Interculturality and Sustainability

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held a meeting with the drama group of Budondo and
we came up with some good resolutions. I collected the
data about the course participants and their
expectations.
* We have formed a Centre for Intercultural Studies at
Budondo
* The study group are found in different work places
and Universities
* The centre will be coordinated by Bernard Mukisa who
will supply necessary info and direction through IT
and printed material. Meetings will be called whenever
necessary.
* Also at the centre will be a Study Circle Group.
These will participate in the course through sharing
and discussion with the course study group.
* At the initial stage I shall introduce to the group
what: Interculturality, Entrepreneurship and
Sustainability mean. I shall also introduce to them
the other study groups in Bagamoyo, the Andines and
Sweden. We shall also discuss the importance of
networking and the advantages of distance learning
* We shall begin networking with the other course
study groups to foster exchange of ideas
* I shall introduce to them the kawsay website, the
intercultural blog and other sites that we shall find
useful
* We have formed a Budondo Community Library to which
people are donating books, DVD.s, CDs, tapes and other
material

Members brainstormed on factors that will drive them
in working with an intercultural learning setting:
* Identity
* Language
* Ancestral wisdom and knowledge about medicine,
health living, societal values and education
* History
* Ideology
* Technology
* Production
* Leadership
* Environment
* Economic sector; moving away from subsistence
farming to commercial agriculture
* Sustainable energy
* Human Rights
* A combination of theory and practice

Members also outlined their expectations:
* Gain skills in entrepreneurship
* Gain knowledge in managing economic projects
* Know about other people’s education systems
* Learn about the history and culture of countries of
other study groups
* Acquire better technology in housing, water supply,
lighting and cooking than what is currently used on
the village
* Develop Budondo Community as an intercultural
learning and networking centre
* Develop a community library with collections from
other study groups and countries
* Cultural exchanges where other people visit our
centre to see what we do and give us advice
* To appreciate who we are and what we are endowed
with
* Be able to develop new methodologies
* Improved communication and networking
* Acquire knowledge in managing our environment and
find solutions to climate change in our country

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Voices from course participants in the Andine´s.

1. What are the most important factors for working with an intercultural adult learning setting?
• History
• The language
• Identity-values
• Technology
• Filosophy
• Ecology
• Land and terrotory
• Economy what can we produce to improve teh economy within this area?
• Develop diversity
• Regain our knowledge about our ancesters technology and combine this with
“the knowledge from other parts of the world”.
• Combine produktionfactors between the learning process and productive work.

2 What are the results that we expect from the course?

• Socialise and practise the intercultultural and produktive pegagogy
• Develop the communitarian educative system
• Gain experience and knowledge to create a new methodology.
• Revalue an interculturality that is based on our customs adn habits.
• Strengthen our eduactive system

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In the the beginning of 2008 a new course on Interculturality, entrepreeurship in retalion to a more sustainable Development will start. The initial participants are from Tanzania, Uganda and Sweden but we hope to become a world wide course. The course is very much a result of the discussions held at the Intercultural seminar in 2006 and the different networks that were present. The need to find praxisbased sustainable solutions locally and discuss it in a global setting.

Intercultural Entrepreneurship for a
Sustainable Development
The Academy for Sustainable Development, Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan and University West offers an interesting education
– As a network study circle, as a university course–or both!

Welcome to a course
Not ABOUT
but
FOR
Intercultural
Entrepreneurship for
Sustainable Development
In order to create a global sustainable development we believe we need to start with ourselves and our everyday surroundings.
Meeting other people and cultures will make new perspectives possible, new perspectives on how we live our lives. Meeting different outlooks will also enable new possibilities for creating a sustainable development.
The entrepreneurial approach emphasizes doing; to shift from thoughts and words to action.
In other words a course where we constantly connect theory to practice!

Course objectives
• To understand and discuss different perspectives upon sustainable development.
• Co-operations with individuals, organisations and companies.
• Practical work with sustainable development in a local setting
• Participation in various networks on a local, regional and global level.
.

Who can attend?
The University course/study circle is open for everyone that would like to develop their competence to contribute to a sustainable development in different settings.

To attend the University course You will need basic requirements.

You can either participate in Intercultural Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development as a study circle and/or as a university course.
The University Course is web based, with a flexible study structure.

There are two major themes for the course:
An intercultural and entrepreneurial approach to
Sustainable Development and Project Management
The introductory seminar will be an In Real Life encounter. Apart from the initial gathering a number of meetings with the total study group will be offered.
In-between the gatherings the studies will be performed in so called base groups and individually on the net. The work related to the study-groups will be possible to attend as study groups, conducted by Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan. The base groups will be formed either on basis of location and/or mutual fields of interests.
As a participant in a study circle and/or university student you are also invited to take part in a various number of networks on a regional as well as a global level.

Information
Questions regarding the course can be met by Åse Eliason Bjurström, Högskolan Väst, ase.bjurstrom@hv.se . +46 (0)520-223736 or Miriam Sannum Akademin för Hållbar Utveckling (AkHUt), sannum@delta.telenordia.se +46 (0)734-34 61 05.

Applications
If You wish to participate in a study circle You can contact Mia Ekegren, mia.ekegren@sv.se, tfn. 0522-65 33 33.

The application form for the University course will can be found at the University West homepage www.hv.se. the course code that You will have to put down is: IEA170

Welcome!

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Folkbildning som interkulturell dialog

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Under the category Text produced within the network on intercultuality there will an increasing number of texts added. They are mainly texts produced by students, often characterised as work-in-progress. Some of them are in swedish and some in english. Hopefully we will have a number off languages represented or that we can translate each others text. For an intercultural reading. To start off with The text will not be categorised but we will look into that if it turns out that we need to arrange it in another way. have a good time reading…

Linas text on interculturality from spring 2005

Identity and conciousness, a text by Leonel and Jan-Erik

Reflections on andine text from Meaza, Abinet and Ameha

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previous participators learningcontracts and dreamsceanrios and other course related stuff

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Warming-up at Tingvall

interkulturell pedagogik 15-17 maj.pdf

interkulturell pedagogik affisch.pdf

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SD as Intercultural action.doc

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