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.

Period	30 Apr 2014 → 10 Jul 2014
Event title	The Shetland-Norway Friendship Oar Project: A Collaboration
Event type	Other
Location	Lerwick, United Kingdom

Keywords

knowledge exchange
maritime heritage
Nordic Issues
Norway
boatbuilding
history

Documents & Links

The Friendship Oar Project Poster 2014
File: application/pdf, 1.69 MB
Type: Other

Press Release: An Oar for Oslo Shetland College UHI has taken part in a project to build an Oar which is to be on display in Oslo as part of the Fordbundet Kysten Project. This is to mark 200 years of the Norwegian Constitution.

Research Output

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

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

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