MOSAIC - The training kit for Euro-Mediterranean youth work

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2.3 The history of Europe and the Mediterranean
as Mediterranean stories ____________________________________ 63
2.4 European and Mediterranean power games ___________________ 65
2.5 A short timeline of Mediterranean history _____________________ 66
2.6 History and education ______________________________________ 68
2.7 The institutional framework: the Council of Europe,
the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and historical heritage _______ 70
3. Intercultural learning––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 75
3.1 Introduction ______________________________________________ 75
3.2 What is culture? What is interculturality? ______________________ 76
3.3 Elements of culture ________________________________________ 78
3.4 Cultural diversity __________________________________________ 80
3.5 Culture and globalisation ___________________________________ 80
3.6 Relative notions of culture __________________________________ 82
3.7 Prejudice and ethnocentrism in practice:
Orientalism and Occidentalism ______________________________ 84
3.8 Cultural specificities in the Euro-Mediterranean region:
uniformity versus diversity __________________________________ 87
3.9 Building cultural understanding: intercultural dialogue _________ 89
3.10 Learning to live with(in) diversity and enjoying similarities:
intercultural learning _______________________________________ 91
3.11 Intercultural learning and dialogue through
Euro-Mediterranean youth work _____________________________ 92
4. Youth participation and active citizenship ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 97
4.1 Introduction ______________________________________________ 97
4.2 Young people’s realities – different perceptions of and
opinions on being young ___________________________________ 98
4.3 Democracy and active citizenship __________________________ 101
4.4 What is youth participation? _______________________________ 104
4.5 How to promote democratic citizenship through
Euro-Mediterranean youth activities _________________________ 113
5. Human rights and human rights education ––––––––––––––––––––––– 121
5.1 Introduction: what are human rights? ________________________ 121
5.2 Points of view ____________________________________________ 122