Workshop 

Listening in a Forest of Crisis 

In the workshop Listening in a Forest of Crisis, we begin by asking what we can learn from the current global pandemic. In the first block of the workshop, we will turn to uses and concepts of the term crisis that have emerged in Europe since ancient Greece. From this we will derive and discuss multiple implications for our patterns of thought and deeds. Extending and considering the origin of the Corona Virus (the devastation of forests), we will look at ideas and concepts that try to think and practice relations between humans and non-humans differently than through the eyes of an objectifying subject.

How can we sharpen our attention to our entanglements with the environment?

Possible answers are provided by concepts and techniques of 'Deep Listening'. In independent listening sessions we will leave the common digital space and turn to our environment. On this basis, we will work in thirteen transnational teams of two in the second block of the workshop. Based on our own experiences with the pandemic and in dialogue with our partner, we will develop a joint  work in a digital format.

This workshop approaches the challenges of the crisis using multi-layered views to process the experiences within crisis and to derive implications for teacher education in the future. Teacher students from both, Szczecin and Greifswald will collaborate in this cross-cultural workshop and present their results on the international conference. 

During the workshop students will analyse the many aspects and interplays between crisis, chance and challenge in a multi - methodical way guided by Matthias Schönijahn. Approaching crisis complexity in a holistic way is one of the workshop goals.

A collection of texts for the workshop is given below.