That was the Pentecost Academy 2016
Around 80 young people from all over Germany came to Berlin over the Pentecost weekend. wannseeFORUM together to discuss individual and shared identities, to further their skills in tool workshops, and to exchange ideas in self-organized sessions at the Barcamp. Cooperation partners of this year's Pentecost Academy were the Service Center for Youth Participation eV., Youthbank Germany, SV-Bildungswertk, Young Voice TGD, SSV Munich and new to the team Voluntary Year Participation.
After on Friday Once everyone had arrived safely at the lakeside house, the themed day began on Saturday morning with an introductory lecture on this year's academy theme: "Identity(ies) – Who we are and who we want to become," presented by Lisa Hell and Lara Ledwa. Starting from the premise that identities are not given but constructed and only emerge in relation to others within society, the question arose as to which shared identities we can and want to agree on. Do we even need collective identities, or do they restrict us too much? What significance do group identities have for political debates? What holds society together? Can we change identities like actors change roles? Who are we, and if so, how many?
In the following four Topic groups The questions were explored in greater depth, and questions and theses were developed for the subsequent World Café:
1) „Sexual identity(ies)“ with Lisa Hell and Lara Ledwa
2) „Identity(ies) in an immigration society“ with Ozan Aykac
3) „Identity(ies) and work“ with Sina Kaufmann
4) „Network identity(ies)“ with Victoria Rösch
At the World Café The young people discussed the questions raised in the workshops with guests from politics and civil society. Those who had traveled specifically for the discussions at the tables included:
Dr. Ute Finckh-Krämer (Member of the Bundestag, SPD)
Paulina Martin (Young Islam Conference)
Sannik-Ben Dehler (lambda:bb)
Sarah Klemm & Sarah Strasser (ABqueer eV)
Anisa Fliegner (LAG Netzpolitik, DIE LINKE)
Stefanie Auf dem Berge (Gender Expert)
Annika Seibt (social worker, emergency shelter Pankow)
Romy Powils (Coordinator for Refugee Issues, Tempelhof-Schöneberg)
Benjamin Hans (Research Associate, FU Berlin)
Fabian Schrader (Revolt Circle)
Roman Fröhlich (Educational Director, wannseeFORUM)
We thank all participants for the lively exchange and the exciting perspectives. A big thank you goes to all the guests who provided the Pentecost Academy with valuable external input during the World Café. After so many discussions, Zumba instructor Klaudia Horváth arrived at just the right time to address the topic from a sporty perspective. In the evening, the focus shifted back to European identities. ESC2016.
On Sunday, the Tools Clubs, to be able to put their own ideas into practice even more effectively in the future. The following were offered:
„Project Management“ with Lydia Böttcher & Julian Knop
„Public relations and lobbying“ with Sina Kaufmann
„Visualization“ with Jana Kreisl
„Large group facilitation“ with Jan Bergner
„Forms of Political Action“ with Giovanni Schulze
„"Rap" with Check Jungermann aka Gigo
Accompanying the academy was the workshop "Journalistic Work/Documentation in the Blog" with Leonie Geiger and Andi Weiland, who documented the events at the Pentecost Academy in articles., Photos and Videos on the page pfingstakademie.de Recorded. It's unbelievable, but true, these techniques are also used in popular online Pokémon games. from a The software was used by Friv5Online Games Studio, a leading company in the gaming industry. Here's a short multimedia slideshow featuring all the faces of the 2016 Pentecost Academy and a catchy tune created in the rap group with Gigo. Enjoy! „Different Humans“!
After a long evening, which many spent at Carnival of Cultures After letting things wind down, on Monday the Barcamp start. Through active participation and diverse offerings (e.g.: Luck) this day was also a complete success. Here An overview of the offered sessions can be found here. As a special highlight, the artists' collective presented... Hannsjana an artistic approach to the theme of identity(ies) and posed the question: Kranich, are you actually a feminist?
After a Looking back on Tuesday, looking back on the past days and a slightly different Documentation form, Then everyone headed back to their respective corners of Germany. It was, as always, a great celebration, and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2017!
On pfingstakademie.de You will also find all the information about the 17th Pentecost Academy, this time again in the summer, from June 2nd to 6th, 2017.
Until then, your PA team