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NAME:Beyond Listening: Navigating Impasse
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DTSTART:20260421T160000
DTEND:20260421T173000
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LOCATION:3D | VU Dialogue Stage De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam
SUMMARY:Beyond Listening: Navigating Impasse
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: There are times when we
might feel we have reached the end of a conversation. The point wher
e words exchanged are no longer being heard. Sometimes we reach an im
passe. What is supposed to happen next?
Join the Goethe-Insti
tut in collaboration with NEWConnective and Nthabiseng Shongwe in the
3D room for a follow-up workshop exploring que
stions like: How do we stay in conversation without losing ourse
lves?
How do we hold patience, boundaries, and curiosity at the sa
me time? When convictions clash, when trust feels fragile, when the d
istance between us does not easily close, how do we move forward?
In this interactive session, we move beyond listening as a skill a
nd into the moments where it is tested. Together, we will explore pra
ctical tools for staying in conversation through difficulty — worki
ng with real-life scenarios, shared experiences, and guided reflectio
n. Participants will leave with language, strategies, and a deeper ca
pacity to navigate disagreement, hold boundaries, and find ways forwa
rd where conversation feels stuck.
DESCRIPTION: Join the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with NEWConnect
ive and Nthabiseng Shongwe in the 3D room for a
follow-up workshop exploring questions like: How do we stay in
conversation without losing ourselves?
How do we hold patience, bo
undaries, and curiosity at the same time? When convictions clash, whe
n trust feels fragile, when the distance between us does not easily c
lose, how do we move forward? In this interactive session, we move be
yond listening as a skill and into the moments where it is tested. To
gether, we will explore practical tools for staying in conversation t
hrough difficulty — working with real-life scenarios, shared experi
ences, and guided reflection. Participants will leave with language,
strategies, and a deeper capacity to navigate disagreement, hold boun
daries, and find ways forward where conversation feels stuck. There a
re times when we might feel we have reached the end of a conversation
. The point where words exchanged are no longer being heard. Sometime
s we reach an impasse. What is supposed to happen next?
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