Citizenship, Equality and Culture
Welcome to the Citizenship, Equality and Culture learning activity.
Aims of the learning activity
The main aim of this activity is to consider the uneasy relationship between citizenship, equality and cultural diversity.
While carrying out the activity you will:
- Explore connections between citizenship, culture and identity
- Reflect on the factors which influence your own identity as well as that of others
- Consider whether equal citizenship means that special treatment is given to certain minority groups
- Propose practical measures that ensure greater cultural accommodation
Learning Outcomes
Having completed this activity you should be able to:
- Understand some of the tensions between unity and diversity in citizenship thinking and practice
- Be aware of how relationships between citizenship, culture and identity can give rise to political quandaries
- Better formulate and defend a political stance and its practical implications on cultural questions of citizenship