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Myth and Legend - Taping the Wisdom of the Past
Yesterday we had a Myth and Legends Café with 36 Masters students in the Sustainable Resource Management program at the Tech University Munich.
Our question: What wisdom is there in the myths and legends of the first peoples that could help us better understand our sustainability challenges?” We started with brief presentations of these myths and legends from Chile, Columbia, China (two stories), Lebanon, Australia, Bulgaria and the US. They were really inspiring.
Then I challenged them to build upon these myths and legends and try to articulate some myths for today that could help us through the next 100 million years. They worked in teams, exchanged tables, shared stories and returned to their teams to write up their beginning stories. It was really exciting and added another important dimension to their program.
I used the "Dream Catcher" idea to capture the essential elements in past myths so they could co-create new myths that could help us make it for the next 100 million years. If anyone is interest in more, please let me know.
Amazing what can be done with TWC!
Tags: Co-Creativity, Legends, Myth, Wisdom, and
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Permalink Reply by Charles M. Savage on
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Juanita, bravo! Vincent-Louis, please share more so we can all learn. And it's nice to see how TWC can continue to evolve, taking on new dimensions.
Cheers from cold Muich: outsie it's -15C and inside +14C but with three sweaters, a jacket and a smile, all is well,
Charles
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Permalink Reply by Jerry Givan on -
"the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE overlap in a VENN, revealing new insights at their intersection"
Thanks for that highly interesting concept, for communicating with those that learn from a totally visual perspective, gives yet another method for people to quickly gasp new concepts. As some one who has had to train people via the internet, gives me some new ideas on how to use this via Power point and web pages... Where you have been, where you are and where you are going! Again, thanks...
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Permalink Reply by Alison Sussman on -
I am definitely very interested in more. I created and teach a course at my high school called Science Fiction and Fantasy in Literature and Pop Culture. I begin the course with mythology and have the kids compare creation myths from various cultures and look for the patterns that emerge. We then spend some time looking at Joseph Campbell's writing on the subject, looking at archetypes and the function of myths in society. The kids love it and get a great deal out of this, and it sets the stage for so much fantasy fiction that draws upon and alludes to mythology. So, anyway, any resources or texts on comparative mythology that you can suggest would be awesome.
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