Collaboration, Cooperation and Knowledge Exchange: The Shetland-Norway Friendship Oar Project 2014

Silke Reeploeg (Organiser)

Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement

Description

As part of the 2014 bicentenary celebrations of the signing of the Norwegian constitution, this project originated with an invitation by the Norwegian Coastal Federation (Forbundet Kysten) 'Oar Project' to install 200 rowing oars from across the Norwegian coastal region at a Maritime Festival in Oslo in summer 2014. The Centre for Nordic Studies, in collaboration with Shetland College UHI, the Anderson High School and the Shetland Islands Council Global Citizenship department, initiated a project to build a traditional Shetland Oar for this display. The project was then presented as a case study at the University of the Highlands and Island Research Conference in November 2014.
Period30 Apr 2014 → 10 Jul 2014
Event titleThe Shetland-Norway Friendship Oar Project: A Collaboration
Event typeOther
LocationLerwick, United Kingdom

Keywords

  • knowledge exchange
  • maritime heritage
  • Nordic Issues
  • Norway
  • boatbuilding
  • history

Documents & Links

Related content

Research Output

Des bateaux et des hommes: objets interculturels et identité régionale en Norvège Occidentale et dans les Îles Shetland: Of boats and men: intercultural objects and regional identity in Western Norway and the Shetland Islands

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Of Boats and Men: intercultural objects and regional identity in Western Norway and the Shetland Islands

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Collaboration, Co-operation & Knowledge Exchange: The Shetland-Norway Friendship Oar Project 2014

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract