Interculturality in a globalized world
Interculturality in a globalized world

Summary/Abstract: Touraine (2012) observes that development is no longer a stage that follows tradition: in the globalized society space and time, private and public life are compressed. With networked communication systems, billions of individuals do the same things, wear the same clothes, watch the same films, drink the same cola and use the same language. International concerns revolve around the same problems: environmental pollution, the greenhouse effect and the pandemic (financial flows and technologies). Nevertheless, the things we share that allow us to affirm we belong to the same culture are not these. Each society and social group has a culture of its own and “globalization” certainly means world distribution, but there is a separation between the circulation of goods and services and the bond with a particular culture or society. The term “multiculturality” implies multiethnicity and these two words often coexist within one country or big city. Communication between different cultures may take place at the level of interpersonal communication, but also at the level of formal written messages, on the Internet or in the press.

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