1. Open up to the topic of violence by brainstorming ‘what is violence’. (write on board/flipchart)

• Where do you perceive violence?

• What forms of violence do you know?

• Who uses violence/violent behaviour?

3. Participants select their cards with different social categories and the ‘construction’ begins by putting cards on the paper under violent or non violent person, where they think the card with a certain category should be placed in order to describe a violent or non-violent person.. 

4. The discussion follows about the constructed persons (take a picture if you use a projector) focusing on a following questions:

• What is the difference between a violent and a non-violent person?
• Which categories “determines” a violent person and which a non-violent person?

5.  Changing cards from one side to the other and discussing after each change, whether the person is still likely to use violence. (The moderator decides on which category they want to focus on.)

6. After some changes, take another picture and compare with the first picture. Work on the differences. (using the current picture and projecting the “first creation” with the projector onto a wall)

7. Summarise the findings of the group

8. Feedback round with participants

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CARDS: (several cards for one criteria)
M.: Name of the created person. In the test-version he was male, 18:
Age: 18, 35, 67. ?? (preselection is recommended)

Sex/Gender: male/female/hermaphrodite (opens up additional topic):
M. doesn´t have a definite sex. He looks like a man, but he also has the genitals (womb & vagina) of a woman. ((Example)). (People like M. are call hermaphrodites.)

Religion: simple version 1.:
M. is not a religious person – he is no member of a church.
M. is a religious person – he is member of a church.

Complex version 2.:
M. is not a religious person. He never goes to church.
M. is strictly religious and goes to church regularly.
M. is a practicing Buddhist and meditates daily.
M. is a pious Muslim who daily prays towards Mekka.
…

Race/Skincolor:
M. has the same skincolor as most of his fellow citizens.
M. has a different skincolor than most of his fellow citizens.

Disabilities:
M. is fit and has a strong and healthy body.
M. uses a wheelchair since he was a small child. He has got strong arms and shoulders.

Sexual Orientation/Sexualities:
M. fancies men. He loves to kiss his partner.
M. loves women and men, as long as he enjoys it.
M. fancies women. Nothing else comes to his mind.

Migration background:
M. is of Turkish nationality. At the age of 14 his family moved from Ankara to “Austria”. ((change))
M.s parents were born in Austria.
M. has been living in “Austria” since his 4th birthday. His parents are from former Yugoslavia. (one could differentiate here)


Health status:
M. is depressive and pessimistic. He doesn´t fancy life much.
M. is a cheerful, bright, merry and full of the joys of life kind of person. He always looks forward to the challenges of life.

Employment status:
M. works in a metal-processing-company as a shift worker.
M. is on the dole and looking for a job again.
M. works half-time in an office. The other half, he looks after his son.

Personal network status:
M. has a lot of friends and acquaintances. Most people know what he is like in a split second. He sees his family regularly.
M. lives solitarily and knows few people. In everyday life he talks little, unless he has to.

Reproduction work:
M. doesn´t bother about housework. He doesn´t need that.
M. handles housework regularly, for “those are things, which have to be done!”

Income:
M. has never been at the seaside and doesn´t own ski equipment. ((change))
M. always goes to the seaside for 3 weeks during summer. In winter time he spends all in all two weeks at a famous wintersport-resort.

Drug consumption:
M. drinks alcohol regularly.
M. is a drug addict since his 14th birthday. Once a week he uses heroin.
M. doesn´t do drugs and rarely drinks alcohol.
M. smokes cigarettes and drinks beer from time to time. He has also tried to smoke pot/marihuana once.

Lifestyle:
M. doesn´t have hobbies and doesn’t know what to do with his leisure time.
M. has a lot of hobbies and many ideas how to spend his free time, alone or with others.

Relationship status:
M. currently is in stable relationship.
M. lives alone and not in the relationship.
M. lives in a shared flat as a single.
Level of Education:
M. doesn´t have a positive school leaving certificate.
M. owns a general qualification for university entrance. A university degree is what he strives for.
M. is a skilled motor mechanic with master craftsman's diploma.
Community Membership:
M. hates clubs and associations. Sometimes he visits a road show.
M. is member of a sect and wears their secret gown or uniform. He stands to the strict rules of his alliance.
M. is part of an organic farming and animal rights activist group that tries to live independently from societal necessities.

Social background – Milieu:
M. derives from a workers family that appreciates gainful employment and solidarity.
M. comes from a farm where he had to work a lot. Traditional dancing and singing have been very important in his family.
M. derives from a family that runs a company for decades. The family is member of an elitist club. (e.g.: Rotary Club)

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