diversity, strengthen Europe\u2019s global competitiveness and to develop new forms of social and cultural interaction in a multicultural Europe opening up to a global market. In this context, the project\u2019s core idea is to encourage intercultural dialogue and knowledge by including both migrants and receiving communities in cultural and entertaining activities that were carried out in all of the six European partner cities (Innsbruck, Leicester, Madrid, Palermo, Stoccarda e Vilnius).<\/p>\n

In each partner city was carried out a study based on the idea of providing people with the opportunity to physically feel diversity. This study involved the partner associations, teachers and students of high secondary schools at local level. After which in each city was created a set of different events organized in the public areas and inside schools (such as installations, exhibitions, workshops, school project weeks).<\/p>\n

The study aims to identify at local level the meaning of the word \u201cdiversity\u201d and the sensuous and interactive experiencing of cultural differences and specifics, at stimulating the sense of kinship rather than that of division. In each city the results of the study were useful for the creation of the conception and production of a \u201cPath of diversity\u201d that showcases different ethnic groups and their cultural specifics, and how this diversity is enriching European culture.<\/p>\n

For the development of this \u201cPath of diversity\u201d, in the first time students were integrated actively into studies activities on different ethnic groups that living in the cities involved, and after they took part in the planning and the production process of the 5 stands that\u00a0 composed every path in each of the partner cities. Furthermore, a curriculum for specific project weeks in schools on topics such as migration and integration was established in the course of the project.<\/p>\n

In each city involved in the project was produced a different installation \u201cPath of Diversity\u201d - http:\/\/www.feelthediversity.eu\/path-of-diversity\/<\/a> - regarding the themes of migrations and valorizing cultural diversity, exposed in public areas and in schools. After the activities studies students were involved in the School Project Week, a period of creative activities, workshops and documentaries on the topics of diversity and migration connected with notions of the teaching in different school subjects. After this period the partnership created a \u201cCurriculum\u201d, a kind of pedagogic manual intending to represent a sort of didactic guide that supported teachers and trainers in their work with students during the Feel It School project weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

<\/a>Feel it! - Feel the difference<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

[su_tabs active=\"1\" vertical=\"yes\"]What does it support [su_tab title=\"Objectives\"]<\/p>\n