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In the globalized world, intercultural communication and the underlying social competencies are highly relevant in a wide range of internationalized professional fields, organizational settings, and contexts of everyday life. In any kind of intercultural encounters (e.g., foreign assignments, intercultural teamwork, bi-cultural relationships, ethnic conflicts and mediation, many fields of education and academic studies), people and/or ideas from different cultural contexts meet and thereby initiate negotiations with the other, the unfamiliar, the unknown. When engaging with difference, stereotypes, prejudices, reservations, and lack of knowledge can result in culture shock, aversion, or even in disgust and discrimination. So-called intercultural competencies enable us to deal with such critical situations in a skilled manner. Elementary intercultural competence is acquired through training, culture sensitive reflection, coaching, and mediation. It helps to curtail problems and overcome obstacles and thus supports various kinds of successful intercultural exchange. This learning goal will be supported by a cultural psychological, i.e., culture sensitive and culture informed psychological perspective, which enables a reflexive, analytical, and critical approach to the contents, means, and reach of established theories on intercultural communication and competence.
The Winter School opens a learning space (Moodle course and Zoom conferences) in which various experts from inter- and transdisciplinary fields will assist in developing a deeper understanding of the connection between culture, thinking, feeling, and acting. Due to current hygiene measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be assumed that the course cannot take place in person.