Workshop-Understanding Yourself-Understanding Others. In intercultural Dialogue. 3600-KM-RSRI-OG

The workshops are based on the assumption that all communication, and especially intercultural communication, is more comfortable for the people participating in it if they are aware of their own needs, thoughts and emotions, boundaries in interpersonal contacts and the key mechanisms occurring in the process. communication. Moreover, if they are able to reflect on this awareness, make decisions based on it, and then implement them, the chance of conducting even difficult dialogues in the safest and most satisfactory way increases significantly.
The above assumptions and values ​​are present in the broadly understood circle of Western culture. They are not cultural universals and we should not expect them to be respected in every communication situation in the world.
However, for the workshop participants, the circle of Western culture is the basic point of reference. This creates the challenge of combining one's own heritage with understanding the specificity of other cultures and solving difficulties that may arise in intercultural dialogue, while respecting the cultures of all parties participating in the dialogue.
This cannot be achieved without practice. Workshops are a space, co-created by participants and the instructor, to practice the ability to understand oneself and others and to make decisions based on the conclusions resulting from such reflections.
The basic set of conceptual tools will be models by Friedemann Schulz von Thun.
Solutions in the field of assertive rights, behavior and procedures will be a framework for exercises in defining one's own and perceiving other people's boundaries and setting them in interpersonal contacts.
Activating the participants' reflexivity by noting descriptions of thoughts, emotions or states is inspired by the thought and practice of Janusz Korczak.
An additional element supporting the improvement of the competencies described above will be the structure of the workshop: based on a contract, diagnosis of expectations and fears, and an atmosphere of mutual respect and equality in the learning process in the spirit of a subjective approach.