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Interfolk

Institute for Civil Society

First partner meeting, 11 – 12 October 2018 in Vienna Presentation of Interfolk

Hans Jørgen Vodsgaard

Interfolk at a glance

Interfolk is a

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non-profit organisation founded in 2008,

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based on individuals members,

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sharing an interest in the Grundtvigian tradition of liberal adult education. The mission is

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to promote democratic learning activities in a civil society context. The activities include

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research, surveys and development projects, courses, seminars and debate

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in a Danish, Nordic, and European context.

2 Miro, The wall of the moon, 1958

Membership

Interfolk is member of

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The Baltic Sea NGO Network Denmark

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International Platform for Citizen Participation (IPCP)

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Amateo - European Network for Active Participation in Cultural Activities For more information – see www.interfolk.dk

3 Arthur Dove , Distraction, 1928

Core values and conceptual basis

The core values and conceptual basis is based on

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the Nordic Grundtvigian tradition of liberal adult education as well as

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the wider European humanistic traditions of Enlightenment and Bildung The association strives to renew and revitalise a critical humanistic paradigm of lifelong learning.

4 Georgia O'Keeffe, Evening star iv, 1917

Mission

The mission is to promote Bildung and Enlightenment in the context of liberal adult education and participatory arts and culture. Interfolk strives as part of its mission

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To create partnerships with Nordic and European associations within liberal adult education, NGO-activities and participatory arts and culture.

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To ensure that the objectives of lifelong learning adhered to by the European Commission and the Nordic Council of Ministers also continues the best of the intentions of the Nordic-European tradition of enlightenment and Bildung.

Grundtvig: To find your song behind the plough

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market state

Democracy

Public sphere

civil society

Private sphere

Habermas – Model of Society

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Technical -instrumental rationality

(How - on effective means) Communicative og expressive rationality (Why - on purpose and meaning)

SYSTEM LIFE WORLD

System

State Market Parliament

Democratic public

Civil society

Personal sphere

Life world

Habermas – Life spheres and life roles

Employee Customer Client Citizen Fellowman Person / human

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Bourgeois Citoyen L’Homme

The good life implies

• A balance between the roles as bourgeois, citoyen and l’homme

System

Market State

Spectator democracy Civil society is privatised Persons looses autonomy

Life world

Habermas – The system colonises the life world

The neoliberal system

• The competitive state
• New public management
• Commercialization
• Instrumentalisation

The colonised life world

• Media: Public service to Infotainment
• University: Free thinking to Invoices
• Education: Bildung to competences
• Culture: Experience economy
• NGO’s: private volunteering

Key words:

• One-dimensional society
• Civil society looses learning capacity
• Citizens looses autonomy

Less ”Liberty, equality, fraternity”

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Modern man – Neoliberal man

Free person

Employee Active Citizen Fellow human being 9

Freedom of man (autonomy) People as political sovereign Keyword – active citizenship Employee

Client Consumer

Human capital (usefulness) People as economic work force Keyword - employability

Paradigm of learning and culture

The humanistic agenda for education and culture Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

Article 26. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms Article 27 Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life

• f the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific

advancement and its benefits

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Lifelong learning - paradigm struggle

Lifelong: from cradle to grave – Life wide: formal, non-formal and informal learning

UNESCO introduced ”lifelong learning” i 1970’s

 Access to knowledge and culture as a human right

 Learning for human and democratic development  A humanistic paradigm

OECD promoted ”lifelong learning” i 1980’s

 Qualification for competiveness on the global market  Learning as an investment in “human capital”  A economic-instrumental paradigm

Edgar Fauré: Learning to be, 1972 UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Area of activity

Interfolk’s activities include

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research, surveys and development work, courses and debate

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in a Danish, Nordic, and European context.

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Management Networking Fund raising

Development work Debate

Research Document

Courses

Partners of cooperation

The partners of cooperation are

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Primarily from the area of civil society, such as liberal adult education

• rganisations, arts & culture associations and other NGO’s;

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Secondary from the area of public education and culture. We give high priority to multilateral and cross-national partnerships, because they pave the way for new ideas, new forms of activities, a broader inter-face and more funding opportunities. Overview of international projects – see http://interfolk.dk/projects.html

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Expectations to the project

 The partnership circle will complete the

work plan successfully.

 We will all gain new knowhow and skills

to promote inclusion, cohesion and trust by strengthening co-creative activities

 We will strengthen our capacity to offer

new in-service training events at a national and European level.

 We will develop our international

network and ability to initiate new international projects in the field.

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Weie, Faun og nymfe, 1941

Possible organisational and personal benefits

Organisational benefits:

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New inspiration

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New contacts

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More funding opportunities Personal benefits

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New impulses

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News persons to know

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New places to visit

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Munch-Petersen, Red Butterfly, 1935