Let us tempt you ...
Join The Annual International Student Symposium,
and in the autumn of 2003
- or in 2004, if you prefer -
spend six weeks in Copenhagen,

followed by a six-week stay in Oslo.
Not to mention all the interesting students you'll meet
...

An International Symposium on
Myths, Fairy-Tales and Legends
in Primary Schools and Kindergarten.

Contents of the Symposium:

- The story of our Western Culture, the past 8.000 years
(other cultural traditions to follow)

- The main theories of Myth, basic Mythology

- The differenses between Myths, Fairy Tales and Legends
- Structural Theories, Psychological Theories, Eclectical Theories
- Myths and Religions

Fairy Tales
- The uses of Fairy Tales in Education and Therapy
- Psychology of importance and meaning in Fairy Tales
- The great collectors of Fairy Tales:
- The Brothers Grimm, Asbjørnsen and Moe, Lonnrot, and many others

- The Students' own Cultural Identity and Stories

-Narrative strategies:
how to tell a story, and how to tell it well

The great Ballad Tradition

- Didactic reflections on the use of myths and fairy tales.

In Copenhagen and in Oslo:
The participation in all kinds of activities:
- Dramatization
- Theatre
- Dancing
- Playing
- Painting
- Sculpturing
- Singing
- The use and knowledge of ballads
- Visits to museums, galleries, excursions

And the students will discover for themselves the mysterious darkness
(and perhaps the Hulder) of the Norwegian woods
during an overnight hike

 
Want to know more about mythology?

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Organization of the Symposium, facts, accomodation, travel etc.


- In Copenhagen:
Int. Coordinator, Cand.Psych. Henning Kopart. henning.kopart@hsem.dk
Int. Administratot, Helle Schousboe, helle.schousboe@hsem.dk
Høivangseminariet, Skolevei, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
- In Oslo: Int. Coordinator, Vera Berg, Høyskolen i Oslo, vera.berg@lu.hio.no
Course Administrator, Marit Spurkland, marit.spurkland@lu.hio.no
Høgskolen i Oslo, FLU, Pilestredet 52, 000167 Oslo, Norway


Arnt Stabell-Kulø, 1. amanuensis, cand. philol. & pharm.
Høgskolen i Oslo, FLU, Pilestredet 52, 0167, Norway.
arnt.stabell-kulo@lu.hio.no
More information on http://home.hio.no/~stabell/
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