scholarly journals Intercultural Europe: Cultural Diversity in the EU and the Debate on a Common European Cultural Identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi-Jesús Merino
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The Eu

The Protection of Cultural Rights in Europe: None of the EU's Business?

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Donders
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Eu

Over the last decade, cultural diversity and the promotion and protection of cultural human rights have become important issues in the European context. States are trying to protect their national cultural identity within the European integration process, while at the same time several communities within States, such as minorities, indigenous peoples and immigrant communities, demand the promotion and protection of their cultural identity. The Council of Europe has established a human rights mechanism including the protection of cultural rights and rights of minorities. Within the European Union, the promotion and protection of human rights has slowly become a part of the internal policies, the latest step being the proclamation of the Charter on Fundamental Rights. However, the promotion of cultural diversity and of cultural rights or rights of minorities hardly play a role in this respect. Bearing in mind the possible inter-State implications that these issues may have, Member States should co-operate more closely and develop policies at the EU level in relation to the promotion and protection of cultural diversity.

Cultural Diversity in Psychiatry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Chambers ◽  
Mary Guerriero Austrom ◽  
Ryan Harris ◽  
Danielle Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Key Words Aging ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Manage Care ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Key Aspects

This purpose of this review is to provide general guidelines to practicing psychiatrists and psychologists on cultural diversity in the discipline. Diversity and mental health is a complex topic in a complex discipline, and our goal is to contribute to an understanding of how cultural identity affects our work. This review does not explicitly state how to treat any one cultural group. Rather, it is a tool for psychiatrists and other mental health providers to begin a sensitive and helpful conversation with patients of all backgrounds and a way to explore their own cultural identities. As our nation becomes increasingly diverse, providers are expected to understand how a patient’s cultural identity impacts the presenting problem and, ultimately, treatment. In addition, an ever-present opportunity remains for mental health professionals to explore their own cultural identity and how it may be involved in conscious and unconscious biases, which, in turn, also impact how they interpret, treat, and manage care. We explore key aspects of diversity with the goal of cultivating a deeper level of insight and awareness among psychiatrists in training and those currently in practice when caring for patients with diverse backgrounds. The guidelines offer a starting point toward delivering culturally competent care and, coupled with a commitment to lifelong learning from psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, can help minimize the stigma of traditionally marginalized groups.  This review contains 7 tables, and 67 references.  Key words: aging, diversity, LGBTQ, psychiatry, race, religion 

scholarly journals Who is promoting the stability of the human rights pillar? Lessons from our own experience of dictatorship

European View ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-114
Author(s):  
Günter Nooke
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
World Peace ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Individual Human

According to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, world peace is based on the pillars of security, development and human rights. The defence of human rights is a particular foreign policy strength of both the EU and Germany. Despite advances, human rights are currently under threat from two angles. The first is a tendency to demand so much in the realm of human rights that, in the end, very little is achieved. The second is a growing movement that prioritises the rights of the collective over individual rights. However, it is individual human rights that are paramount and it is possible to extend individual rights without trampling cultural diversity. Given Europe's history of freeing itself from the shackles of dictatorship, its role in the defence of human rights is invaluable.

scholarly journals Europe on a Plate: Food, Identity and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Anderson ◽  
Heather Merle Benbow ◽  
Gregoria Manzin
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Eu Regulation ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
To Come ◽  
Food Identity

This article discusses tensions emerging from conflicting ethnic and national identities in three European Union (EU) member states – Germany, Italy and Spain – through the prism of culinary practices. Food is a marker of cultural identity. In Europe, a wide variety of food practices and culinary cultures co-exist in close proximity, and Europeans thus face the dilemma that confronts all omnivores presented with a breadth of culinary options: while variety can bring the potential for enjoyment, the choice of something new can be perceived as a threat. Within this context, buffeted by the forces of globalisation, migration and supra-national EU regulation, culinary patterns associated with migration strive to come to terms with growing ‘gastronationalism’. This article dissects the differences and similarities in the way this tension manifests in Germany, Italy and Spain.

scholarly journals Cultural diversity in German boards

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Author(s):  
Udo Braendle ◽  
Markus Stiglbauer
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

The rise of MNCs, the expansion of the EU and several M&As have exposed German boards to a variety of cultures. But does diversity in the boardrooms improve performance? Based on an empirical study on German publicly listed companies, this unique research into cultural diversity answers the question if the level of cultural variety and cultural distance on boards of directors have an influence on firm performance in Germany. The results, which show a negative, linear influence of both cultural variety and cultural distance on operating performance measures, show empirical support for the importance of contextual factors in the relationship between diversity and performance. The authors ask for careful consideration before implementing regulations on board diversity.

scholarly journals DISCRIMINATION, ASSIMILATION, and CULTURAL IDENTITY in TAHAR BEN JELLOUN'S LEAVING TANGIER

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Derya Emir
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Tahar Ben Jelloun ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Cost

In today's multicultural countries, cultural diversity, hybridity, assimilation, and cultural identity are key issues. By focusing on the problem of immigration and its inevitable traumatic results on the migrants, Tahar Ben Jelloun's Leaving Tangier fully presents Azel (the protagonist) and his acquaintances' search for identity in terms of history, religion, nationality and cultural identity. Tahar Ben Jelloun's Leaving Tangier is the story of a Moroccan brother and sister who are burning with the desire to migrate to Spain in order to attain better life. The accomplishment of their dreams actualizes at the cost of some compromises and sacrifices that end with the protagonists' physical, emotional failure, and annihilation. The winner of Prix Goncourt for La Nuit Sacrée (The Sacred Night) in 1987, a Moroccan novelist Tahar Ben Jelloun is one of the most prolific and important writers of the recent years. As a novelist and critic, Ben Jelloun artfully combines the fact and fiction, past and present, East and West in his works. in this respect, he creates multidimensional writings that can be read and interpreted from several perspectives. Tahar Ben Jelloun's Leaving Tangier (2006) presents the issues of "wounded childhood," "solitude," "displacement," and "alienation" both individually and collectively in the colonial history of Tangier. This study focuses on the issues of discrimination, assimilation, and cultural identity, experienced by the characters in the novel, resulting from the immigration of individuals from their homelands to Europe in order to find better life conditions.

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