INTER CULTURAL DIALOGUE

SPACE

VALENCIA APRIL 2008

Lars Lynge Nielsen - EURASHE

INTER

CULTURAL

DIALOGUE

INTER-

Definition: 1. between; from one to another2. together; mutually

Implication: Among equals !

(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1994 )

“If one is truly to succeed in leading a person to a specific place, one must first and foremost take care to find him where he is and begin there.

This is the secret in the entire art of helping. Anyone who cannot do this is himself under a delusion if he thinks he is able to help someone else.”

Danish Philosopher: Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

CULTURAL NATIONS LANGUAGES RELIGIONS POLITICAL CONVITIONS SUBCULTURES

CULTURES TRANSCEND BORDERS

SUBCULTURES

”CULTURE IS HABITS”

Poul Henningsen, Danish designer and essayist, (1894-1967)

It may not be in our blood,

- but it certainly is in our

brains !

CULTURE

DIA-LOGUE

Etymology: DIA: about; between

LOGOS: words

INTER CULTURALDIALOGUE:

Exchange of views between equals with different culturalexperience, understandingand outlook.

- and how to make it succesful…?

Always remember:

“The shortest distance between two people

is a smile !”

Victor Borge, Danish-American entertainer (1909-2000)

THANK

YOU