rethink.mt

To follow up on Pope Francis’ visit to Malta, the Archdiocese of Malta is launching a project titled: rethink.mt: rethink culture. rethink.mt is a space for respectful dialogue on complex issues shaping Maltese culture. Supported by the Vicariate for Evangelisation and hosted by Justice & Peace – Malta, discussions will take place with various people active in Maltese society, about the kind of culture we are hoping to build together.

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Ep.03 - Cultural Heritage

2023-08-18

Fr Nicholas Doublet, Church history lecturer, and Dr Karsten Xuereb, reseacher in Cultural Relations together with Mark Cachia discuss Malta's calling to be a 'laboratoy of organic development'.

Every time we disregard our roots and forget where we’re coming from, we are impoverished. Our identity is in danger and we risk falling prey to new forms of ideological colonization. At the same time, an over-emphasis on roots, memory and identity can lead us to the kind of nostalgic ideologies which exclude the “other” and leave us stuck in the past.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 68 MB - Duration: 47:28m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)