Free workshops and public talks ▸ Public talks

Amtsdeutsch
ohne Angst

Strategies for empowered engagement
with Austrian bureaucratic communication

A collection of texts written in bureaucratic German.

Table of contents

  1. Talks
  2. Speakers
  3. Who can attend?
  4. Dates
  5. Further information

Talks

As part of the project ‘Amtsdeutsch ohne Angst’, we are holding public talks in which we present the project and discuss insights and results from the project workshops.

The idea behind these talks is to reach a wider audience (including journalists, specialists, students, administrative staff etc.) to break the taboo surrounding Reading Anxiety and bureaucratic communication and to increase awareness of the concepts of Kindness Communication and Relational Reading.

We hope that colleagues working in fields of literacy, communication in general and other teaching contexts will be interested in discussing the relevance of the project themes for democratic cohesion and social solidarity.

The talks take place one or two weeks after a workshop and last about one hour. Workshop participants are invited to talk about their experience and impressions with the audience. Afterwards, everyone is invited to talk and exchange ideas.

Speakers

Michèle Cooke and Michael En laughing during a workshop.
Photo: Tatiana Weber

The public talks are held by the ‘Amtsdeutsch ohne Angst’ project creators Michèle Cooke und Michael En.

Who can attend?

The talks are open to the public. They are held at the University of Vienna. Attendance is free of charge and there is no need to register in advance.

Anyone who is interested in hearing more about the cognitive-emotional barriers involved in understanding written texts and how these are situation within the concepts of KC and RR is very welcome. This includes teachers, researchers and students from fields dealing with language and communication in all its dimensions; those investigating social inclusion and social cohesion; staff at government departments; administrative personell and decision makers.

Dates

We will hold the next public talk for ‘Amtsdeutsch ohne Angst’ at the end of October 2025. The exact date and location will be published shortly. The talk is open to anyone who wishes to attend.

We are planning to hold more talks in 2026.

Further information

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