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Seminar

Africa – insight and inside! Intercultural competence and challenges

Friday, 26 October 2018, 9:30-17:00
Geb. 01.87
SR B 5.26 Rüppurrer Straße 1a Haus B

Africa is a complex continent with more than 50 nations with different political, economical and social conditions as well as individual histories, languages and traditions. Often the cultural diversity is ignored, nevertheless African societies share a common codex of values and behavior patterns different from the Western cultures. It becomes obvious when dealing with hierarchies, the management of time, the indirect communication style and the process of decision making which takes the collective much more into account than the individual.
These differences in cultural dimensions tend to lead to misunderstandings, irritations and counter productivity. The seminar will give an introduction to intercultural competence. Students are invited to reflect their own values and the perception of the „otherness“ of their cultural counterpart. After an input on the African continent we will work with interactive methods (culture shock, refraiming of cultural conflicts, simulations of negations between Africans and Europeans.)
Bringing in your personal experience in Africa/with Africans is highly welcome.

2-3 ECTS

 

Dates:

Fri 26.10.18, 09:30–17:00

Sat 27.10.18, 09:30–17:00

Sun 28.10.18, 09:30–17:00

 

 

 

Speaker
Kerstin Kilanowski, M.A.
Organizer
ZAK | Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft und Studium Generale
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Karlsruhe
Tel: 0721/608 42043
Mail: veranstaltungen does-not-exist.zak kit edu
https://www.zak.kit.edu/studium_generale_und_lehre
Number of participants
17
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