In addition to employment, self-employment is also an option for humanities graduates. For someone whose heart beats for language, working with texts is a good option, for example in freelance editing. The core task of freelance proofreaders is to ensure and optimize the quality of a text. With a very good feeling for language and a comprehensive knowledge of spelling, grammar and punctuation, proofreaders check and optimize their clients' texts and publications. They also revise texts in terms of stylistic, visual and argumentative design.

With the help of practical exercises, participants in the workshop will gain an initial insight into areas of activity in freelance editing. In addition, they will learn what they should bear in mind when becoming self-employed and what knowledge and skills they need in order to be successful as freelancers.

Contents

• Proofreading or editing? What is to be done?
• Professional and linguistic competence requirements
• Target groups, text types, profiling
• Examples and cooperative revisions
• Layout, typesetting and other
• Freelance? And the risk?
• Steps to freelancing
• Acquisition, organization and networking: you can't do it without it.

The workshop will be led by Anna Lina Dux, who has been working as a freelance editor since 2014. She holds a master's degree in German language and literature, philosophy, and political science and worked for several years as a research assistant and teacher for special tasks at the University of Kassel. In addition to her work as a freelance lecturer, she continues to offer courses at the department as a lecturer.

The workshop will take place on December01 and 08, both from 14:00-18:00 (including break) via Zoom. Active participation is required to receive a certificate of attendance. It is also possible to obtain a credit for additive key competencies (achievement type "Key Competency Events of the University of Kassel") if, in addition to participation on both days, a course achievement in the form of two cooperative assignments is successfully completed.

The course is offered by FB 02 Humanities and Cultural Studies, but is also open to students from other departments if there is sufficient capacity.

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