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sity of Urb<strong>in</strong>o, was divided <strong>in</strong>to the follow<strong>in</strong>g thematic sessions: the geographicalapproach to migration issues, immigration <strong>in</strong> a regional perspective, the emergenciescreated by new migration, immigration between normality and deviance, <strong>in</strong>terculture<strong>in</strong> the school and daily life, and the role of associations and local bodies <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>terculturalactivities. New themes were faced dur<strong>in</strong>g the conference sessions, <strong>in</strong> particulartra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, geographic education for susta<strong>in</strong>able space shar<strong>in</strong>g, the activity carried outby Caritas Italia, stereotypes and prejudices towards non-Europeans, the difficult<strong>in</strong>tegration of Roma people, immigration and drug addiction, and f<strong>in</strong>ally <strong>in</strong>tercultureand the teach<strong>in</strong>g of geography <strong>in</strong> teacher tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g schools (Persi, 2005).ConclusionTo conclude, <strong>in</strong> the face of an <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly enlarged and differentiated EuropeanUnion, and <strong>in</strong> the face of immigration com<strong>in</strong>g not only from the Mediterraneanand Eastern European area, but also from very far-off countries (the Far East, Lat<strong>in</strong>America, Sub-Saharan Africa), accompanied by the tendency of numerous ethnicgroups to constitute stable and permanent communities, <strong>in</strong>tercultural themes are afield of great contemporary <strong>in</strong>terest for geographers who <strong>in</strong>tend to work to develop theeducation of welcom<strong>in</strong>g, solidarity, and respect for different lifestyles and thought.To this end, schools and universities would be do<strong>in</strong>g a good job if they managed toconsider diversity as a value and avoid stereotypes and nationalistic or Eurocentricviews. This requires a modernisation of approaches, <strong>in</strong>struments, textbooks, andteachers, dist<strong>in</strong>guished by an <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly more open, <strong>in</strong>tegrated, systematic and,fundamentally, geographic tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g.Italian geographers can f<strong>in</strong>d important opportunities <strong>in</strong> the organisation of newcourses, especially those at Masters level, if they are to promote an <strong>in</strong>terculturaleducation not only for teachers, but also for personnel work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutional structuresor, economical and cultural associations.References1. ARENA G. 1983. Lavoro femm<strong>in</strong>ile ed immigrazione: dai paesi afro-asiatici a Roma,Studi Emigrazione, pp. 177−189.2. BARBINA G. 1997. Conflittualita etnica e multiculturalismo, [<strong>in</strong>:] Brusa C., ed.,pp. 121−132.3. BELLENCIN MENEGHEL G., LOMBARDI D., ed. 2002. Immigrazione e territorio,Bologna, Patron.4. BRUNELLI C. 2003. Educare all’<strong>in</strong>terculturalita, [<strong>in</strong>:] Persi, P., ed., Spazi della geografia.Geografia degli spazi, Ud<strong>in</strong>e, Ed. Goliardiche, pp. 185−217.5. BRUNELLI C. 2005. Educazione geografica per una convivenza sostenibile, [<strong>in</strong>:] PersiP., ed., pp. 39−58.6. BRUNETTA G. 1995−96. La donna nel contesto dell’emigrazione straniera <strong>in</strong> Italia, <strong>in</strong>Atti e Mem. dell’Accademia Patav<strong>in</strong>a di Scienze Lettere e Arti, II, pp. 61−79.7. BRUSA C., ed. 1997. Immigrazione e multicultura nell’Italia di oggi. Il territorio,i problemi, la didattica, Angeli, Milano,.8. BRUSA C., ed. 1999. Immigrazione e multicultura nell’Italia di oggi. vol. II, Milano,Angeli.261

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