Learning to live in multicultural contexts: transformative theory contribution

Using the theory of transformative learning as a perspective that helps people to question and transform the codes of understanding and interpretation that they have acquired throughout their lives in different social contexts and through which their own experiences and actions are given meaning, the contribution presents and justifies the scientific and methodological background that made the F.O.R.W.A.R.D. project possible. Following this theoretical framework, the approach to the topic of radicalization is "rethought" as a construct related to ordinary contexts, a micro-phenomenon resulting from ordinary rather than extraordinary interactions. This hypothesis allows to shift the focus from extremism, such as violence and terrorism, to a broader field, referring to the set of processes that are shaped in daily interactions between individuals in specific public arenas and geographical locations on which the project has focused. This allows the different communities involved to develop inclusive interpretive models of diversity management.