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While information still carries the connotation of facts and truth, a severe shift in the media landscape has taken place with the emergence of social media. Driven away from mainstream media into filter bubbles and echo chambers, communities and societies have lost a common ground of what once was perceived as a shared reality and, to some extent, shared values. The egalitarian utopia where everyone can be heard, where each individual can contribute to a common public discourse for the sake of consensus, which shapes the identity of a nation, has long given way to a dystopia where everyone hysterically demands to be agreed with. This article explores the historical and economic context and the key players in media and politics responsible for a public discourse that seems to be, as of 2021, shattered beyond repair.
When the first American Naturfreunde/Nature Friends groups were founded in 1910 and 1912, among German and Austrian immigrants they were latecomers, but their socioecological profile gave them a rather unique hue. Their history is here discussed using the examples of two major clubhouses: Camp Midvale in New Jersey and Muir Woods in California. In their first decades, their programs across the nation united political progressivism, leisure time activities, and environmental sustainability. Due to the politicization of the 1930s, their practices forked out in two ways. Camp Midvale remained more fundamentally political but in the 1950s had to succumb to anti-communist pressure, whereas Muir Woods to this day thrives on a combination of German-Austrian cultural traditions with nature sports and nature preservation. These approaches also represent examples of differing models of how to tackle the socioecological problems of our present.
The United States prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, one of diverse backgrounds that came to the country seeking a better life. While this representation of the United States remains a strong pull factor for immigrants, public debate has been contentious and has been further dividing the political spectrum. Re-imagining immigration in a country of immigrants involves examining positive perceptions of early waves of immigration in the United States to the present-day climate of minoritization: from the melting pot to the border wall. As a nation of immigrants, does the melting pot ideology accurately reflect the cultural diversity of Americans today, or does multiculturalism better describe the nation? Considering the future faces of the United States, is the American Dream within reach for immigrants? This article discusses implications for classrooms glocally to foster empathy and skills of critical cultural awareness in evolving intercultural relations in education.
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika haben die am längsten bestehende Demokratie der Welt. Alle vier Jahre rückt ihr politisches System durch die Präsidentschaftswahlen ins Zentrum des globalen Medieninteresses und überrascht die Weltöffentlichkeit stets aufs Neue mit seiner Komplexität und Andersartigkeit. Das vorliegende Unterrichtskonzept bietet einen Einblick in die Besonderheiten dieser präsidentiellen Demokratie und stellt sie auf verschiedenen Ebenen dem parlamentarischen System in Österreich gegenüber. Anhand unterschiedlicher Quellen und Aufgabenstellungen beschäftigen sich die Schüler*innen mit diesem Thema und werden befähigt, sich kritisch zu den angesprochenen Aspekten zu äußern. Das dadurch gewonnene Verständnis erleichtert und ermöglicht den reflektierten Umgang mit an deren politischen Modellen.