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Association - Goals and Mission

The main obstacle to proper intercultural dialgue is the fear from the unknown. The Interkulti Assocation was created precisley with the intention to reduce that animosity, by presenting to the public the colorfulness of the cultures of the world through all available modern means of communication.

Restoring trust requires rebuilding bridges leading into the hidden yet powerful construct embodying the core of the “others's” perceived differences.

We believe that being exposed to the culture of the other and learning about each others way of life and way of thinking can indeed contribute to the elimination of preconcieved ideas, racism and intercultural intolerance.
Moreover, evaporating this „veil of ignorance” could lead to a constructive and fruitful dialogue between the various cultures of this planet, which could then breed the kind of creative exchange of wisdom which would stimulate a unique synthesis of knowledge. After all, dialogue is a basic and natural trait of all humans, while progress benefitting all ensues only when civilizstions embark on sharing that knowledge and distinct experiances.

The Interkulti association endeavors to initiate, develop and manage projects which aim at creating meeting points for common thinking in order to deepen dialogue and cooperation between people arbitrarily divided along religious, cultural, ethnic, racial and other lines of differentiation.

Art, music and dance are among the bridges which can lead to those meeting points, and therefore the interkulti Association acts to bring together artists, musicians, djs and dancers from different cultures for jointwork and collaboration, in order to stimualte exchange of perceptions, thoughts and ideas. The Interkulti Association strives to spread the music of the world through all means of communication, including through its weekly world music radio show, which is also streamed via the internet. It also holds and manages the World Party Series, a unique series of cultural events focusing on the presentation and celebration of the great cultures of the world, which includes live music and dance perfromances, live dj acts, in addition to photo and art exhibitions, and screening of visuals taken from the culture presented. (see One world Project).

The second major mission of Interkulti is to introduce the public to the fundamental processes shaping our world and our thinking, and that which impact our perceptions, and to provoke deep thinking about alternative solutions based on wisdom carried by the different cultures and prespectives. Therefore, the Association seeks to stimulate research and publication projects on the academic level on the subjects mentioned below, thus bringing together thinkers from different cultures for joint work and collaboration.

In order to make sure that the results of our work will reach the widest audiance possible, the Association manages its own online portal (www.interkulti.eu, www.interkulti.net both in English and in Hungarian) which include sections on international law, globalization, intercultural dialogue, interfaith dialogue, racism, world music, Asia Europe relations, and more. The Association also initiates and holds seminars, conferences, and roundtable-conversations touching on the issues above, and seeks to spread the knwoledge gathered at such events among as many people as possible, especially the young generation.

Our goal is to feed the audience with a combination of multifaceted experiances, helping in the provision of a wider global perspective, and thus contribue to erasing the cultural, ethnical, religious or any other kind of prejudices and preconceived ideas about "the other," and by that decrease the hatred and animosity between humans.

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The Interkutli Association is also active in providing consultancy and contributing ideas for other NGO's dealing with similar aims, and it is our goal also to mediate possibilities of collaboration between Hungarian and foreign civil non profit organizations, in order to help in bringing into existence mutual intercultural projects serving the purposes mentioned above, both in the Republic of Hungary and abroad.

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