Cultural Integration Initiative
The initiative Cultural Integration was established in December 2016 and is based on a suggestion of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media , the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration , the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs , the Ministry of the Interior and the German Cultural Council back . The constituent meeting took place on December 15, 2016 in the Federal Chancellery. The spokesman for the initiative is the managing director of the German Cultural Council, Olaf Zimmermann .
The project aims to show what contribution culture can make to integration in a multicultural Germany and thus to provide theses on social cohesion.
The initiative aims in particular to provide impetus for an open social discourse on the present and to pose important questions about the future. For this purpose, statements on integration reports or legal texts or on a new partnership agreement are used.
theses
15 theses developed by the project were presented to the public on May 16, 2017.
The theses were based on the concept of culture that was formulated by the UNESCO world community in the "UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policy " in Mexico in 1982. The UNESCO definition of culture is based on the fact that “culture in its broadest sense can be viewed as the totality of the unique spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional aspects that characterize a society or a social group. This includes not only art and literature, but also ways of life, basic human rights, value systems, traditions and beliefs. "
The theses are:
- The Basic Law as a basis for the coexistence of people in Germany must be lived.
- Everyday coexistence is based on cultural customs .
- Gender equality is a cornerstone of our coexistence.
- Religion also belongs in public space .
- The art is free .
- A democratic culture of debate and dispute strengthens opinion-forming in a pluralistic society .
- Immigration and integration are part of our history.
- The liberal democracy requires tolerance and respect .
- The parliamentary democracy lives through engagement.
- Civic engagement is lived democracy.
- Education creates access to society.
- German language is the key to participation .
- Dealing with history is never finished.
- Paid work is important for participation, identification and social cohesion.
- Cultural diversity is a strength.
literature
- Olaf Zimmermann (Ed.): Initiative cultural integration. Cohesion in diversity. 15 theses on cultural integration and cohesion. ConBrio, Regensburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-947308-00-2 . On-line
- Olaf Zimmermann and Theo Geißler (eds.): Debate on values: From leading culture to cultural integration. German Cultural Council, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-947308-06-4 . On-line
Web links
- Project website at the German Cultural Council (homepage with essays, articles, comments, interviews and press releases on the discourse on cultural integration, for example by Frank Überall or Tanja Dückers )
- Andreas Kolb: new music newspaper nmz 66th volume, issue 2/2017: Determine the inner core of our society. Olaf Zimmermann in conversation about the newly founded initiative cultural integration.
- Martin Lätzel: Deutschlandradio Kultur from February 23, 2017 Political feature section: Cultural integration. We need a new social contract.
- Deutscher Kulturrat press release from February 23, 2017: Cultural integration: Arrive, stay, get involved in tomorrow's society. Current focus in politics & culture 2/17.
- Press and Information Office of the Federal Government: Initiative for cultural integration presents theses - Minister of State for Culture Grütters: Strong signal for social cohesion. Press release 169 May 16, 2017.
- Christiane Habermalz: Initiative for cultural integration. Theses for everyone to live together. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur Studio May 9-16, 2017