Our daily lives are increasingly affected by globalisation. Knowing how to communicate within a diverse cultural environment and learning how to deal with cultural differences have become indispensable skills. The Academy of Cultural Diversity is a week-long programme which allows young people to explore questions around cultural diversity: How are cultures constructed? How do other people perceive the world? How do we solve the problems that arise from different cultural values? The Academy is characterised by its innovative combination of practical workshops and linguistic support classes in either Spanish or English. Participants will enjoy an immersive learning experience, leading to a deep and lasting understanding of diversity!

The Academy of Cultural Diversity is designed to develop young people´s perception of cultural diversity and intercultural communication and, at the same time, analyse how to prevent hate speech and violent radicalisation. Over the course of the week, young people will learn about intercultural understanding and how to cope with living in a diverse society.

During the Academy of Cultural Diversity we will reflect on:

-Definitions: of multiculturality, interculturality and cultural diversity.
-Intrinsic social and cultural attitudes.
-How we put people into categories and act accordingly.
-How our identities are defined in relation to each other.
-How we develop our attitudes, beliefs and norms and how these affect our lives.
-How gender is culturally constructed and works as a system of norms and hierarchy.
-What meaning we give to difference and how it affects our interaction with each other.
-How an insight into these issues helps you to act more equally towards others.

The programme will include options for other recreational and cultural activities, for example: sightseeing trips to nearby cities, hiking, visits to Adventure Parks, swimming in natural river pools and canoeing.