Intercultural Learning

The workshops are targeted at individuals and groups actively working in an international context as youth workers, art and cultural producers, cultural managers and journalists.

Today few art and cultural organisations can claim to function successfully without international contacts and partners or in a monocultural setting. Intercultural and diversity competence becomes imperative to successful social and professional interaction.

Awareness of the challenges inherent in working in a diverse setting, reexamining communication practices, assessing oppressive policy and practice in organisational and societal structures and one’s own practice environment, as well as exploring the practical implications of the same lays the foundation for such social and intercultural competence. Based on the personal experiences of the participants, the interdisciplinary, interactive workshops, which combine theory and practice, set into motion a learning process that provides time and space for reflection and for applying the learned to one’s work and everyday life.

Duration of intercultural learning workshops vary from three to six day.

Pedagogical Activities (Selection)

Thematic Archival Walks as an educational resource

2023 Developed five “thematic archival walks” through the archive “The Fifth Wall” for its international launch in India in April 2023. The digital archive, The Fifth Wall, is a treasure trove of material comprising films, reportages, texts, letters, photos, which is a tremendous resource to discuss themes of interculturality and diversity, gender, racism and migration and to explore strategies to transform hierarchies. Using material from the “The Fifth Wall”, she developed a process to discuss and sensitise media students and young people in general on Decolonisation, Gender, Migration and Racism, Migration and Media Ethics, and Cultural Transfer. Hosted by the Goethe-Institut and Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation, she presented four of these thematic walks for the launch of “The Fifth Wall” in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune in April 2023.
For more information on the international launch: https://die-fuenfte-wand.de/en/workspace
To access the thematic walks: https://die-fuenfte-wand.de/workspace/thematic-archive-walks

Anti-Bias and Diversity Trainings

2024 Conceptualised and led a 2-day Anti-Bias Training for documentary film students of the Professional Media Master Class (PMMC) in Halle, Germany, commissioned by Worklights Media Production GmbH.

2008 Conceptualised, organised and conducted a 2-day Anti-Bias Training, “Making Diversity a Reality!” for 9th graders at the Berlin British School and Nelson Mandela School, October 2008 and January 2009 respectively, Berlin, Germany.

2008 Conceptualised, organised and conducted a 2-day Anti-Bias Training, “Making Diversity a Reality!” for 9th graders at the École Mondiale School and Bombay International School, March and April 2008 respectively, Mumbai, India.

These four trainings were conducted for and form part of my dissertation “Political Education in Plural Societies: Using the Anti-Bias Approach to challenge oppression in Bombay and Berlin”, University of Kassel.

Intercultural Learning, Anti-Racism and Human Rights Education

2018 Co-trainer of the International Training for Trainers of the project, “Skills and Competences for a Global World”, on intercultural learning and anti-discrimination. Co-funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by Dejavato Foundation and ICYE International Office. March 1 – 5, 2018, Bali, Indonesia. https://www.icye.org/skills-and-competences-for-a-global-world/

2017 Co-trainer of the training for youth NGOs in Europe, “Youth Work Can Unite: Merging Parallel Realities in Europe”, focusing on anti-racism and supporting refugees in Europe. Co-funded through the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by Grenzenlos Austria and ICYE International Office. February 22 – 26, 2017, Graz, Austria. https://www.icye.org/youth-work-can-unite-merging-parallel-realities-in-europe/

2016 Co-trainer of the Gauging Impact Conference of the project, “Communicating Human Rights in Diversity” for youth NGOs in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Co-funded through the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by ICYE Colombia and ICYE International Office. April 21 – 25, 2016, Bogotá, Colombia. http://www.icye.org/communicating-human-rights-in-diversity/

2015 Co-trainer of International Training for Human Rights Education Multipliers, “Communicating Human Rights in Diversity”, co-funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by Dansk ICYE and ICYE International Office. March 19 – 23, 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark. http://www.icye.org/communicating-human-rights-in-diversity/

2010 Co-trainer of the training for youth workers, “Migrating Identities. Voluntary Service as a tool for Integration”. Organised by CCIVS (Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service) and funded by the Council of Europe. November 28 – December 5, 2010, Barcelona, Spain.

2009 Co-Trainer of the Asia-Europe Training for Youth Leaders, “The Role of Human Rights Education in Intercultural Dialogue – an Asia-Europe Perspective”. Organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation and Council of Europe. May 17 – 24, 2009, Budapest, Hungary.

2008 Expert in Intercultural Learning for four trainings within the scope of the project, “Promoting Interethnic Dialogue and Intercultural Learning – Training for EVS sending and host organisations in EU, African and Asian Countries,” in Berlin, Germany, Cape Town, South Africa and Bangalore, India, between January – July 2007. Co-funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by ICYE International Office. http://www.icye.org/promoting-interethnic-dialogue-and-intercultural-learning/

2007 Co-trainer of the “Asia-Europe Training For Trainers on Intercultural Learning”. Organised by CCIVS and Asia-Europe Foundation. May 25 – 31, 2007, Manila, Philippines.

2007 Co-trainer of the preparatory training for participants of the project, “Intercultural Dialogue. Multilateral EVS project in EU and Asian Countries”. Funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by the ICYE International Office. September 24 – 27, 2007, Berlin, Germany.

2004 Co-trainer of “Discrimination and Social Exclusion,” a training for teachers of the Liborius Gymansium in Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt. Organised within the scope of my M.A. in Intercultural Education, 2004, Free University, Berlin.

Social Entrepreneurship

2019 Co-trainer of the International Social Entrepreneurs Workshop of the project, “Young Leaders for Social Change: Entrepreneurship through Volunteering”, within the scope of the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by Foundation SES and ICYE International Office. March 11 – 15, 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
https://www.icye.org/young-leaders-for-social-change-entrepreneurship-through-volunteering/

Sustainable Development and Activism

2014 Co-facilitator of the Evaluation conference of the project, “Citizenship for Change: Empowering Volunteer Activism”. Co-funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by Brigada de Voluntarios Bolivarianos del Peru and ICYE International Office. October 13 – 17, 2014, Lima, Peru.
http://activist.icye.org/ and http://www.icye.org/action-3-2-citizenship-for-change-empowering-volunteer-activism/

2014 Co-trainer of the International Training-Seminar of the project, “Citizenship for Change: Empowering Volunteer Activism”. Co-funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by AFAIJ Spain and ICYE International Office. March 31 – April 04, 2014, Madrid, Spain.
http://activist.icye.org/ and http://www.icye.org/action-3-2-citizenship-for-change-empowering-volunteer-activism/

2010 Co-trainer of the 9th Asia Europe Young Volunteers Exchange (AEYVE 2010), “Civil Societies at Work – Measuring voluntary service impact, from personal to community development”. Organised by CCIVS and the Asia Europe Foundation. August 10 – September 7, 2010, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

2009 Educational advisor and co-trainer of the Asia Europe Young Volunteers Exchange (AEYVE 2009) “Intercultural Approaches to Environmental Sustainability”. Organised by CCIVS and Asia Europe Foundation. August 21 – September 4, 2009, Singburi, Thailand.

2008 Co-Trainer of the Asia Europe Young Volunteers Exchange (AEYVE 2008), “Intercultural Approaches to Sustainable Development. Volunteering for today and Tomorrow: How to foster sustainable choices among volunteers and local communities?” Organised by CCIVS and Asia Europe Foundation. November 5 – 19, 2008, Singburi, Thailand.

2008 Co-trainer of the preparation and final evaluation trainings for the participants of the project, “Youth and the Environment. A multilateral EVS project in EU and Asian Countries”. Funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by the ICYE International Office. September 2008 and June 2009 respectively, Berlin, Germany.

2005 Trainer of the Anti-Bias and Socio-environmental workshop with teachers under the aegis of the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, India.

Gender

2010 Trainer of “Gender Sensitivity at (Voluntary) Work”, training for youth volunteers. Funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by CCIVS. December 14 – 15, 2010, Victoria Falls, Zambia.

2010 Trainer of the Gender Sensitivity Workshop for youth NGOs in Europe. Organised by CCIVS and UNESCO. December 10, 2010, Paris, France.

2009 Expert and co-trainer of the “Euro Latin America Training Seminar on Promoting Young Women’s Active Citizenship”. Co-funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by the ICYE International Office. July 12 – 18, 2008, Quito, Ecuador.

Non-Formal Education

2016 Co-trainer of “Volunteers at the Interface between Formal and Non-Formal Education. International Multipliers Training” for youth NGOs and educational institutions within the framework of the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme. Organised by Grenzenlos Interkultureller Austausch – ICYE Austria and ICYE International Office. February 7- 11, 2016, Vienna, Austria. http://www.icye.org/volunteers-at-the-interface-between-formal-and-non-formal-education/

International Volunteering and Impact Assessment

2016 Co-trainer of the training for communication professionals of the project “Calling Youth to Action in a Global Visibility Drive”. Co-funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme and organised by ICYE Ghana and ICYE International Office. November 16 – 20, 2016, Accra, Ghana. http://www.icye.org/calling-youth/

2013 Co-facilitator of “Evaluation of a Volunteering Research Training”. Co-funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by Maailmanvaihto Finland and ICYE International Office. October 14 – 18, 2013, Helsinki, Finland.

2013 Co-trainer of “Training on Cross-Cultural Volunteering Impact”. Co-funded by the EU’s Youth in Action Programme and organised by ICYE-UK and ICYE International Office. April 18 – 22, 2013, London, United Kingdom. http://www.icye.org/action-4-3-training-on-cross-cultural-volunteering-impact/

2007 Trainer of the Training for Trainers, “Approaches to intercultural learning in a globalised world: How to strengthen the local impact of voluntary service organisations in Eastern Europe”. Organised by CCIVS. November 15 – 19, 2007, L’viv, Ukraine.

2007 Speaker on the panel, “Manifold Partnerships to achieve UNESCO’s objectives. Concrete Examples” on behalf of CCIVS at the UNESCO General Conference, International Forum of Civil Society, October 25, 2007, Paris, France.

2007 Trainer of the preparation and evaluation trainings of the “Asia Europe Youth Trainers Exchange 2007”. Organised by CCIVS and Asia Europe Foundation. September 11-15 and September 29 – October 2, 2007 respectively, Paris, France.