Pluriculturalism

{{Short description|Aspect of identity politics}} '''Pluriculturalism''' is an approach to the self and others as complex rich beings which act and react from the perspective of multiple identifications and experiences which combine to make up their pluricultural repertoire.<ref name=UGR>Runnels, Judith. [https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/637246-english-profile-studies-vol-9-pluricultural-language-education-and-the-cefr.pdf Pluricultural Language Education and the CEFR], Preface </ref> Identity or identities are the by-products of experiences in different cultures and with people with different cultural repertoires. As an effect, multiple identifications create a unique personality instead of or more than a static identity.<ref name=Scribd>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/48131676/pluriculturalism-2 pluriculturalism (2)]</ref><ref name=UGS>Trujillo Sáez, Fernando. [http://www.ugr.es/~ftsaez/aspectos/LEA.pdf Culture Awareness and the development of the pluricultural competence], page 3</ref> An individual's pluriculturalism includes their own cultural diversity and their awareness and experience with the cultural diversity of others.<ref name=UGR>Runnels, Judith. [https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/637246-english-profile-studies-vol-9-pluricultural-language-education-and-the-cefr.pdf Pluricultural Language Education and the CEFR], Preface </ref> It can be influenced by their job or occupational trajectory, geographic location, family history and mobility, leisure or occupational travel, personal interests or experience with media. The term '''pluricultural competence''' is a consequence of the idea of plurilingualism.<ref name=COE>[http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/SourcePublications/CompetencePlurilingue09web_en.pdf 5.1. The concept of pluricultural competence], 5. PLURICULTURAL COMPETENCE: DESCRIPTIVE PRINCIPLES, coe.int</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Çelik|first=Servet|date=2013-01-25|title=Plurilingualism, Pluriculturalism, and the CEFR: Are Turkey's Foreign Language Objectives Reflected in Classroom Instruction?|journal=Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences|series=Akdeniz Language Studies Conference, May, 2012, Turkey|language=en|volume=70|pages=1872–1879|doi=10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.01.265|issn=1877-0428|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Delgado-Algarra|first1=Emilio José|last2=Aguaded|first2=Ignacio|last3=Bernal-Bravo|first3=César|last4=Lorca-Marín|first4=Antonio Alejandro|date=January 2020|title=Citizenship and Pluriculturalism Approaches of Teachers in the Hispanic and Japanese Contexts: Higher Education Research|journal=Sustainability|language=en|volume=12|issue=8|pages=3109|doi=10.3390/su12083109|doi-access=free|hdl=10272/17889|hdl-access=free}}</ref> There is a distinction between pluriculturalism and multiculturalism.<ref name=COE />

Spain has been referred to as a pluricultural country, due to its nationalisms and regionalisms.<ref>{{cite news|title=Spain's general election|url=https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21684152-new-liberal-party-offers-antidote-populist-euro-blues-feliz-navidad-espa|access-date=21 December 2015|newspaper=The Economist|date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

==See also== *Multiculturalism *Cultural diversity *Interculturalism *Intercultural communication *Polyethnicity

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