Summary

Capacities include the resources and forms of knowledge that empower multicultural young people to participate in cultural life and experience a sense of belonging. Participation and capacity have a reciprocal relationship - the greater one's cultural capacities, the better equipped one is to participate in a range of cultural activity. At the same time, participation itself helps one to acquire cultural capacities. Acquiring these capacities can help young people become more mobile, moving beyond narrowly defined social groups, and providing them with the resources to shape the dominant culture. Capacities can include language skills, cross-cultural literacy, social networks and institutional knowledge.

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