Dezvoltarea competenței de sensibilizare și expresie culturală la Biblioteca Municipală Mériadeck din Bordeaux (Franța)
Developing Cultural Awareness and Expression Competence at the Mériadeck Municipal Library in Bordeaux (France)

Summary/Abstract: Cultural awareness and expression is a key competence outlined in the European Parliament's recommendations for lifelong learningin the context of the globalized society, made up of a mosaic of cultures and traditions. Cultivating this competence involves understanding and showing respect for how ideas and meanings are creatively formulated and communicated in different cultures at local, regional, national and global levels, and is carried out in formal, informal or non-formal contexts. Public libraries, with their roles of informing, educating and facilitating knowledge, are institutions that can play an important role in cultural awareness in relation to their own heritage, but also in relation to the heritage of other cultures, promoting in an individual and community sense the values of respect for cultural diversity, freedom of expression, solidarity, empathy. Through the educational, cultural and artistic programs they organize, public libraries help overcome social, cultural, economic and other barriers that may arise between groups in a community and contribute to the development of an inclusive society. The article proposes a theoretical treatment of cultural awareness and expression and provides examples of ways to develop this competence through the projects and programs organized by the Mériadeck Municipal Library in Bordeaux, France. This institution has developed a document that presents the library’s development vision for the next five years, depending on the established priorities and local problems, allowing the piloting of a responsible local and national cultural policy. Through the priority given to artistic and cultural education, the articulation of social and territorial cohesion is considered, culture being a privileged tool to learn l’art de vivre ensemble.

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