Multiculturalism and multicultural education approaches to Indigenous people’s education in Taiwan

Taiwan has cast multicultural policies as a remedy for inequalities and injustices its 16 Indigenous groups face. Such policies aim to revive Indigenous languages and cultures and create a more welcoming and inclusive environment in schools. Despite the fact that Indigenous people are expected to be primary beneficiaries of these policies, not much is known about how they have affected Indigenous students and communities, if at all. Relying on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 Indigenous participants, this paper explores whether the policies have accomplished or are on the way to accomplishing the goals set, as seen by Indigenous people. The findings show that the multicultural approach to education is still informed by assimilationist logic that expects Indigenous people to adjust to the culture and orientations of the dominant group, and as such, does not redress the existing injustices and inequalities

A crise ambiental sob a perspectiva da memória e dos itinerários no mundo urbano contemporâneo The environmental crisis from the perspective of collective memory and trajectories in contemporary urban areas

Em meio a uma situação de conflito de uso de terras e águas na cidade, busca-se compreender os itinerários urbanos presentes nas trajetórias sociais e na memória coletiva de moradores da cidade de Porto Alegre. Investiga-se a relação entre seus sentimentos de enraizamento em seus territórios e o reconhecimento de sua pertença a esferas sociais mais amplas, como a Região Metropolitana e a Região Hidrográfica.<br>Amid a situation of conflict in the use of land and water in the urban environment, this study investigates the urban itineraries present in the social trajectories and the collective memory of Porto Alegre's inhabitants. It investigates the relation between the inhabitants sense of being rooted in their territories and the recognition of being part of wider social spheres, such as the Metropolitan Region and the Hydrographic Region