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Cuadernos de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy
versión On-line ISSN 1668-8104
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HERAS, Ana Inés y HOLSTEIN, Adriana. Tools for understanding diversity in community and school settings. Cuad. Fac. Humanid. Cienc. Soc., Univ. Nac. Jujuy [online]. 2004, n.22, pp.79-99. ISSN 1668-8104.
This paper examines the social interactions that take place when people from different places, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds get together. We provide tools for describing and interpreting what goes on, at a micro-interactional level. By posing a general question (what kinds of analytical tools can be provided by ethnography and sociolinguistics in order to understand diversity in community and educational settings?), we reflect on the issues of power that permeate the interactions of diverse people, and we frame a critical perspective on multiculturalism. Data collected during the years of 1996-1998 in two different settings are analyzed: California, USA (work with the community), and Buenos Aires, Argentina (work at a school setting). We end by identifying key elements that may help to understand the complexities associated with diversity, and may be useful to professionals for whom multicultural issues may be a challenge to their practice.
Palabras clave : Ethnography and sociolinguistics; School and community settings; Cultural Diversity; Pedagogical practices.