Mobile Culture-Pedagogy

Project Number: CH5

Country: Switzerland

Institutions/Departments: Individual: Dr. Veronika Ederer

URL: http://www.mobile-kultur-paedagogik.de

Project leader and contact person: Dr. Veronika Ederer

Duration: since 2003

Short Description:

Veronika Ederer has a doctorate in ethnology (anthropology), a discipline that strives to research and understand cultures. Based on her experience in primary school care and educational ethnology she offers a wide variety of cultural awareness-raising courses and events designed for particular groups (children, adults) and settings (private homes, museums, schools, preschools, museums) .She works with ethnologically-informed intercultural didactics, i.e. the teaching of ‘other cultural systems’ based on in depth knowledge of these. Her work is premised on the idea that because ethnology, as a discipline, strives to understand other cultures, ethnological knowledge should form the basis of intercultural pedagogy. Her work is also premised on the assumption that more in-depth knowledge of other cultures leads to more respectful treatment and tolerance.

‘Mobile Kultur-Pädagogik’ supports those who want to address ethnological topics, but have difficulty finding useful, informative sources and age-appropriate material. Scientific publications in the field of ethnology are often difficult for interested nonprofessionals to understand, and many authors of popular ethnology are unfortunately not scientifically well informed. In that ethnology is not, as yet, offered as a school subject in Switzerland, available teaching material. For example, on "North American Indians," tends to reproduce prevailing clichés (feathers and totem poles).

Implementation: Upon request, when funding is available.

Target Group(s), age & context: Children, adolescents, adults; a wide variety of settings

Approach/Method: Guided encounters with theme-tailored subjects and age-tailored activities

Type: Very broad: Workshops, advanced training, pre-service and in-service teacher training; Pre-chools, birthday events and holiday activities for children; guided tours in museums.

Funding: Self-employed

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