WORKSHOP HELD ON MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN TEXTBOOKS

The Messenger, Georgia
Dec 12 2006

CIMERA, a Swiss non-profit organization, held the workshop History
Teaching in Georgia & Representations of Minorities on December 12,
2006 at the Sheraton Metekhi Palace in Tbilisi.

Workshop participants included textbook authors, history teachers from
Armenian and Azeri schools in Georgia, representatives of the Ministry
of Education and Science of Georgia, foreign and local historians,
as well as international and local NGOs dealing with minority issues.

The aim of the workshop is to discuss the integration of the history
of minority groups into mainstream History teaching in Georgia.

During the first part of the workshop, CIMERA presented the findings
of a research project, conducted between September and November 2006,
focusing on the representations of minorities in current Georgian
history textbooks. In the afternoon, propositions were drafted and
discussed with the goal of improving the representation of minorities
in Georgian history textbooks, and forming a basis for teaching
history integrating all sectors and groups of the Georgian society.