Drawing on a strongly grassroots and expertise-supported development in the field of adult basic education in Austria, this paper traces the current shift to politically motivated interventions. The article is based on a methodologically triangulated case study based on interviews (part 1), review of theory (part 2), and document analysis (part 3). It unveils a unique spirit of empowerment and emancipation in Austrian adult basic education. This spirit currently seems to be at risk. The authors identified five signposts of a changing landscape showing a strong tendency towards impact orientation in terms of employability and upskilling: (1) Standardisation and one of its unintended consequences (2) Technocracy over expertise (3) Narrowing the curriculum (4) Teaching supersedes facilitating (5) Research and development-disliked. In order to preserve the tradition within the framework of adult basic education, the authors emphasise the importance of raising informed and critical voices.
Der zweite Teil des Kapiteltitels wurde versehentlich als Untertitel angegeben. Der korrekte Kapiteltitel lautet: "Ka-an überseh'n!" Von Phänomenen der (In-)Visibilisierung in der Weiterbildung am Beispiel entgrenzter Erwachsenenbildung in Kärnten. Dies wurde nun korrigiert.Die korrigierte Version des Kapitels ist verfügbar unter
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