Workshop Reference number

Make Yourself Heard

Subject area: Intercultural education

European citizenship and European dimension

Learning about European countries
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
People of all ages with an interest in vocal music and the voice, and in intercultural dialogue, making music together and creative activity, especially people with: - migrant backgrounds - little formal musical education or training - little experience of foreign countries and working in a multicultural group
Menschen aller Altersstufen mit Interesse an Vokalmusik und Stimme, und an interkulturellem Austausch sowie gemeinsamen Musizieren und kreativem Tun, besonders Menschen mit: - Migrationshintergrund - Wenig formalen musik-bezogenen Kenntnissen - Wenig Erfahrung in Auslandsaufenthalten und interkultureller Arbeit
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
We will get to know songs and the cultures they come from through learning and singing them together. Each participant will bring songs from his or her original and new homeland to teach to others from other countries. We will talk about what these songs mean to us and what they say about our homelands and their people. You don’t have to be able to read music; we learn the songs by singing together, the most natural way in the oral tradition. We will also learn to use our voices more strongly, firmly, subtly and convincingly, without strain or stress, so that we can feel more at ease and make ourselves heard in the many everyday situations where we have to assert ourselves (speaking in front of a group, at work and in the neighbourhood) and take a more active part in our community. Two experienced breathing, speech and voice trainers will lead a varied and enjoyable programme of movement and voice exercises that will teach us a lot about the power and beauty of our voices. We will see and hear our progress by recording ourselves on video and audio, and with a computer-assisted voice analysis programme. We will also work on ‘stage fright’ and learn exercises that help us use our nervousness constructively. We will live and work together in a friendly seminar house next to a wood on the edge of Hannover. To celebrate we will invite guests and acquaintances to a ‘voice café’ concert, but our main purpose is to enjoy our own and each other’s voices and learn a lot about each other and with each other.
Wir werden durch die Vokalmusik einander und andere Kulturen kennen lernen. Jede/r bringt Lieder aus ihren/seinen alten und neuen Heimatländer mit und bringt uns allen sie in der Originalsprache bei. Dabei erzählen wir, was diese Lieder uns bedeuten und was sie über unsere Länder und ihre Völker zu sagen haben. Noten muss man nicht lesen können; wir lernen die Lieder durch Nachsingen, wie es eigentlich am natürlichsten geschieht. Wir lernen auch, unsere eigenen Stimmen stärker, fester, überzeugender und schonender zu nutzen, und schöner und differenzierter zu sprechen, um in den vielen Alltagssituationen, in den wir uns behaupten müssen (vor einer Gruppe sprechen, bei der Arbeit und in der Nachbarschaft uns Gehör schaffen) wohler zu fühlen und effektiver in unseren Gesellschaften agieren zu können. Zwei erfahrene Atem- Sprech und StimmlehrerInnen leiten ein buntes Programm von Bewegungs- und Stimmübungen, die viel Spaß machen und viele neue Erkenntnisse über die Kraft und Schönheit unserer Stimme vermitteln. Unseren Fortschritt werden wir u.a. durch Video- und Tonaufnahmen und anhand einer computergestützen Analyseverfahren merken. Wir werden uns auch mit dem Thema ‚Lampenfieber’ beschäftigen und Übungen lernen, damit wir unsere Nervosität positiv nutzen können, Wir wohnen und arbeiten zusammen in einem freundlichen Seminarhaus neben einem Wald am Stadtrand von Hannover. Als Abschluss laden wir Gäste und Bekannte zu einem Konzert mit Caféambiente ein, aber wir sollten in erster Linie Freude an unseren eigenen Stimmen finden und von- und miteinander viel lernen.
Workshop Organiser: Ada-und-Theodor-Lessing Volkshochschule Hannover
Contact details: Theodor-Lessing-Platz 1

D-30159 Hannover

DE-GERMANY

Tel.: [phone]

00 49 17 54 33 06 69

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

www.vhs-hannover.de

Workshop Reference number: 2012-1-DE2-GRU13-11842
Venue: Ökodorf Sieben Linden in Beetzendorf

Date of the Workshop: 10/02/2013 - 17/02/2013

Meaningful Conversation – Insights and Skills for building bridges in communication

Subject area: Basic skills for adult learners

Active citizenship

Other
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
Citizens of EU countries who are socially and economically disadvantaged and/or have limited access to opportunities of education; people being interested in understanding more about the nature of communication, and in learning how to communicate successfully and meaningfully; people wanting to participate in society.

Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
We will create a vibrant learning community meeting in a constructive and focussed as well as playful and relaxing atmosphere. We will enquire into the nature of communication and typical challenges like misunderstandings and conflicts. We will learn more about ourselves by exploring into our voice, body language and general characters in communication. We will write creatively, and learn to speak up in front of small groups. A lesson on the inner critique will tell us how to coach and support ourselves. We will learn how to listen deeply, and how to give and receive feedback. We will learn about modern tools for conflict-resolution and non-violent-communication. We will learn to mutually support each other with simple coaching techniques. We will experience world cafe and open space as settings for participatory and self-organized active citizenship. We will visit a regional citizens' initiative for an exchange on cultural differences in participatory citizenship. We will learn more about living in the self-organized ecovillage of Sieben Linden. Throughout the workshop we will celebrate cultural diversity and focus on the possibilities for mutual learning within an international group from all over Europe.

Workshop Organiser: Global Ecovillage Network of Europe e. V.
Contact details: Sieben Linden 1

38489 Beetzendorf

DE-GERMANY

Tel.: [phone]

00 49 39 00 09 04 03 4

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

www.gen-europe.org

Workshop Reference number: 2012-1-DE2-GRU13-11323
Venue: Berlin Date of the Workshop: 01/07/2013 - 07/07/2013