{"id":7,"date":"2020-05-06T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie\/colliding-forces-discources\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:28:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie\/multilingualism-interculturalism-social-cohesion\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group full-width-row home-row-1 has-theme-palette-9-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d05cb3ef wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group full-width-row-inner is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Multilingualism, Interculturalism &amp; Social Cohesion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Negative discourses that divide society and actively try to exclude plurilingual and -cultural individuals have been on the rise in recent years. Within each news cycle, migration is increasingly falling victim to negative framing, the knock-on effects of which are significant for individuals with past and present migratory backgrounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Worryingly, there are signs in many national contexts that a societal counter-movement is increasingly gaining momentum. Even in countries with a history of inclusive affirmative action, there is a critical mass of individual who favour and actively call for the exclusion of migrant minority groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">While discourses are part of the problem, they can also represent a powerful force for change. 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