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The following proposals for action represent new possibilities for international
cooperation in the construction of space enabling intercultural and multilingual
dialog with due respect and tolerance, and the dismantling of stereotypical social
representations which generate discrimination, racism and social exclusion:
• Speeding up the installation of essential infrastructure and equipment
so that more indigenous people have access to cyberspace.
• Promotion of spaces which foster respectful intercultural and
multilingual dialogues.
• Providing technological support to the standardization of the writing
of indigenous languages, particularly with regard to the handling of
special characters.
• Developing thematic agendas and inter-institutional agreements of
international cooperation.
• Promoting the opening of new markets, from approaches to
intercultural and multilingual communication.
• Recognizing leadership and granting awards for projects aimed at the
dissemination and reassessment of linguistic and cultural diversity
(“giving visibility and audibility”).
In the 21 st century equality depends on our ability to recognize that we are
different, and in this regard, citing Delors, to bet for a real ethics of alterity we
must learn to live among different people (Delors, 2001). And one of the biggest
challenges for us, users and developers of cyberspace, is to be able to recognize
and to assume social responsibilities in multicultural and multilingual societies.
References
1. Delors, Jacques. La educación encierra un tesoro. UNESCO, 2001.
2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Resultados
Definitivos. XIII Censo General de Población y Vivienda, 2010.
3. La Rue, Frank. United Nations General Assembly. Human Rights
Council. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. 17 th session,
May 2011, UNESCO.
4. Lewis, M. Paul (ed). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 16th ed.
USA, 2009.
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