The concept of conviviality as the way of living together with people in cultural diversity

From the case studies of plurilingual child rearing by parents who raise their children in Ireland

Abstract

This paper introduces the theory of Conviviality as the way of living together with others who have different values. And this paper reports the case of language education based on this principle. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possibility of applying the theory of Conviviality in the context of language education and to find viable answers to live together with others who have different values. Firstly, KIM Taemyeong discusses the theory of Conviviality referring to Modern philosophy such as Kant, Hegal, Hobbes and Husserl. KIM focuses on the principles of mutual recognition of freedom and common understanding. Secondly, INAGAKI whose area is language education reports on the “eidetic seeing” workshop which was held with Japanese parents who raise children in a multilingual situation in Ireland. Inagaki discusses the workshop from the point of view of creating meaning and value in language education. Finally this paper discusses the theory of Conviviality in the context of the creation of values as the goal of language education.