Explanatory potential of the concepts of transculturation/transculturality in intercultural education
Explanatory potential of the concepts of transculturation/transculturality in intercultural education

Summary/Abstract: The text introduces the explanatory potential of the concept of transculturation inintercultural education approaches. In the context of today’s migration situation in Europe,there is a need for alternative educational strategies. In these circumstances, the concept oftransculturation/transculturality might be one of the proposals that should be considered.Giving consideration to the changing globalised reality that poses new challenges toeducation systems around the world, I discuss two important concepts of transculturality:Fernando Ortiz’s concept of transculturation and Wolfgang Welsch’s proposal oftransculturalism and transcultural identity. I supplement them with other threads related totranscultural proposals. I am referring primarily to Dirk Hoerder’s concept of TransculturalSocietal Studies and the proposal set forth by Lyudmyla Gorbunova. Next, I mention twointernational research projects in which Polish researchers have taken part, and which, in myopinion, are of a transcultural nature. Finally, I enumerate the most important elements of thediscussed concepts of transculturalism/transculturation, which demonstrate their explanatorypotential in the context of intercultural education.

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