Tarragona is the home of diversity and contradictions

 Results of the Research Exploration of the Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in Tarragona (Catalonia)

While some of Catalans sell their homes in order to abandon the neighborhood were the immigrants arrived, we find other groups which welcome the integration.

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Perceptions of Israel in Tarragona

 Results of the Research Exploration of the Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in Tarragona (Catalonia)

As we walked in Tarragona city we found huge diversity; Like seeing girls with “hijab” , Italian restaurants, Chinese shops and watching a very essential and traditional festival in Tarragona “castalles” .

So all this in one day one place!

Maybe you are asking what is the relation between the photo and what we had said so far. We are not sure how truly the photo reflects Tarragona position towards Israel, but yesterday was exploring day for participants from “towards dialogue project”, and one of our team members who is an Israeli, was questioned by one immigrant about the war in Gaza. Actually it was more like accusations.

Now the question is could a conflict cause people to be that intolerant?

Where would you go to have a map of migration in Tarragona?

Results of the Research Exploration of the Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in Tarragona (Catalonia)

Reality is always more complex than it seems at first sight. As we experienced yesterday, if you want to know something more about migrants and local people living together in Tarragona you have two options: you can ask  the local institutions or you can observe and talk directly to them in the streets. We chose both. But, eventually, the outcomes were totally different. Read the rest of this entry »