Together with bildung people from across the Nordics, we are now working towards establishing a Nordic network that focuses on bildung in the Nordics. The agenda is two-fold: To strengthen bildung in the Nordics today, including strengthening the awareness about our bildung history and bildung tradition. And to share knowledge about bildung and bildung methods with educators and decision makers … Read More
and an Ode to Joy! Europe needs an agenda for bildung, and at the European Bildung Day 2024 in Rotterdam we launched the European Bildung Manifesto! We also sang for the very first time ever Lene Rachel Andersen’s English translation of Friedrich Schiller’s Ode an die Freude. We hope that this singable version will help more Europeans appreciate the song.
By Lene Rachel AndersenNew Edition coming out on January 30th, 2024 This book is a must read for anybody who wants peace,well-being for all, and a meaningful future. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 2012–2016 Stay tuned for more info…
Together with other Nordic bildung organizations we will establish a Nordic Bildung Network in Helsinki on June 13. Read more about it here: https://www.globalbildung.net/nbn2024/ And sign up here: https://www.nordicbildung.org/events/nordic-bildung-network-2024-helsinki/
European Bildung Day 2024 will be in Rotterdam May 7-8, and you can now sign up and buy your ticket here: https://www.globalbildung.net/ebd2024/!
We didn’t just publish Polymodernity to add another academic word to the vocabylary, but because a polymodern goal for civilization would allow us to solve complex problems in new ways. Such as creating an economy that works for everybody. Check out Lene Rachel Andersen’s article Polymodern Economics here: https://lenerachelandersen.medium.com/polymodern-economics-ec4d817b3824
The book was previously published under the title Metamodernity. This new version is 99% the same as the old, we just changed the name of the term metamodernity to polymodernity.
