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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects
Necessary materials:
Depending on the participants’ wish for the implementation of the role play: tables,
chairs, glasses, beverages. Also facilitation cards, pin board, flip chart.
Slide 1:
A-country and B-country are states whose population groups, A-people and B-people, are
very different regarding their culture. The A-people live in villages, deal with agriculture
and own large estates. They have received a message from the B-people with whom they
haven’t had much contact before. The B-people primarily live in major cities and are business
people who want to establish a holiday camp on the premises of the A-people and
therefore want to lease or buy land. Now both groups meet in a first negotiation round.
Task sheet 1:
Instructions for A-people
A-people live in villages, deal with agriculture and own large estates. They prepare for a
visit to the B-people who live in major cities and with whom they had no previous contact.
The B-people want to establish a holiday camp for 300 people on the premises of the
A-people and request negotiations concerning the purchase or lease of land.
Rules of social behaviour of A-people
• The traditional manner of greeting is a bow. A polite distance is maintained and closeness
avoided outside the circle of immediate family and friends.
• Initially, strangers are met with considerable reserve. The elaborate exchange of fixed
greeting rules is part of every contact.
• It is considered polite to initially refuse offered drinks or food.
• Transactions are only concluded with people whose family situation and professional
status are known. Good personal contacts are always part of business relationships.
• Politeness is considered one of the most important characteristics. To say “no” immediately
is considered an offence. Therefore questions are always answered with “yes”,
because “yes” means “I have understood“. In order to refuse something, various paraphrases
are used to remain polite.
• Decisions are made following extensive mutual consultation, which the spokesman
will pass on. Once a decision is made, the others will support the spokesman.
• Only men speak publicly. Men and women will only talk to each other, if they are
related. Women provide the group with beverages.
• Everyone takes their time during discussions and speaks slowly .
• The community takes land ownership very seriously. Land will only be sold or used by
others, if all members of the culture give their consent.
Task sheet 2:
Instructions for B-people
B-people live in cities and have different professions. They have announced a visit to the
A-people with the request to set up a holiday camp for 300 people on the premises of the
A-people or to purchase this land. They are now in the process of preparing negotiations
for the purchase or lease of the land.
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