GBF2022 Videos now Online
The videos from Global Bildung Festival 2022 in March are now all online here: https://www.globalbildung.net/global-bildung-festival-21-22-march-2022/
New Book: Libertism
Libertism Grasping the 21st Century New book by Lene Rachel Andersen From the Solar system to the interaction of atoms and molecules, and from the cells in our body to the ecosystems that define our life circumstances, humans consist of and are embedded in systems. Some of these systems we can do nothing about, other systems we can design and … Read More
Network Now Online
The Global Bildung Network now has its own social medium, and we are looking very much forward to meeting you there: https://network.globalbildung.net/
European Bildung Day 2022 May 6-9
It is the fourth time that we organize European Bildung Day on and around Europe Day, May 9th. After two years online, the European Bildung Day will be held in Copenhagen, where we explore bildung in general and bildung in Europe in particular: Practical information and tickets here: https://europeanbildung.net/events/european-bildung-day-2022-in-copenhagen/ All speakers here: https://europeanbildung.net/european-bildung-day-2022-speakers/
What is Bildung?
What is bildung? An introduction to bildung. The Erasmus+ project BILDUNG explores bildung in adult education across Europe 2020-2021. Read the booklet online and learn more about the project. There is also a 5-page-version that has been translated into 13 languages. Author, Lene Rachel Andersen.
Bildung
Did you ever wonder why the Nordic countries are so prosperous, peaceful, good for business, and happy? They have a secret and it was invented in Denmark: folk-bildung. Bildung; Keep Growing tells the story of this Danish invention and suggests a path towards global folk-bildung and a wiser, more meaningful, happier future.
Metamodernity
Metamodernity Paper by Lene Rachel Andersen Metamodernity has been renamed Polymodernity; articles will be updated shortly You can find the updated book Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World here: https://www.nordicbildung.org/polymodernity/ Metamodernity is an alternative to both modernity and postmodernism, a cultural code that presents itself as an opportunity if we work deliberately towards it. It is a vision, … Read More
The Bildung Rose
The Bildung Rose Paper by Lene Rachel Andersen Videos and podcasts about the Bildung Rose Bildung Rose Course Material
Metamodernity
The world is changing and becoming more complex. Metamodernity provides us with a framework for understanding ourselves and our societies in a more complex way, as it integrates indigenous, pre-modern, modern, and postmodern cultural codes. Indigenous culture can provide a connection to nature that we have lost and which re-introduces the circularity that we need to solve the climate crisis etc.
The Nordic Secret
The Nordic Secret explores how bildung transformed Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland from being among the poorest countries in Europe to becoming some of the most affluent countries in the world. The inspiration came from Germany, France, Switzerland, the US, and the UK, and the transition began in a farmhouse.
As new technologies and globalization are revamping our societies again, what can we learn from the past and how can we approach human development and meaning-making in times of great change?