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“The challenge of living together in our multicultural societies implies recognition of each person’s history and memory, and at the same time the sharing of a common heritage, in order to trascend past tragedies”, Moussa Iye, UNESCO Chief of Intercultural Dialogue Section.

The visit to the Memorial ACTe was deeply painful. I have visited some other museums and monuments built to preserve the memory of those that suffered during slavery. I always leave the place with the same feeling of sickness. However, they need to be built, people need to visit, read, hear, feel what happened, this is the way to prevent such an abominable thing from happening again.

Our role as teachers should be that of ensuring the incorporation of multicultural education. “To know, to care and to act”. Teachers ought to do these three things and teach pupils to do them, as well. First, we need knowledge, then we need to care, and then it will be the moment to act. In that way we can transform ourselves and the world.

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Today I have learned that culture has a big influence on who you are . It makes who you are. You are not born with it but you are formed by it. I also have learned that you can change the name and the functionality of a place but that it will still be associated with what it stood there before. Especially if it had a bad reputation . It is very difficult to change something from negative to positive. An example of this I saw with the slave market at the centre of Pointe Pitre. People will always associate it with slavery.

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To my mind, every nation has two sides of the cultural heritage – one is the bright side including traditions, customs, music, art, cuisine etc. whereas there is the dark side which involves a nation’s people’s suffering, deaths, battlefields, concentration camps etc. Today, I have experienced both of them while visiting the Memorial ACTe museum dedicated to the memory and history of slavery trade where some of the exhibits were really shocking and thought-provoking. On the other hand, during my stay in the last exposition hall, I really enjoyed seeing all bright, colourful pieces of art and listening to Bob Marley’s songs which invited to celebrate life, freedom and peace.

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Today I've learned that when I'm open to someone else, anyone, anywhere, I get contact from a friendly greeting to a chat.  I spoke to several people today and learned that the Guadeloupans are friendly people.  Curious and genuinely interested.  In the museum I saw images that impressed me.  What I have learned from this is that every human being has the right to live freely.  I learned in the museum at the end that there are still people who do not learn from the atrocities of the past.  The history in the museum was not new.  The stories are learned at school in the Netherlands because my country played a large part in it.  I have learned that it is very important to teach my students that behavior is mirrored.  Wherever you are in the world.  In the photo you can see me feeding a pelican.  I got the fish from the fishmonger.  I wanted to pay him for the fish but he absolutely refused.

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History and culture intertwine, supplement each other. When we know our history, we can change the future referring to our personal and national experience and values as well as we develop ourselves by getting to know our inside. Peace and simplicity is the essence of the joy of life.

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This was the best museum I've ever visited, a real experience "full immersion", a perfect combination of Art and History. I read and watched and listened to everything, it was so impressive!
I now understand the importance of culture when it comes to rebellion, "la culture d'un jardin personnel", the "jardin créole", now I can see the connection between culture e "cultiver". I'm very curious to see the English equivalent in Liverpool (we find that in our English textbooks in year 7) and find out what they made out of it... The photo I've chosen for today is just one of the many examples of street art you can find everywhere in Pointe-à-Pitre.

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Session 2 Culture
What impressed me the most in the museum today are the bronze busts with the chains. How is it that we can treat each other like this? I'm afraid it will never stop. Every time we think 'Never again!', we inflict the most horrible things that are far beyond my comprehension upon another. Why don't we always treat others the way you want to be treated yourself?

After visiting the museum, our group took a walk through the center of Point-à-pitre and met several wonderful people. We chatted with the fishermen about their trade, with Madame Paulette and her husband about the spices of Guadeloupe and the differences between the Netherlands and Guadeloupe, with a very friendly young man who is a student of the local college about his school, we had a friendly conversation with a gentleman who was on his way home and, while enjoying a piece of cake, told us about his city a little further away and why he was here.

Today I learned (gotten reaffirmed again) that if you approach someone (from another culture) with respect, openness and kindness, it always makes the world a better place.

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Yeah, what can I say... I've seen the slave fortress in Africa, anti-apartheid museum in South Aftica, anti-white museums in Belize or Jamaica. It's all about humanity: in my friends' words"How an asshole can one be towards another?"

No photos today, since the well-organized museum did not give us a chance to give up the reality...

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Roots
Culture
Communication
Three words for today. They all came visible in today’s museum visit. It was second time for me, but this museum is experience that can be repeated and you’ll find something new every time. I would love to bring my students here some day. This exhibition is really well built. It is pedagogically one of the best one I have ever visited. It combines contemporary art in very effective way with history and the culture that has been borned here not that long ago. Art pieces brought history and human experience alive.
“Memory inspires the future”…slogan found from museum. Today I also learned that people in Guadeloupe don’t live in past.

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A culture is shared patterns of behaviours and interactions that are learned by socialization.
Culture includes our language, beliefs, religion, food, what we wear, music and a thousand other things.
How we relate to and understand others' cultures is made possible and opened up to us through prior personal and cultural histories.
Culture of Guadaloupe is like extraordinary palette of cultures. It is marked by Caribbean, African, European and Indian influence. Guadaloupe history has a lot of dark times. Slavery that started with Christopher Columbus landing in Saint-Mary. In 17th century Guadeloupe became a colony of the French kingdom, but still there was slavery which was regulated by the Black Code. The resistance from slaves went down in history.
The past has significant impact on the culture nowadays. It has made a strong and united community in Guadaloupe.