Workshop: First impressions don't come first! Introduction to the discrimination-critical anti-bias approach

When we meet people, our perception is not free. We unconsciously fall back on patterns that are shaped by prejudice. Images of ourselves and of "the others" in our heads are socially powerful and contribute to the disadvantage and discrimination of individuals and groups. Louise Derman-Sparks, the co-founder of Anti-Bias, describes the confrontation with discrimination mechanisms and the associated personal entanglements as a lifelong journey.

Anti-bias is an approach to educational anti-discrimination work that motivates and empowers people and organizations to deal with diversity and interculturality in a prejudice-conscious manner and to actively work against exclusion and for equal participation. The approach, which originated in the USA in the 1970s and was further developed in South Africa, has also been successfully used in various areas of anti-discrimination work in Germany since the 1990s.

On two workshop days, the anti-bias principles are explored, experienced and explained using interactive methods and brief theoretical inputs. The focus is on reflecting on one's own experiences of discrimination, prejudices
and social positions of power.

Registration by March 1, 2024 at https://kurzelinks.de/ErsterEindruck