Abstract
Globalization in the twenty-first century has contributed to immense changes in world society. Countries across the world are facing many similar issues, and one which is growing and will continue to do so is how diverse cultures with different identities rooted in different histories can live together and find a way to integrate their habits in order not only to tolerate one another but find a universal way to live together with different points of view but the same or similar aims. The intention of this paper is to reflect on a number of insights gained from empirical research on multicultural cohabitation, in particular, by observing the dynamics of relation and power in regions of minorities with three different official languages: Italian, German, and Ladin, in other words, the South Tyrol region, in the far north of Italy, which is frequently seen as a model of integration between different cultures. These three languages entail three different cultures and mentalities. This paper will deal with different issues emerging from multiculturalism and in due course present some insights for solutions to the typical problems of this contemporary cultural phenomenon.