Human rights and intercultural dialogue: rethinking asymmetric relations among cultures

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Patricia Lora León

Abstract

This article seeks to problematize, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the notions of difference, diversity, culture, otherness and equality, notions both with an intrinsic relation between cultures and of the human rights’ practice. Based on the experience of marginalized and invisible subjects and groups from spaces for interaction and dialogue between different cultures —as in the case analyzed in my PhD thesis on indigenous peoples of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta—this paper argues about possibility of rethinking the strained relations and conflict between human rights and intercultural dialogue. 

Author Biography

Patricia Lora León, Universidad Estatal de Campinas

Doctora en Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Estadual de Campinas (Brasil). Magíster en Investigación Social Interdisciplinaria de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas y comunicadora socialperiodista de la Universidad Central de Bogotá. Con experiencia en investigación social interdisciplinaria con énfasis en comunicación, periodismo, derechos humanos, cultura política, filosofía política, divulgación científica y cultural y diálogo intercultural. Participación en proyectos de intervención social, comunicación para la paz, democracia y derechos humanos.