Езикът на различието: социални и политически измерения на културното посредничество
The Language of Difference: Social and Political Dimensions of Cultural Mediation

Author(s): Mihaela Misheva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Education, Political Theory, Public Administration, Sociology, Politics and society, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Culture, Migration Studies, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: cultural mediation; integration; social capital; civic participation; human security; difference; education
Summary/Abstract: The paper explores cultural mediation as a social and political practice that transforms the way we understand integration, security, and civic participation in contemporary societies. Using the example of the Language Buddy project, it demonstrates how education can become a space of trust and dialogue, where difference is not a threat but a source of collective energy. Within the framework of European and national migration policies, the analysis argues for rethinking politics as a process of co-creating meaning rather than exercising unilateral power. Cultural mediation thus emerges as a bridge between individual experience and the public sphere, between human vulnerability and collective responsibility.

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