Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview?

INVENT members Jordi Lopez, Tally Katz-Gerro, Jörg Rössel, and Simon Walo have published a new article in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations. The European social landscape has evolved through Europeanization, globalization, and migration, resulting in more transnational exchanges, personal connections across countries, and increased cultural and ethnic diversity. The authors examined whether these changes have fostered a new inclusionary cultural worldview and its social foundations. Using data from a recent survey conducted in nine European countries, they found evidence of both inclusionary and exclusionary orientations at the levels of geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness. These orientations appear to be correlated, forming a broader cultural worldview. The inclusionary worldview is more prominent among better-educated, older, and female individuals, as well as in more socioeconomically developed countries. Conversely, the exclusionary worldview is more common among less-educated, older, and male individuals, particularly in less developed or economically unstable countries.

The article is available in Open Access. You can find it here.