Activities:

Roundtable discussion on the journal

InterCulture

THE LANGUAGES OF THE ‘WE’

Perspectives for Community Regeneration

Date:Thursday, May 27th 2010, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Location: 1644 St. Hubert Street, Montreal (Metro Berri-UQAM)

The four articles presented in the issue 157 of InterCulture attempts to raise people’s awareness of the fact that the meaning of community and community living/action can be understood very differently in Quebec and elsewhere around the world.

To what extent does the individuation of our identity and social cohesion, particularly in the Western World, affects community actions in contemporary Quebec? What can these different conceptions of community and community action offer us in order to respond to contemporary socio-political and ecological issues?

Program:

Introduction of the main theme

Ms Kalpana Das: Executive Director of the Intercultural Institute of Montreal and Coordinator of the InterCulture journal;

Presentation by one of the authors

Mr Jean-François Lessard: Researcher and Teacher, Political Science Department, Université du Québec à Montréal;

Discussant

Mr Gilles Bibeau: Professor, Department of Anthropology, Université de Montréal, and Associate Editor of the InterCulture journal.

Target group:

All community workers who deal with these issues daily are invited to come and share their expériences with others. Let your voice be heard !

Informations:

For registration, please contact Marie Delaval
Email: promotion@iim.qc.ca / Phone Number: 514 288-7229

Suggested contribution: 5$

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