Summer School: Cultural Heritage

Campus Notodden

The summer school is planned for August 2023 as an onsite online learning experience. The onsite week takes place in Notodden, Norway from 8 - 11 August 2023. The summer school is a 5 ECTS course taught in English for students from across multiple disciplines and countries.

08 Aug

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University of Silesia (Poland), University of Turku (Finland), University of South Eastern Norway and UCL University College (Denmark) are pleased to invite our bachelor and master students to join our joint “hybrid” Summer School, this summer. The theme is especially suited for students or professionals with interest in a cross disciplinary approach to cultural heritage  and hands on application of cultural heritage in your studies or profession. This could be students of Teacher Education, Social Education, Pedagogy, Cultural Studies, Arts and Cultural Management, Social Work, Future Studies, and interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as disciplines related to the field of Tourism.

The summer school will give participants tools, knowledge and skills concerning cultural heritage, which can be applied in a comprehensive and reflexive way in future studies or professional work. The course content will focus on cultural heritage, including its definitions, manifestations, and use. The course will particularly discuss cultural heritage in relation to four key
topics:

  • General and cross cutting issues concerning cultural heritage,
  • The relationship between cultural heritage and identity/national identity,
  • The relationship between cultural heritage and cultural tourism/destination development, and
  • The relationship between cultural heritage and education.

Teaser from the programme:

  • Grounded and experience based learning
  • Exploring the industrial heritage of the Rjukan Notodden Industrial Heritage site through extensive excursions
  • Visit to Heddal Stavechurch and exploring Viking and medieval heritage in the Nordics
  • Workshop based learning focused on questions of identity, learning, communication, sustainability and the future
  • And much, much more…