LEARNING ABOUT DIVERSITY : EXPERIENCES FROM THE IPIREL PROGRAM AT UMY
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2016Author
AZMAWATI, DIAN
HERNINGTYAS, RATIH
WONOADI, GRACE LESTARIANA
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The end of the 20th century has seen increasing awareness about issues of diversity and reflection of its abuse for political interests. This became possible after humankind had faced the experience of losing humanity. On the other hand the establishment oh new formof exclusion was fostered. In the new exclusion, the efficacy of an imagined eternal fight and its intrinsic principle of creating differences with political impact have become visible. Differences still matter, other differences. Diversity remains to be a political issues-with changing aspects of otherness which are labeled as politically relevant or not. It seems sound to predict that the ability not only to manage diversity., but to take advantage of it, and to assume leadership in diversity politics in order to initiate process that open new space for all, will be the most important issues for development of humankind, if the goal remains a prosperous and just society