Historical and legal remarks on cultural diversity and higher education in Brazil in the context of the school system

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Author	FISCHMANN, Roseli
Title	Historical and legal remarks on cultural diversity and higher education in Brazil in the context of the school system
Publication year	2005
Source/Footnote	In: Higher education policy. - 18 (2005) 4, S. 375 - 395
Inventory number	20126
Keywords	Ausland : Brasilien : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : Brasilien : allgemein ; Ausland : Brasilien : Schule
Abstract	The debate about intercultural dialogue and intercultural learning in Brazil must first consider the excluded 'Brazils'. Indeed Brazil has been labeled a 'racial democracy', although the inequality is at one of the highest levels in the world. This article proposes the analysis of the role of education, particularly higher education, in the process of social construction of inequality, and its relations with cultural diversity. To that aim one must reflect on at least four different sources of cultural diversity: the situation of indigenous peoples; the situation of African descendents; the particularities of immigration to Brazil; and the singularities of the religious situation in Brazil. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)