Critical thinking for inclusion in the arts
How do people interact within communities? How do different identities and experiences impact these interactions? What norms and power structures do these interactions maintain?
During this course, we will examine our communities – e.g., workplace, association, hobby group. We will develop skills to:
- Recognize power dynamics
- Identify and communicate our own needs
- Map and consider the needs of those around us
- Support and co-create principles of engagement in our community
- Be an ally
We will share different perspectives and experiment with ways to make diverse voices and thoughts more visible. Understanding all the possible identities and ways structures support as well as suppress growth will empower us to move forward together.
We will use methodologies inspired by Power Privilege Wheel, Nonviolent Communication and Sociocracy.
The main language of the workshop is English. Explanations in Finnish can be given and choice of language can be agreed amongst members in small working groups. We encourage one to express themselves in a way that feels most comfortable. We will do our best to support and to understand each other.
Arlene Tucker and Fon Krairiksh will facilitate this six-hour workshop. About the facilitators:
Arlene Tucker’s socially engaged work utilizes translation studies, semiotics, and feminist practices. She currently works as a diversity expert at Culture for All Service and runs the project Diversity as a starting point for municipalities’ art and culture activities in 2025. The goal of the diversity in municipalities project is to respond to the needs on the municipal side for increasing diversity and equality expertise by, among other things, offering training, consultancy and other support to cultural activities of the municipalities as well as art and culture professionals working in municipalities. Aside from the diversity work Arlene also works as an artist and educator. She is a visual artist and creates dialogue-based experiences.
Fon Krairiksh’s PhD research examines linguistic strategies for inclusion in higher education settings. Through her work, she explores identity, belonging, power asymmetry, and multimodal forms of communication that can include and exclude. She is also the educational planner for diversity, equity, and inclusion-related topics at Citizens’ Forum. Fon has been conducting training on intercultural communication, multilingualism, and plain language for the past decade, with a focus on giving participants practical tools to navigate plurilingual or culturally diverse settings.
Course timetable
The first meeting on the 5th of October will be held online (Zoom) from 9.00–11.30.
The second meeting on the 6th of October will be held on location from 13.00–16.30 at Kansalaisfoorumi in Helsinki.
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Payment and cancellation policy
Please pay for the course in the web shop immediately upon registering.
- For members of our member organizations the course fee is 50 euros.
- The Finnish National Agency for Education supports the participation of the unemployed, immigrants, and pensioners to our courses with a separate funding. In case you would like to use this benefit, the course fee is 55 euros.
- We will check documents supporting your discounted fee before the training. The discount for unemployed people and pensioners is available only if you have no income whatsoever. If you are uncertain if you have the right to a discount, please contact the email address below before you register for the course.
Cancellation policy: You can cancel your course participation without an extra charge up to 21 days before the course begins. After this, 50 percent of the course fee will be returned. If you do not cancel before the beginning of the course, the course fee will not be returned. In case of sickness, the whole course fee will be returned upon presentation of a doctor’s certificate.
For more information or to cancel your participation, contact koulutus@kansalaisfoorumi.fi.
