The workshop takes the same amount of time as a normal seminar in the winter semester and therefore counts as a full seminar.

A maximum of 25 participants can register for the workshop.

About "Anti-Bias-Education and Training":

[bias: skewed, slanted, inclination/slope, preference; non-biased: unbiased]

"Anti-bias is an active/activating approach to challenge prejudices, stereotypes, bias and the "isms". In a society where institutional structures produce and perpetuate (hetero)sexism, racism, etc., it is not enough to be an observer and not biased (and it is very unlikely). It is necessary for each individual to intervene to challenge and counteract personal and institutional patterns of behaviour."

(quoted/translated from Louise Deman Sparks 1998)

This seminar, which will take place as a block seminar with the participation of two anti-bias trainers from South Africa, will focus on familiarising participants with the content and methods of anti-bias training. The approaches to anti-bias education developed in South Africa were modelled on (and supported by) US strategies. The background to this - at the latest since the first democratic elections in 1994, but also in the years before - was that many grassroots organisations (NGOs) became aware that new educational approaches needed to be developed and practised on a broad social level in order to overcome social segregation structures.

The aim of anti-bias training is to deal with power and discrimination and to unlearn oppressive/discriminatory forms of communication and interaction. However, the focus is not on one form of discrimination (as in anti-racism training, for example), but rather on the interlinking of different forms of discrimination and oppression. Reflection and processing of personal experiences is given a high priority.

The block seminar is closely linked to the Nitsch/Scheller seminar: "Habitus and Gender", but can also be attended independently. It is primarily intended for students of the Master's minor in Women's and Gender Studies.

The trainers, Mrs Beryl Hermanus and Mrs Welekazi Dlova, come from Cape Town, South Africa, where they work for the NGO "ELRU" (Early Learning Resource Unit), focussing on adult education, further training for teachers and educators as well as anti-bias education & training.

The seminar will be held mainly in English.

Pre-registration is required:

In person, by telephone or by email at the Office of the ZFG - Centre for Women's and Gender Studies, Ms Gebauer, Room A11 0-004 between 9 am and 12 noon, tel. 798-4316,

Additional seminar for professional practitioners

"Anti-Bias-Education and Training" for professional practitioners

Time:
Friday, 22.11., 15.00 - 18.00
Saturday, 23.11., 10.00 - 19.00
Sunday, 24.11., 10.00 - 15.00

Location:
University of Oldenburg, A4-4-411 (Attention: room change possible!)

Registration and information:
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Tel.: 0441-2179981

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