Democracy DE PL. Language, deliberation and democracy in civil society in Poland and Germany

(in Polish) Seminarium odbędzie się w ośrodku edukacyjnym w Bad Bevensen (Niemcy), należącym do Gustav Stresemann Institut in Niedersachsen e.V.

Szczególnie zapraszamy osoby zainteresowane problematyką demokracji, także w kontekście stosunków polsko-niemieckich. Mile widziana znajomość jęz. niemieckiego i/lub angielskiego (aczkolwiek nie jest konieczna!). Seminarium przewiduje także część praktyczną, podczas której uczestnicy będą poddawać własne zachowania krytycznej refleksji.

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Joint Polish-German seminar on the concept of democracy, to be held on 22-26.11.2021. (arrival 21.11) in Bad Bevensen, Germany.

The seminar is organized jointly with the Kantian Laboratory of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and will also be attended by students from Germany.

The aim of the seminar is to reflect on the contemporary understanding of the term "democracy" in the Polish-German context. During the seminar, apart from academic methods of philosophy didactics, alternative methods will be used, including the method of experiencing the participation in a democratic process "Betzavta/Miteinander", which requires critical self-reflection.

NOTE: The seminar is externally funded. Reimbursement of accommodation, meals and travel expenses will be made according to the guidelines of the funding entities.

Details on the event website: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu.pl/dobrzanski/zajecia/wydzial-filozofii/demokracja-DE-PL

The main objective of the seminar is to reflect on democracy, its forms and practices, with an emphasis on the differences between Polish and German society. The seminar will enable the participants to deepen their understanding of universal problems of democracy as well as cultural differences in the Polish-German context.

The methodological concept of the seminar is innovative, and its main goal is to go beyond the typical in academic didactics framework of theoretical-descriptive work on the text, in order to complement the reflection on democracy and the individual experience, emotions, and conclusions from direct participation in the process.

Therefore, the seminar is divided into a practical and a theoretical block. The elements of the theoretical block will be each time preceded by a practical part, during which the participants will gain the opportunity to personally experience the dilemmas characteristic of the democratic processes, before reflecting on them theoretically.

The practical module will be implemented using the "Betzavta/Miteinander" method of democratic education, developed by the Adam Institute in Israel and adapted by the Center für angewandte Politikforschung (CAP) in Germany. This module will be taught by professional educators.

The theoretical module will take the form of an academic conversation in which the experiences of the practical module will be discussed in relation to philosophical theories in order both to generalize the practical experiences and to examine these theories in terms of their potential inadequacies.

The course also includes a lecture on the history and applications of Betzavt's method to better understand its assumptions and potential in didactics.

The event is the third edition of the project.

NOTE: The seminar is externally funded. Reimbursement of accommodation, meals and travel expenses will be made according to the guidelines of funding entities.

Details on the event website: https://sites.google.com/uw.edu.pl/dobrzanski/zajecia/wydzial-filozofii/demokracja-DE-PL

Will be provided at the project website.

Acquired Knowledge:

Graduates know:

K_W08 to an in-depth degree - norms constituting and regulating social structures and institutions and the sources of these norms, their nature, change and ways of influencing human behavior

K_W10 - to a deeper extent - the role of philosophical reflection in shaping culture

K_W11 to an in-depth degree - the relationship between the formation of philosophical ideas and changes in culture and society; understand the fundamental role that philosophical ideas play in the formation of works and institutions of culture

Acquired Skills:

Graduates will be able to:

K_U02 determine the degree of significance of theses posed for the problem or argumentation under study

K_U06 use philosophical and methodological knowledge creatively and innovatively in formulating hypotheses and constructing critical arguments

K_U07 formulate precisely, orally and in writing, complex philosophical problems; formulate theses and comment on them critically

Acquired social competences:

Graduates are ready to:

K_K05 actively participate in social and cultural life; take interest in innovative philosophical concepts in relation to other parts of cultural and social life and encourage the implementation of these concepts