Brno, May 17 (CTK) – The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno launches an information campaign on migration, minorities and intercultural dialogue on Tuesday, including a new website with recommendations on how to cope with the migrant crisis without prejudices.
The university’s Czech website considers migration a challenge. It offers interpreting services, expert consultations, lectures and courses. It recommends that Czech people try to get to know the Arab culture and traditions and to acquaint the arriving refugees with the local traditions.
“Events that occurred in a seemingly safe distance until now suddenly directly concern everyone of us. However, the phenomenon of migration is nothing new, it is part of human history from the beginning. Our aim is to present the broader context of topics that media and social discussions deal with only superficially,” historian Jarmila Bednarikova, one of the authors of the campaign, writes.
Bednarikova focuses on the migration of peoples at the university.
Europeans are experiencing the consequences of globalisation, the authors of the website write in connection with migrants moving to Europe from countries hit by war, political instability and unfavourable climate conditions.
The lectures offered to the public deal with Arab traditions, the development of the Greek community in the Czech Republic or ways of successful coexistence of different cultures.
People should not seek the negative features of the foreign community, but build a dialogue on what is common, such as the identical foundation of Christianity and Islam, developed care for the weak, poor and ill, respect for the ancient Greek and Roman tradition in science, and contribution of the medieval Muslim science to Europe, the website writes.
