PeerThink Conference 05./06.02.2009 Introduction

PeerThink Conference 05./06.02.2009

Introduction


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What is the specific of PeerThink?

• PeerThink develops a specific feature – That considers various social categories like

gender, social class and ethnicity for social work and education

– That has an understanding of violence that includes all form of discrimination because of social differences


What does the manual offer?

The PeerThink manual works with the experiences of the participants.

This concept wants to cover the complex reality of young people in a society. Young persons are affected by many social differentiations and they deal with it.


What does intersectional peer violence prevention mean?

• Violence has to be seen as based on the structures of dominance

• Therefore violence prevention has to reflect structures of dominance as fundamental basics

• The attitude in which the pedagogical method is grounded is important

• One of the important features is to reflect the inter-connection of individual action and social structures


How to use the manual? • It is easy! The manual is mainly build up in

three parts. Actually you can start where you want. – We are in the introdution

• You find the practice mainly in– Method sheets– Self learn modules

• You find the theory mainly in– Self learn modules – Introduction and glossary

• The good practise examples are connected to both


How to use it in an intersectional way

• We could not find or develop methods which are intersectional par excellence

• But we define as an intersectional peer violence prevention project: Violence prevention is adressedMore than one social category is touchedThe inter-connection of social categories is

visibleThere is a contribution to the decrease of

power relations by deconstruction


METHODS


PeerThink violence preventive methods

• 1. Intersectional methods?

• 2. Classification of methods

• 3. Description of methods


What are the methods about?

• social differences,social inequalities

• gender, ethnic/racial, class… categories

• intersections of two or more categories

• constructed identities

• sensitivity for, recognition, reflection and discussion of social differences


Classification of methods

• Organizing principle: complexity of method

• Starters, warming up methods or ice breakers

• Advance methods

- Focused discussion methods

- Self-sufficient advance methods


Description of methods

• Description principle: Peerthink Standard Sheet

• Name of the Input/ Method/ Exercise

• Time / Duration

• Target Group / Criteria for Access

• Material

• Learning Outcomes (knowledge, skills, competencies)

• Method Instruction

• Step-by-Step Description


Description of the methods

• Variations

• Frame Conditions (Room, Space)

• Applicability (group size, recommendation about point of time or process (e.g.“starter”), framework/related methods)

• Possible difficulties (group situation, point of process)

• Comments and Experiences / Evaluation

• Source/Author


Self-learning tools


What are the self-learning tools?

• The self-learning tools consist of texts in the manual / sections on website

• A sort of do-it-yourself training course, concerning the most important topics

• Part of the practical as well as theoretical part of the manual

• Focus on self-reflection of teachers, social workers and facilitators

Aim: to provide...

• Food for thought

• Input for self-reflection

• Ideas for practical implementation

Main user group: practitioners


Intersectionality

Gender

Class

Ethnicity

Sexual Orientation

Education

Responsibility for others Mobility

Position on the labour market

Appearance Colour of skin

Family background

Health

Language Kinship

Age

Religion / worldview

Citizenship

(Sub)Culture

Slide by Mart Busche


Topics of the self-learning tools

• Violence and violence prevention

• Gender

• Ethnicity_ »Race »_Culture

+ Introduction, connecting the topics


How do the self-learning tools work ?

Structure: three stand-alone-sessions:

on violence and violence prevention

on gender

on ethnicity_“race“_culture; racism

Elements in each session:

Text, explaining terms and concepts

easy to read; humorous; questions

Questions for self-reflection


Intersectional Mainstreaming

based on the article “Intersectional Mainstreaming” by Elli Scambor & Mart Busche (2009)

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Gender Mainstreaming

............. gender as isolated single category


Intersectionality


Five core Elements of Implementation


I. Main Objectives

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„... building a ground for violence prevention with adolescents, which reflects the interconnection of categories like gender, ethnicity, educational background ... systematically.“


II. Intersectional Analysis

... institutional/organisational framework

... staff

... participants

... content


III. Formulation of Aims

• define intersectional categories

• ... and their interdependency

• decrease of power relation

• framing processes


IV. Implementation

.... depends highly on the definition of aims

- organisation wants to

become „intersectional“ ?

- measures want to

become “intersectional” ?


V. Evaluation

............ new aims can be developed ...........

Documents

PeerThink Conference 05./06.02.2009 Introduction