Relevance , objectives and innovation:
TEN has within this project title organized three very successful intensive courses:
Reykjavik 2011: Norse mythology through music and the arts. A multimedia performance of 20 minutes with the title Voluspa including music, drama and visual art/scenography was composed/created during the week and presented to an external audience.
Bergen 2013: Norse mythology through drama, dance, music and visual arts. A multimedia performance of 20 minutes with the title SPOR – mythological traces in Norway was created/composed during the week and presented to an open audience. Both the process and the result was filmed by a professional film team ( Center for New Media, BUC )
Riga 2015: Autumn equinox celebration: Baltic and Nordic cultural identity through traditional seasonal celebration.
The overall aim is to strengthen the bonds between the Nordic and the Baltic countries through in-depth cultural studies. Through an innovative approach where the students themselves will create a common festivity including the arts: music, dance, drama, arts/crafts in cross-cultural groups they do not only learn about other cultures, but they will also , because they have to work creatively in transnational groups, come closer and experience other cultures directly.
In addition to get the direct experience and a broader perspective concerning similarities and differences of traditional cultural heritage in the Baltic and Nordic countries through reflection and analyzing, the students also will get a broader understanding of the qualities in the special innovative pedagogical approach being used during the week – the sociocultural approach.
Students will:
- discover the value of traditions and the necessity for develop them in an innovative manner
- have a deeper insight about Baltic and Nordic traditions as an actual part of the contemporary culture
- be sensitive towards cultural diversity, understand their cultural identity and appreciate others one
- develop and use their skills in a new context in an innovative way
- realize the wholeness of the world (human/ nature/ culture)
- have a holistic experience of the celebration, by preparing and taking part in traditional Baltic and Nordic Autumn Equinox festivity
- have developed skills of singing, dancing, playing, presenting, teaching, cooking, constructing, observing the natural phenomena,
cooperating, discussing, reflecting, evaluating etc
- experience the value of the cross-curricular learning
- understand the sociocultural approach in pedagogy