To integrate into a new society doesn’t only make it necessary to learn a new language, new habits and rules. Culture is deeply defined by certain ways of thinking. In order to integrate into a new society, foreigners need to launch themselves into fundamental notions of the concerned society on topics such as individualism vs. collectivism, traditionalism vs. modernism, etc. Terrel Abeysingha will guide you through an open discussion based on his own experience and reflect with you on concrete concepts such as the role of language, different philosophies of life and the role of science in western and eastern societies.

Terrel Abeysingha lives in Switzerland since 9 years. He fled Sri Lanka eleven years ago after having worked as an activist and journalist, focusing on topics of the war in his country. Belonging to the Sinhalese majority ethnic group, he fought for the rights of minorities who were discriminated against during the war.