A new way of working with children
The core partnership includes the cultural institutions and educational institutions of Kópavogur municipality (IS) and the museums for children’s literature in Odense (DK), Tampere (FI)
The purpose of the project is to bring together the four partner institutions as well as school children and young people from across the Nordic
What does it mean to have “children in charge”? For the Water Drop Culture Project, it means directly involving children in the creation of cultural
“A water drop is, by nature, an entire world for itself, and the whole environment is reflected in it.” -H.C. Andersen Water has always been
Peter Worley’s children’s Storythinking Handbook “Once Upon an If” (2014) is a central methodological tool for the Water Drop. “The Concept box is a general
A philosopher I love —Santiago Alba Rico— wrote a book presenting the theory that children are a species in themselves. And I would add that children’s literature was invented to preserve the children species from the miseries and inequalities of our grown up world. The substance of the fairy tales is per se non binary, it presents fantasy as absolutely credible and able to tell about the possibilities we would have ahead of us if we were able to listen to a mermaid , for example. Mermaids have been for centuries victims of our prejudices —they womanly aspect used to present them as perverse—they animal aspect preventing them to enter our world. Only fiction could liberate them of our unfair visions and give them voice again. Oh I really wish I could be a hybrid these days! Instead of being seated in a chair I would be floating in a tank or in the Rhein while managing my meetings… Mermaids could be the leader designers of the necessary non duality that is needed to built empathy with another species or with one another even! I am sure they have a lot to tell about the Oceans and we a lot to learn from adaptive practices from them. Women’s day is a mermaids day, a non binary day, a day of hope for a different world.
-Chus Martinez,
Spanish curator, art historian, and writer.
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A philosopher I love —Santiago Alba Rico— wrote a book presenting the theory that children are a species in themselves. And I would add that children’s literature was invented to preserve the children species from the miseries and inequalities of our grown up world. The substance of the fairy tales is per se non binary, it presents fantasy as absolutely credible and able to tell about the possibilities we would have ahead of us if we were able to listen to a mermaid , for example. Mermaids have been for centuries victims of our prejudices —they womanly aspect used to present them as perverse—they animal aspect preventing them to enter our world. Only fiction could liberate them of our unfair visions and give them voice again. Oh I really wish I could be a hybrid these days! Instead of being seated in a chair I would be floating in a tank or in the Rhein while managing my meetings… Mermaids could be the leader designers of the necessary non duality that is needed to built empathy with another species or with one another even! I am sure they have a lot to tell about the Oceans and we a lot to learn from adaptive practices from them. Women’s day is a mermaids day, a non binary day, a day of hope for a different world.