Fachbereich 02 International: Beyond Clichés – German and International Students in Intercultural Exchange – Wintersemester 2019/2020

Fachbereich 02 International:
Beyond Clichés – German and Inter­national Students in Intercultural Exchange
Various lecturers, Fr, 10:15–13:45, Termine: 18.10.19, 25.10.19, 8.11.19, 22.11.19, 6.12.19, 13.12.19, 20.12.19, 10.1.20, 31.1.20, 7.2.20
R 02-617, Georg-Forster-Gebäude, J.-Welder-Weg 12


Special course for all JGU and Exchange students. This course is taught in English.

Aim:
We are keen to welcome students from Mainz and all over the world to participate in this com­prehensive inter­cultural training. In this course you will team up in small groups to reflect on your own cultural back­ground, how it is per­ceived by others, and how you in turn perceive habits shaped by diffe­rent cultures.

Content:
In this course you are sensitized to pitfalls lurking when encountering different cul­tures, are en­abled to actively shape your own presence in inter­national contexts and to engage successfully in intercultural situations. The course will take place weekly. In three block sessions taught by Ellen Rana, a professional intercultural trainer and academic from Koblenz University of Applied Sciences, you get an insight into the basic concepts and theories of inter­cul­tu­ral com­muni­cation. You will apply this know­ledge to your own inter­cultural experien­ces through­out the semester by realising a video pro­ject in inter­cul­tu­ral teams. Thus, other sessions will consist of workshops about video production and tutorial sessions with hands-on assignments for the video teams.

Course work:
The course work consists of keeping a learning jour­nal to reflect on your own intercultural ex­periences in Mainz, of teaming up with other Ger­man and international participants to create a short video based on these experien­ces and re­flections, and of finally writing your own critical reflection on the finished videos.

JGU-students: Please register via JOGU-StINe.

Exchange students: Please register with the form you get during the InfoDays.

Weitere Infos und Kontakt:
International Office of Faculty 02 – Social Sciences, Media and Sports – LOB-Project
Dr. Esther Brendel, Dr. Alena Kröhler und Dr. Julia Seitz
E-Mail: international.fb02@uni-mainz.de
Internet: www.incomings.fb02.uni-mainz.de/contact und www.incomings.fb02.uni-mainz.de/courses/beyond-cliches