Borrowed Identities in a nutshell

The project “Borrowed Identity” aims at creating an intercultural learning environment based on virtual and real mobility. The multi-disciplinary project is targeted to Business, Technical and Humanities students in Germany, Lithuania, UK and Hungary and will focus on combining computer mediated academic work, face-to-face meetings and intercultural communication.

• Phase ONE: preparatory E-Learning course at the participating universities Oct.-Dec.
• Phase TWO: 11-day Intensive Programme on Achill Island, Ireland, early Feb.

This combination will provide students with a new perspective of their own cultural identity as students and the cultural identity of their foreign fellow students and hosts in Ireland. Their work will focus on analyzing as well as “putting into practice” common theories and models of intercultural communication and the management of cultural diversity. Role-plays, workshops and seminars will allow students to explore the dimensions of culture in a growing European Union, which involves issues related to gender, age, race and nationality.