Cultural heritage and cultural diversities

• Author: Aida Serjanaj Merhori
• Position: Albanian National Agency of Exams
• Pages: 62-66

Vol. 1 No. 1

January 2017

European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2519-1284

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Cultural heritage and cultural diversities

Aida Serjanaj Merhori

Albanian National Agency of Exams

Abstract

The contect of this research work is related to issues of cultural diversities in Europe and

elsewhere. The material is conceptualized as a presentation of the problem in an international

level of policies of the organizations such as European Union and European Council; it is

designed as an illustration of ideas of wellknown researchers of this study-area and it concludes

with personal a itudes and ideas which represent more than an individual.

While the policies are presented as orientations or instructions for member countries in these

organizations, the ideas of scientifi c researchers and scientists of culture area go much further.

They become guiding and soothing to several social strata to enlight and enrich hopes in these

di cult times of the world.

I want to set aside in this manuscript some issues such as:

• Cultural heritage;

• Intercultural dialogueueue and prevention of the confl icts;

• Cultural policies;

• Cultural activities and socio-economic development;

• Development of the profi le of multiple European cultural identities, enriched by diversity,

international dialogueueue, intercultural confl ict, etc.

The study’s results are according to:

di erent international ideas about cultural diversities.

the discussion in a group of 73 teachers with a lot of experience in teaching sociology, literature,

and history, 109 senior students and 239 professional master students in Albania.

Keywords: cultural heritage, symbols and diversity; intercultural communication.

Introduction

The whole globe is watching and going through quick changes under the e ect of

intercultural interactions. Each civilization gets from other ones di erent elements

without losing its own civilization and treasuring it. The technologic advancement,

the new demographic raports, the great desires to become like West make the work

of governments and international organizations much more di cult, but at the same

time to people themselves to defi ne what cultural background or civilization they

belong to.

Reading the work of S. Hungtinton “The Clash of Civilisations”, I have reread

carefully a lot of literature on symbolic interaction, intercultural communication, but

at the same time I have read about Albanian culture and Albania from wellknown

writers such as E. Durham and F. Konica.

The O ce of Information of the Council of Europe in Tirana organized an activity

with Albanian high school students, in 2006-2007. The participants evaluated the

sociology’s e ect in their development from social area point of view (the school