ERASMUS Intensive Program
Diversity Inclusion for Social Cohesion
IP-DISCO ­ Day Program
28.05.09 ­ 04.06.2009
Locations: May 28 - June 01, Youth Hostel Stuttgart
June 01 ­ June 05, Youth Hostel Ludwigsburg
and Protestant University of Applied Sciences
Ludwigsburg
June 5 ­ June 8, Ev. Akademie Bad Boll
IP-DISCO brings 25 diverse students and 15 experts
from different universities in a 12 day social learning
laboratory. Issues of race, culture, religion, sexuality and
disability will be lived and studied here.
Students and Professors will live, work and study
together to experience the limits and challenges of
tolerance or respect, exclusion or inclusion, dialogue or
division.
Activities include innovative contributions from experts
who will facilitate group work and lead discussions.
There will be interactive visits to communities and
organizations dealing with inclusive citizenship, diversity
issues and social cohesion.
Our program will be held in an atmosphere that provides
safe interaction among all students. Issues of race,
culture, religion, disability and sexual orientation will be
part of discussions.
May 29 Negotiating Terms of Co-Existence
08:00 am Breakfast
09:00 am Welcome Dr. Melinda
Madew
09:15 am Introducing Each Other IP DISCO Team
10:00 am Unpacking our Backpacks
- "an expectation check"
Uwe Müller
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Introduction to IP-DISCO IP DISCO Team
11:30 am Biographical Narratives IP DISCO Team
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm Biographical Narratives
- A Presentation
IP DISCO Team
03:00pm Doing Things Beyond our
Normal Space- An Exercise in
Stuttgart
IP DISCO Team
06:00 pm Dinner
May 30 Dealing with Difficult Differences
08:00 am Breakfast
09:00 am Welcome and Introduction Dr. Melinda
Madew
09:30 am The Nature and Characteristics of
Discrimination
Dr. Edyta
Widawskka
Dr. Beata
Pawlica
Dr. Monika
Kowalcyk-Gnyp
Poland
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Group Discussion and Group
Input
Students from
Poland
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm Group Work - "Count me in..."
Experiences in Discrimination and
Developing Respect for
Differences
IP DISCO Team
03:00 pm Break
03:15 pm Exposing Stereotypes Uwe Müller
04:00 pm Overcoming Discrimination Uwe Müller
06:00 pm Dinner
Evening Tutorials or Individual Work
May 31 Race as Inclusionary and Exclusionary
Category
08:00 am Breakfast
09:00 am Welcome and Introduction Dr. Melinda
Madew
09:15 am Race and Racism Dr. Tomas Fliege
Germany
10:15 am Break
10:30 am "No I'm not a racist but..."
- Understanding the
conditions for racism
Uwe Müller
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm A Culture-Awareness-Simulation
Game: How preconceptions
develop
IP DISCO Team
04:30 pm Break
04:45 pm Processing of Results Dr. Melinda
Madew
06:00 pm Dinner
07:00 pm Movies or Tutorials
June 1 The European Community in Transition
08:00 am Breakfast
09:00 am Team Organisation: Learning how
to navigate safe zones
10:00 am Trip to Youth Hostel - Ludwigsburg
11:00 am Settling Down and Introduction to
the Place
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm The Evolving Europe
- Class Differences and Division
- Inclusion, Diversity, Social
Cohesion
- Identity
Graham
Brotherton
Terry Potter
United
Kingdom
03:30 pm Break
03:45 pm Continuation Graham
Brotherton
Terry Potter
United
Kingdom
06:00 pm Dinner
Evening Discussions with Guest Lecturers
June 2 Diversity Competence
08:00 am Breakfast
08:44 am Bus Ride to City Station (No.422)
09:01 am City Station to University
(Karlshöhe No. 427)
09:30 am Welcome and Introduction to the
Protestant University of Applied
Sciences Ludwigsburg
Prof. Dr. Beate
Aschenbrenner-
Wellmann
Germany
10:00 am Diversity Competence
- A Challenge to Social Service
Professions
Prof. Dr. Beate
Aschenbrenner-
Wellmann
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Trends in Interculturalism
- "More than Just Celebrating
European Diversity"
Dr. Hana
Synkova
Czech Rep.
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm Diversity Workshop Tiisetso
Matete-Lieb
Lesotho
03:15 pm Break
03:30 pm Course Reflection ­ drawing an
interim result
Dr. Melinda
Madew
Uwe Müller
06:00 pm Dinner
June 3 World Religions
08:00 am Breakfast
08:44 am Bus Ride to City Station (No.422)
09:01 am City Station to University
(Karlshöhe No. 427)
09:30 am Welcome and Introduction Dr. Melinda
Madew
09:45 am World Religions: Global Conflict
and the Rise of Religious
Fundamentalism
Rev. Wolfgang
Wagner
Germany
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Group Discussion: "What divides
us, what unites us?"
Simone
Gashaw
Anne Seth
11:30 am Reflection on Group Output IP DISCO Team
Rev. Wolfgang
Wagner
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm Multicultural Citizenship - The
Australian Experience
Dr. Shanthi
Robertson
Australia
03:15 pm Break
03:30 pm Experiencing Unity and Harmony Dr. Heiner
Rudersdorf
Germany
05:00 pm Dinner at the Protestant University The
Asta invites to a BBQ Party
June 4 Ability and Disability
08:00 am Breakfast
08:44 am Bus Ride to City Station (No.422)
09:01 am City Station to University
(Karlshöhe No. 427)
09:30 am Welcome and Introduction Dr. Melinda
Madew
09:45 am Ability and Disability
- Inclusion and Exclusion
- Integration of the
Differently Abled
Prof. Jo Jerg
Prof. Dietrich
Lange
Germany
Herta Sieber
(Language
Translator)
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Continued: Ability and Disability
Open Forum
Moderation:
Herta Sieber
12:30 pm Lunch
02:00 pm Ludwigsburg Rally
An Exercise in Group Cohesion
Students of the
Protestant
University
06:00 pm Dinner
Evening Preparation for Bad Boll
See Separate Flyer for Bad Boll Program