The Search for the Commons
MS06 IN SEARCH OF THE COMMONS DENMARK 09.08 - 30.08 STUDY/ARTS 20
VOLS 21+ W: The aim of the camp is to identify what Danish
> culture has in common > with cultures elsewhere from planet earth. This is > hoped to increase the > awareness of the Danish culture and increase the > understanding of other > cultures. This we will do by inviting people from > abroad to Denmark to > describe what they identify as Danish culture. > Hereby we identify > cultures that we share across different parts of the > world. The > identification of common values is to be based on > intense interaction > with the Danish population. This implies that the > participants are to > live and eat with Danish people carrying out their > daily life.
> Transportation around Denmark will mainly be done > qua hitchhiking since > this is a good way to get to talk with local people. > The participants > will throughout the project work intensively with > the press, > communicating their experiences. The conclusion of > the project will be > presented at a festival in central Copenhagen. The > workcamp is supported > by a team of experienced Danish volunteers and is > financially supported > by the Danish Council for Information about the EU. > The camp will be > divided in teams that visit different parts of the > countryside of > Denmark. This project is the sequel to last year's > successful travelling > study camp, "The Search for the Danish Mentality". > A: The volunteers > will not have a permanent base, since they will > constantly be on the > search for hospitality providing them with lodging, > meals and > opportunities for exploring the Danish cultures > finding common values. > This even means sleeping in tents when necessary. > The camp will have a > backup budget, but the idea is that the main > consumption of food should > be given from Danes who have an interest in inviting > the camp to dinner > and exchanging points of view regarding Danish > mentality. It is > important that the participants understand that the > fact of not having > any mean is seen as a means to get as close > interaction with the Danish > population as possible; - do not worry, the > volunteers will never > starve! LA: English. Participants must speak a good > English as > communication with the Danes in very important. LO: > Wherever in Denmark > that common values can be found. The camp will start > and end in > Copenhagen, in "the Commons Park" > (Faelledparken), where MS' festival CPH > Connect > and the connected > workcamps > MS08 and MS09 take place. T: Airport: Copenhagen. > Train and bus: > Copenhagen.
> SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: MOTIVATION LETTER NEEDED. AGE > LIMIT: 21+. In order > to make the project a success, it is important that > the participants: a) > speak very good English. b) are very open-minded and > not afraid of knocking on the door of people whom they do not know > c) are capable of acting on their own and > d) are ready for basic conditions which might > include sleeping in tents.
The project will be hard work since you each day are on the move. This > requires that the participants have a positive attitude and show > interest in talking to many different people while > exploring cultural behaviours.
> Camilla Holm-Jensen > Programme Coordinator > Global Contact > Borgergade 14 > DK-1300 Copenhagen K > Denmark > Phone (+45) 77310255 > [email protected]
