Dizionario-interculturale

Individualism is the value of societies in which the links between individuals are lost: people are considered to be responsible for their own lives and take care of their family. Collectivism is the value of societies in which people are integrated from birth into strong and cohesive groups that continue to protect them throughout their […]

This dimension, the least analysed at the international level, measures the importance that satisfaction of immediate needs has in a given culture, compared to the social norms that control the behaviour of its members. Perhaps it is useless to point out that this scheme does not take into account the single processes of individuals, who

The volume of sound is essentially linked to the amplitude of vibrations. To understand the ubiquity of the intercultural meanings in the attribution of certain intensities to sound, simply think of the difference between the opposite effects of shouting or quietly whispering.

It is a process (not an end!) that involves people from various cultures on an absolutely equal level. It is a generative process that from diversity creates beauty and sets new knowledge in motion. Promoting intercultural dialogue means knowing how to listen and recognise different points of view regarding the heritage that surrounds us. Intercultural