Panagiotis Kimourtzis, G. Kokkinos, Ioannis V Papageorgiou, Ioannis Papageorgiou
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Greece has been the focus of the mass media because of the ongoing economic crisis and the mixed migration flows that use the country as entry point to Europe. Although conceptually different, both phenomena converge in a vicious cycle that triggers an othering process. The economic crisis transfers Greece from the geopolitical centre to the periphery making the country dependent on the external economic and political decision making. Nevertheless, apart from being at the border, Greece is also the border of Europe. Peripherality appoints to Greece an instrumental role for the management of migration. Boundaries as “thresholds” produce patters of inclusion and exclusion creating by that perceptions of the Self and the Other. To that extent, the instrumental role of Greece as consequence of its peripherisation amplifies locally an othering process. Based on a different function of borders and peripheries, namely the endorsement of antagonistic narratives, this article discusses potential interventions in that vicious cycle. A local cultural diversity in Rhodes, Greece, the Rhodian Muslim community has been the receiving end of diversity management policies with particular emphasis on education throughout the 20th century. The knowledge accumulated may support new efforts countering the othering process. Resumen Grecia se ha situado en el centro de atencion de los medios de comunicacion a causa de la actual crisis economica y de los flujos migratorios mixtos que utilizan el pais como punto de entrada a Europa. Ambos fenomenos convergen en un circulo vicioso que desencadena un proceso de alterizacion. La crisis economica mueve a Grecia desde el centro geopolitico a la periferia, haciendola dependiente de la toma de decisiones economicas y politicas externas. Ademas de estar en la frontera, Grecia es tambien la frontera de Europa. La perifericidad le atribuye un papel instrumental en la gestion de la migracion. Los limites como "umbrales" producen patrones de inclusion y exclusion que se crean por esa percepcion de Si mismo y del Otro. El papel instrumental de Grecia como consecuencia de su periferizacion amplifica localmente un proceso de alterizacion. Basado en una funcion diferente de las fronteras y las periferias, y con el respaldo de narrativas antagonicas, en este articulo se discuten posibles intervenciones en ese circulo vicioso. Una diversidad cultural local en Rodas (Grecia), la comunidad musulmana rodesa, ha sido la receptora de las politicas de gestion de la diversidad con particular enfasis en educacion a traves del siglo XX. El conocimiento acumulado puede respaldar nuevos esfuerzos para contrarrestar el proceso de alterizacion.
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The journal Social and Education History, aims to closely connect these two fields of study, by publishing relevant articles focused on both the analysis of societies and, the socialization processes and cultural and educational transmission. It focuses on the study of social change and transformation periods. It includes the analysis of social and pedagogical thought, as well as the teaching of history. It is open to all historical periods. The journal comprises the analysis of all learning, cultural transmission and socialization processes, together with social analysis. It brings together education and society, and enhances the role of education in the learning processes and development of societies. Furthermore, it includes the study of social and pedagogical thought and the teaching of history, and as there is no limitation of time period, this journal achieves an integrating dimension regarding the study of history that a vast majority of publications do not have. Social and Education History is a digital and free publication, which aims at disseminating scientific knowledge and generating debate in order to promote an active history addressed to reflect on the past, the present and the future, and at the same time to be useful in deepening in the values of democracy and social justice. The journal publishes research articles, reviews, monographs, and articles on doctoral dissertations, about social and educational history. It is a four-monthly publication and multilingual. HSE publishes articles in English and Spanish. This journal has two sections, one for articles and another for book reviews. This journal includes articles about ended or in progress scientific inquiries. The journal publishes reviews of books that have been recently published in the field of education or other disciplines and of international interest.