Potrzeba edukacji międzykulturowej w społecznościach lokalnych na przykładzie badania partycypacji w kulturze i potrzeb kulturalnych mieszkańców Sejn

The main goal of the article is indication the need of intercultural education in a local society. In the paper is discussed an example of Sejny – the small city in north-east part of Poland. Despite of long, common history of two different social groups, living in the same city – Poles and Lithuanians – there is a need of collaboration on the field of intercultural education. The discussion is based on the theoretical considerations and research which was conducted in 2015 in Sejny within the project of National Center of Culture – „Dom Kultury + Inicjatywy Lokalne 2015.