Origin is future Erasmus Project

Project Title

Origin is future

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage

Project Summary

Origin is future (HerZu)
takes up the topic of the European Year 2018: “Cultural Heritage”. With a small group of committed colleagues from institutions of adult and further education we are going to develop modules which will inspire, guide and support lecturers of adult education to work on objects and subjects of our cultural heritage in a region and a country. For this purpose, we will prepare a folder with material and we will offer a further training course during the term of the project (spring 2020).
We will also contribute to the concept of the European Capital of Culture in the course of the project. In 2020, the European Capital of Culture is Galway (IR), which is the regional centre of the country where our partner institution has its place, and it is part of our programme to present the results of our project work there.
With regards to content this project deals with historical matter, such as “important persons” and “memorials” in our own towns / countries, “place names” (streets, schools, squares, districts, etc.) which show that the people who have lent their names to those places played an important part in the past (as persons themselves or because of some research or initiatives connected with them). This approach also includes any involvement of the towns / the regions in historical “networks” (e. g. economic: Hanseatic League / architectural: Gothic / artistic: Arts and Craft movement, Bauhaus). Such phenomena, for that matter, show that cultural exchange and intensive communication – borne by the spirit of the respective time and its dynamics – worked well, even in pre-digital times.
First of all, profound research work is necessary in order to reveal these connections between past – present – future and thus to conceive an approach to processes of learning in the field of adult education. This work will be the basis for the preparation of innovative material, the development of a further training course, of a model presentation / exhibition. The single stages of the work will be collected in a folder documenting the “step by step” method and they will be visualized using special patterns.
Based on the various historical contexts which our research work has eventually brought forth the project work will mainly focus on presenting an example of a “journey through time and space” to our addressees. For this “journey”, we will draft short scenes which our project partners can then put into practice as “work stations” or “stage scenes” or, even, as literary examples to be supported by music. All the participating institutions have eagerly accepted that aim when the general project was conceived. Each institution is going to contribute concrete work based on persons, events, or memorable moments and mementos. However, at the same time, all the partners agreed that they might likely develop only one concept of such a “journey through time and space” during the project’s course. This will eventually be decided in view of our common work, as the basic data, i.e. all relevant research results and connections have to be collected, revised and adapted by the project partners before such a “kaleidoscope” can be worked out.
“Origin is future” allows people to approach issues of our European cultural heritage based on contents as well as on developing methodical elements (digitalization, networking, gaining new competencies through comparative studies). Thus, the project work is closely related to the issues of the “European Cultural Heritage” (2018) and beyond we will develop modules which will also help people in future to identify their individual places (of themselves, their institutions, their homes) within the European network of science, art and culture.
If we take seriously Europe’s current inner conflicts and insecurity, and if we find it important to point out perspectives which lend sense to a broad transnational community, then we can only justify that convincingly when we refer to our roots, when we remember and realize the experiences and the knowledge of many generations. In doing so we may eventually gain perspectives to form our future responsibly. Particularly against the background of immigration, populism and increasing nationalism identifying one’s own position carefully seems to be important. It is important not only to reassure ourselves but also to show the continuities and cultural achievements Europe has to those who come here and to demonstrate why it is important to continue along those lines. You cannot do so without having communicative and mediating strategies as well as means of a convincing presentation. Therefore, disregarding borders, such elements should certainly be developed in a form of transnational cooperation.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 59575 Eur

Project Coordinator

KoKoLeLe e.V. & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Muintearas Teoranta
• METODICKO-PEDAGOGICKE CENTRUM
• Sambucusforum vzw
• Joensuun Suomi-Saksa yhdistys ry