Tag: Diversophy
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Funding as a game
Having spent the last two years developing the diversophy migrant game for Denmark, I was invited by George Simons to help facilitate his pre-Congress workshop on gamification of intercultural training at the SIETAR Congress in Belgium in May. One of my slots was to describe how we got funding to develop the Danish version of…
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Presenting the diversophy migrant edition
Delegates at the IATEFL conference in Liverpool in April had the chance to try out the diversophy migrant game. It certainly led to conversation and dialogue, the prime intention of the game, when I heard comments such as the following during the game: Well I would never call my teacher by their first name so…
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diversophy® migrant-spil: Danmark
Guide til facilitering Formål I projektet “diversophy® migrant-spil – Danmark” har vi haft særligt fokus på at udvikle diversophy®dialog-spil til at skabe dialog og relationer i små danske landsbysamfund. Derfor har vi skabt nogle særlige processer omkring spillet, som beskrives her. Denne guide til facilitering skal ses som en udvidelse til diversophys®officielle Facilitation Guide. Hvor? Dette…
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Meet your neighbour
It is a cultural feature in Denmark that it is difficult to become part of the existing social networks. On the other hand, there is a great deal of goodwill from many Danes to help, especially refugees. The problem when you are a foreigner (including refugee) is that it is difficult to get in touch…
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Short or long?
Intercultural training has traditionally relied on intensive and often residential courses lasting up to a week. But is there a place for shorter, more targeted interventions while still at the work place? George Simons, who devised the Diversophy game which is often deployed in the long trainings, has been musing on this and plans to…