Project Number DE-COMENIUS-cmp

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1 Project Number DECOMENIUScmp Invitation to the seventh project meeting in Luleå and Jokkmokk (Sweden) from June 4 th June 8 th 2009 Dear Colleagues, This is the seventh project meeting as foreseen in our work plan. This meeting is in a very special area the Artic Circle. Luleå in Luleå sami Luleju, in finnish Luulaja) is a city with a population of in the urban area, and including connecting suburbs. The city is located at the coast of Baltic Sea in Norrbotten, northern Sweden. It is the capital of Norrbotten County. Our host, the LTU Luleå Tekniska Universitet Luleå University of Technology is the northernmost university of technology in Scandinavia and known for ist worldclass research and education. The total number of students enrolled at the University are , the total number of the staff are persons. This is a sucess story, because Luleå University College was only started in 1971, but the Teacher Education College started in Luleå University of Technology conducts research in the Faculty of engineering and the Faculty of arts and social sciences. But not only Lulea City and the University will be our hosts we have in TICKLE a very special intercultural question, concerning the Sami culture and a visit in Norbotten County cannot be finished before passing the Arctic Circle and get an insight view into the Sami history, culture and actual intercultural problems. That is why we travel from Luleå further north to Jokkmokk. The District of Jokkmokk is Sweden s next largest district in size. The total surface is km². Half of this area consists of an extensive mountain region with national parks and a number of nature reserves. The national parks belong to the Laponia area, which in December 1996 UNESCO

2 nominated one of the earth's World Heritage sites. Laponia was chosen as a combined nature and cultural heritage, which is unusual because normally a World Heritage is either chosen for its nature or culture. Jokkmokk as the traditional winter meeting place of the Sámi people holds a word famous market in February since 605 a. C. Welcome to Northern Sweden! Agenda Thursday, 04/06/2009 Individual arrival in Lulea transfer by taxi to accomodation Accomodation: Elite Stadshotellet Luleå Storgatan 15 SE Luleå Tel: Fax: Mail: marita.viksten@elite.se The accomodation costs are 67 per night Registration and check in around 16:00 17: 30Meeting of the Executive Committee Dinner in Luleå at restaurant Jazzomat Friday, 05/06/ Opening Ceremony by Ute Leoni and the Head of department of Educational Sciences, University of Lulea, Dr Lena Lundberg Vesterlund. Luleå University Room D 516 a 9:30 Plenary Session of TICKLE Group: The framework of the toolbox Theoretical fundament on TICKLE approach to intercultural education (this would be the introduction of the later toolbox broschure) presented by György Meszaros, National Tickle Team Eger 10:30 Coffee break

3 11: 00 National groups meet to discuss the framework and reshape their tools in the light of the framework 13:00 Lunch at the cafeteria of Lulea University 14: 00 Presentations of reshaped tools from National teams With following items: The multicultural situation in your country and why you have choosen to develop just these tools, which fit into your intercultural problem area. Theoretical background of your tools Where is the place of your tools in the TICKLE Tool box? Keystone 1: The intercultural person? Keystone 2: The person in it s cultural setting? Keystone 3: Shift of self concepts? Keystone 4: Added experiences to self concepts? Keystone 5: The classroom is the teacher? Keystone 6: Implementation of change (Curriculum and Subject matters)? A short description of how to use the tools Each national team has 30 minutes for presentation: 14:00 14: 30: Germany 14: 30 15: 00 Netherlands 15:00 15: 30 Estonia 15:30 Coffee break 16: 00 16: 30 France 16:30 17: 00 Hungary Györ 17:00 17: 30 Hungary Eger 18:00 Closing of day meeting

4 18:30 Dinner at Luleå University Closing of the day at the Pub Bishop Arms, close to the hotel and the Dome. Saturday 6/06/2009 8:00 Check out of Hotel Due to restricted transport possibilities in the mini buses, you should leave most of your luggage in the Elite Stadshotellet 9: 00 Travel by 3 mini buses from Luleå to Jokkmokk Arrive to Jokkmokk before lunch Check in at Hotel Jokkmokk The price of accommodation is 69 single room. See homepage: 12: 00 Lunch at Hotel Jokkmokk 13: 00 Keynote speech 1: The Sámi year in Jokkmokk Ylva Jannok Nutti (1 h) Keynote speech 2: (asked) The Sámi Hándicraft Duoddje Ph.Dr. Gunvor Guttorm Conference Room Hotel Jokkmokk 15: 30 Coffee Break 16: 00 Findings of the external evaluators after their visits fo far Pertti Kansanen and Matti Meri 18:00 Closing of the day meeting Go by minibuses to Article Circle for dinner and a culture evening. See: Dinner in a Sámi goahti with presentations, activities and Sami Dinner. Presentation and activities: A Sámi Reindeer herder: My life with the reindeers and presentation of some of the knowledge that it demands. Jojk with a Sámi artist. The participants that wishes are able to take an: Artic circle certificate

5 Sunday 07/ : 00 Check out from the Hotel Jokkmokk Visit with guide at the Sámi museum Ájtte, Jokkmokk. See homepage: Lunch at Restaurant Ájtte Return to Luleå by 3 mini buses If there is enough time left, we have a short walk through Lulea Gammelstad, the old town of Lulea 18:00 Check in in Hotel Elite Stadshotellet Luleå Storgatan 15 SE Luleå Tel: Fax: :00 Dinner in Luleå An outlook to the sunset meeting in Offenburg/Germany from Septem ber 17 th 2009 to September 20 th, 2009 Monday 08/06/2009 Participants leave due to their flight schedules Updated 10/04/09 Gunilla Johansson and Bernd Hainmüller