Summary of the conference
A commitment to pluralism

The need for pluralism was the final conference topic. Whether you call it pluralism, multiculturalism or interculturalism, the important thing is what you make of it, Dragan Klaic argued.

Allister Sparks showed that in South Africa people had no choice but to make something of it. The different parties had to find a way of living together in the future with more respect for each other. The therapeutic process of negotiation could help bring this about.

The concluding speaker was Josette Feral. She argued that art has always been a model for interculturalism and will continue to be so, as long as it remains outside the domain of politics.