Projects / Programmes
MINORITIES AND BORDER SOCIAL REALITIES AS FACTORS IN INTEGRATION PROCESSES
(Study of the Slovene-Italian Cultural Contact Area)
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.11.01 |
Social sciences |
Ethnic studies |
Ethnic studies - social science aspect |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S210 |
Social sciences |
Sociology |
Slovene-Italian cultural contact, bordering area, minorities, Slovene minority, Italian minority, migrations, intercultural relationships, intercultural education, mass media
Researchers (6)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The project represents an integrated examination of the minority issues and the border social reality in the Slovene-Italian cultural contact area. Within this framework, the project will provide a complex comparative analysis of the Slovene and Italian minorities, cross-border contacts, and reveal the importance as well as the role of the minorities in the formation of the common Slovene cultural space and within integration processes. In relation to the research of these issues, emphasis will be laid on the (inter)personal and (inter)group levels of the research of minority issues. Furthermore, the project will include a detailed analysis of (cross-border) migrations as a central phenomenon inherent to border areas, with special emphasis laid on cross-border economic migrations and migrations of vulnerable groups (irregular migrants, unaccompanied children, women, etc.). Another important factor is the changes to the examined area caused by globalisation and European integration processes, particularly in reference to the dynamics that apply to increasingly mobile populations. The next section analyses the (potentially common) media space consisting of the minority media in relation to the national media space, and the media discourse in relation to minority issues, national culture, and minority and national vitality. Last but not least, the project includes, based on the foundations of modern philosophy, an analysis of the question of multicultural education, or, education for intercultural coexistence and symbiosis that will have practically applicable value at all levels of the educational process, from kindergartens to the tertiary level institutions. The applied methodology includes theoretical (analysis of statistical and demographic data, sources, legislation acts, evaluation of cases of good practice, etc.) and empirical fieldwork with the use of combined qualitative (interviews, collection of auto/biographical narratives) and quantitative (survey) methodology. The project results will have ample practical validity (1) as foundations for further (international and national) comparative studies and fundamental research within social and humanistic sciences, (2) as constituents of education curricula at different levels of education (pre-school, elementary, secondary, under-graduate and post-graduate education), (3) as scientific foundations for the development of programs in the fields of cultural, minority, migration, social, media, and educational policies, the legislation and other regulation mechanisms that include ethnic and cultural diversity determinants, (4) as scientific foundations for the professional work with minorities, migrants, etc., within the framework of social welfare, and (5) as the transfer of knowledge and findings to media houses, publicists and designers of media policies and programs.
