'Dorfbildungstage' in Südtirol. Weiterbildung zwischen Identitätspflege und Interethnizität

This article describes the Dorfbildungstage (Village Education Days as a specific instructional format widely used in the valleys of the autonomous Italian province of South Tyrol. The format's regional importance comes from the fact that it integrates an inter-ethnic factor. In these largely rural communities, where differences between ethnic groups are always in the foreground, the village education days form a culture whereby German and Italian ethnic groups shape village learning together on a voluntary basis.