Understanding Slovaks: Unwritten Rules

EURAXESS Slovensko organizuje interkultúrny online workshop pre zahraničných doktorandov, výskumníkov a vysokoškolských učiteľov, ktorí pôsobia na slovenských vysokých školách a vo výskumných organizáciách na Slovensku.

Cieľom workshopu pod názvom Understanding Slovaks: Unwritten Rules, ktorý zastrešujú odborníčky na interkultúrnu komunikáciu z UK BA a SAV, je poskytnúť interaktívny tréning v oblasti kultúrnej orientácie.

You will find out:

• how we can compare historical social networks and current ones
• what is a rule of thumb for a visitor
• why you could be addressed Auntie and Uncle instead of Mrs. and Mr.
• how to make friends with Slovaks
• what are the common misunderstandings
• how to navigate through your daily life in Slovakia as a non-Slovak person

SPEAKERS:

• Helena Tuzinska, Comenius University

  Helena Tužinská is an Associate Professor at the Comenius University in Bratislava. She carried out ethnographic research in refugee camps and asylum courts in Slovakia. In cooperation with non-governmental organizations she facilitated trainings in intercultural communication for various actors in the migration field.

• Lubica Volanska, Slovak Academy of Sciences

  Ľubica Voľanská is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. In a long-term perspective, she is dealing with historical anthropology, ethnological/anthropological research of intangible cultural heritage, intergenerational relations, kinship and family, old age, and (auto) biographical research.

Registration:
https://www.euraxess.sk/en/main/news-a-events/online-workshop-understanding-slovaks-unwritten-rules