Periodic Reporting for period 4 - OurMythicalChildhood (Our Mythical Childhood... The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2021-04-01 do 2022-09-30
In our research, we also take into consideration the potential of the global influence of popular culture that has given a new dynamic life to the heritage of Classical Antiquity nearly all over the world, incl. the most distant regions, thus compensating for a significant reduction of the role of the Classics in education. In this context, the further major innovation of our studies consists in the application, next to the global, of regional perspectives. Previously often discarded as parochial and inferior, these perspectives are crucial when juxtaposed to the globalized reception of the Classics. For only then can the hidden trajectories of identity development be revealed and can the Greek and Roman heritage, as it is processed in children’s and young adults’ culture, manifest its potential for serving as a precious research marker of social, ideological, and cultural changes both within local societies and in a global context, as well.
To analyze these issues to the fullest, the international team of scholars from Australia, Cameroon, Israel, Poland (HI), and the UK, with consultants from other European countries, New Zealand, and the USA, carry out comparative studies of differing reception models in youth culture through three chosen aspects (filters) that facilitate a comparative approach: the classical myths, the reception of Greek and Roman history, and environmental issues. Moreover, we engage in numerous dissemination activities to make optimum use of the potential of the Project and the universal appeal of Classical Antiquity along with the natural connection that the educated public feels towards the theme of childhood, in the aim of encouraging novel approaches to inclusive education, esp. in regard to autistic children, and to citizen science by engaging young people in research via school projects and innovative tools, such as ancient Greek vase animations. By means of all this, we strive for a new model of work in the Humanities on the frontiers of research, education and culture.
The Project resulted also in numerous publications, incl. 12 volumes (6 published, 3 forthcoming 2022, 3 forthcoming 2023) that have filled several gaps in the field, incl. regarding the classical reception in children’s and young adults’ culture, the role of the ancient myths in education worldwide, the application of the myth of Hercules in the work with autistic children, and the implementation of the 5 animations prepared within the Project and based on Greek vases in school curricula (in the two latter volumes we offer also examples of lesson plans). The Gold Open Access to all the publications has been ensured.
We have organized or taken part in more than 340 dissemination actions (incl. citizen science, video competitions, public lectures, and a special initiative “Find the Force!” in response to the pandemic). 4 BA, 2 MA, and 2 PhD-theses have been accomplished within the Project at the HI, and we have offered training opportunities to students. The Our Mythical Childhood Survey and Our Mythical Education databases have been created, with a user-friendly interface, where we have gathered and analyzed over 1,500 of the most vital examples of reception cases. We have set up and lead the Project’s website, 4 scholarly blogs and 4 social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram) to regularly communicate our research results with society. These channels, as well as the databases and the website are continued also after the Project’s end owing to the support from the HI. The potential of the Project is boosted also through the establishment of The Cluster: The Past for the Present – the International Research and Educational Programme, including the PI’s cooperation with Prof. Véronique Dasen, the PI of the ERC Adv. Grant Locus Ludi (Fribourg). Last but not least, next steps within the “Our Mythical Childhood” programme are planned.
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