HOW CAN PERFORMING ARTS AND URBAN SPORT ENHANCE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND INTERCULTURALISMIN THE PUBLIC SPACE?

Following an ethnographic approach, the study explores the meaning of inclusion and interculturalism conveyed by some performing arts and urban sportcommunities in the city of Milan. Results show a big presence of youngsters in the public space with a massive participation of young immigrants coming from Philippines and South America. Concerning social inclusion, groups revealed an implicit agreement of space sharing and self-regulation which testify a predisposition to open to others. The real acknowledgment of diversity, which is a peculiarity of interculturalism, occurred only under particular circumstances: during the performer-spectator relationship and when practitioners belonged to the same disciplines. The research also shows the presence of transcultural processes among these practices.