Cultural mediation
| Title | Πολιτισμική διαμεσολάβηση / Cultural mediation |
| Code | ΜΠΜ204 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Economics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Maria Kavala |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600023125 |
Programme of Study: DPMS "DIACΗEIRISĪ TĪS MAZIKĪS METANASTEUSĪS KAI PLĪTHYSMŌN SE KINĪSĪ
Registered students: 30
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600267216
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600267216
- At the Website of the School: https://www.econ-auth.gr/studies/postgraduate/
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The course has no prerequisite courses. It does, however, require critical thinking and an interest in the politics, economics and history of the refugee and immigration phenomenon.
Learning Outcomes
Students are invited to:
– To understand the many and conflicting meanings of culture.
– To delve into the theoretical frameworks for understanding culture and cultural mediation.
– To recognize the historical starting points of cultural mediation.
– To understand international relations and conflicts.
- To learn through examples from Africa, Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and Latin America about international relations and cultural dimensions.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Brief syllabus for the cultural mediation course
Weeks 1-2: Introduction to Cultural Mediation and Mass Migration
• Introduction to the course and its objectives
• The many and conflicting meanings of culture
• Cultural cohesion, integration, multiculturalism, cultural dimensions of conflicts
• Theoretical frameworks for understanding culture and cultural mediation. Definition of cultural mediation
Weeks 3-4: Cultural dimensions of international relations
• Understanding of international relations and conflicts. Their main determinants.
• Culture as a bridge of peace or as a factor of escalation of conflicts? Which aspects and how?
• Cultural mediation in conflict situations
• Cultural mediation in diplomacy
• Cultural mediation in international organizations
Weeks 5-11: International relations and cultural dimensions from Africa, Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and Latin America
• Introduction to the cultures of the regions in question. Historical, social, economic and artistic dimensions.
• Social structures and practices in each region.
• Comparisons, unifying elements, and contrasts between different cultures
• Cultural mediations in economic development and regional cooperation.
• Social inclusion and inequality in mass immigration societies
• Artistic expressions and community building
Weeks 12-13: Work Presentations and field actions
• Presentation of the works and discussion on them.
• Field actions to be decided within the course
Keywords
cultural mediation, international relations, immigration
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- electronic and printed bibliography
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of T.P.E. in teaching. In particular, the internet is used during the course to access and display to the students websites, information, films, documentaries related to the course.
ICT is regularly used in communication with students for consultations regarding the educational process, for questions and concerns regarding their studies.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 50 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 50 | ||||
| Written assigments | 50 | ||||
| Exams | 42.5 | ||||
| Total | 192.5 |
Student Assessment
Description
The precise method of assessment for each course is determined by the faculty member responsible for teaching, and may be based on written or oral examinations, or on students’ assignments, or on a combination of the above. Course grading is based on a scale from one to ten. Five is set as the pass grade.
2. In case of failure in a core course, students are required to repeat it in subsequent semesters.
3. In case of failure in an elective course, students are required either to repeat the course in subsequent semesters or change it with another elective course.
The score is based upon: a) The level of knowledge on the subject b)The capability of analysis and synthesis c)The understanding of the subject.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Ελληνόγλωσση βιβλιογραφία
1.ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΑΚΟ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ, Πολιτισμικές μεταφορές Διαμεσολαβήσεις και διαμεσολαβητές στη σύγχρονη Ελλάδα (1830 - 1940), Περιλήψεις Ανακοινώσεων Αθήνα 10-11 Δεκεμβρίου 2020, https://www.efa.gr/images//manifestations/2020/colloques/2020-12-10-Colloque_Transferts_Mediations_Resumes.pdf
2.Η Διαπολιτισμική Πόλη βήμα βήμα. Πρακτικός οδηγός για εφαρμογή του αστικού μοντέλου διαπολιτισμικής κοινωνικής ενσωμάτωσης, Επικαιροποίηση Anne Bathily, Έκδοση και συντονισμός Ivana D’Alessandro, Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης, https://rm.coe.int/intercultural-cities-step-by-step-guide-in-greek/1680a3dbb6
3.Reich, Wilhelm, Η μαζική ψυχολογία του φασισμού – επίτομο, Μπουκουμάνης, 1974.
Ξενόγλωσση βιβλιογραφία
1) A Practical Bibliography of Books for the Mediation Practitioner (2010 Update), By BARBARA BROWN, https://mediate.com/a-practical-bibliography-of-books-for-the-mediation-practitioner-2010-update/
2) Augsburger, D. W. (1992). Conflict mediation across cultures. Kentucky: John Knox Press.
3) Marjanović Marija, Ivan Idris, Adam Harbutli, Vladimir Sjekloća and Rajko Matuško, STUDENT’S HANDBOOK ON CULTURAL MEDIATION, Štamparija PROOF, Belgrade 2023. file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/Handbook_ENG.pdf
4) Mayer Claude-Hélène Mayer, Intercultural Mediation and Conflict Management Training. A Guide for Professionals and Academics, Springer Cham, Switzerland AG, 2021.
5) Mayer, C.-H. (2005). Artificial walls. South African narrativeson conflict, difference and identity. An exploratory study in post-apartheid South Africa. Stuttgart: Ibidem, Verlag.
6) Morris Catherine, Culture, Ethnicity and Conflict. Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: A Selected Bibliography, https://www.peacemakers.ca/bibliography/bib3culture.html
7) Lewis Richard, When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures, Nicholas Brealey, 2018.
8) Luxemburg Rosa, Socialism or Barbarism. Selected writings, Pluto Press, 2010
9) The Cultural Mediator: Bridging the Gap Between a Non-Western Community and Professional Social Work Practice, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham, The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 31, No. 5 (October 2001), pp. 665-685 (21 pages), Published By: Oxford University Press, https://www.jstor.org/stable/23716345
Last Update
13-05-2025
