Further education

Cultures Interactive offers qualification courses as well as online and offline training courses that deal with various topics in the context of group-hatred, hostility towards democracy and radicalization. We impart background information and practical skills from our many years of practical experience in dealing with group-hatred, conspiracy narratives, antisemitism, right-wing extremism and Islam-based extremism. As there are many transitions and overlaps between these phenomena, we consider them not only separately, but also from overlapping perspectives.

In particular, we examine the question of what causes people to become radicalized and what social, biographical and political factors lead to extremist scenes. This knowledge is crucial in order to be able to offer appropriate, target group-oriented prevention approaches for schools and youth work, but also to develop good approaches that enable the earliest possible disengagement/distancing from attitudes and scenes of group-hatred and anti-democratic attitudes. Last but not least, we always convey a way of looking at things that takes into account the system as a whole, i.e. also those potentially affected by group-hatred, hostility towards democracy and extremism, in order to consider appropriate support services.

Strengthening professionals to deal with group-hatred and hostility towards democracy

In various programs, we talk about the reasons behind and how to deal with ideologies of inequality, group-hatred, conspiracy narratives, right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism, racism and Islam-based extremism. We teach practical pedagogical approaches to prevention and intervention as well as discussion techniques for initial reactions, invitations to talk, narrative discussion, mediative discussion, systemic questioning techniques and how to initiate change. In particular, we support professionals and students from youth work, schools, political education and community work to strengthen their professional approach to pedagogically dealing with contempt for humanity and hostility towards democracy and to develop their negotiation skills.