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Diversity and identity in societal context: introductory remarks

Author(s) -

Dina Kiwan

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

london review of education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1474-8479

pISSN - 1474-8460

DOI - 10.1080/14748460801889829

Subject(s) - public sphere , diversity (politics) , citizenship , multiculturalism , identity (music) , sociology , context (archaeology) , gender studies , media studies , epistemology , political science , pedagogy , law , aesthetics , anthropology , politics , philosophy , paleontology , biology

This introductory piece highlights key themes raised by Sir Bernard Crick and Professor Tariq Ramadan. Firstly I consider why citizenship is on the agenda and how these discourses are increasingly linked to discourses of diversity and identity. Secondly, I consider understandings of integration, especially with respect to Muslims, and thirdly, multiple identities and the public/private sphere debate. I propose the concept of 'institutional multiculturalism' which entails firstly, a recognition that public institutions are not culture-neutral domains, and secondly, promoting the process of a diverse 'authoring' in public sphere institutions to reflect the UK's diversity today

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