Bridging Ages International is situated as a formal organization at Kalmar county museum in Kalmar. The museum has since the start 2004 been the head office of the international organization.
The educational department at Kalmar county museum is implementing the Time Travel method and Applied Heritage with a wide range of educational programs in the county, where local heritage is used to reflect on contemporary issues. Target groups are mainly schools and local communities: workshops, educational programmes, trainings, seminars and about 100 local Time Travel events in Kalmar region every year.
The last ten years, Kalmar county museum has been working with several projects in collaboration with international partners in over 20 countries throughout the world. Using the Time Travel method and Applied Heritage with the emphasis on contemporary issues to promote social cohesion, community-building and human rights. Kalmar county museum has a close connection to Linnaeus University in projects and university courses; a regional and international partnership.
Summary This study is an overview of research and projects that have been carried out concerning how the cultural heritage can be used as a resource in conflict resolution. It has focused on answe...
Read moreAbstract This article presents the Time Travel method, an educational method that uses local heritage to reflect on contemporary issues. The goal is to promote learning, social cohesion and contri...
Read more"7 steps towards an in-depth teaching in the historic environment" was a method book published in 2006. The book described the basics of the Time Travel Method and the cultural environment pedagogy...
Read moreAbstract The Time Travel Method is an educational method focused on addressing contemporary issues or challenges using an historical context. By placing the challenges of contemporary society in a...
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Read moreWhat is the role of cultural heritage in constructing futures? How can a UNESCO Chair provide tools for creative futures thinking and future-making? And how does archaeology relate to that? This in...
Read moreAbstract What is the role of cultural heritage in constructing futures? How can a UNESCO Chair provide tools for creative futures thinking and future-making? And how does archaeolog relate to that...
Read moreIntroduction In 2018, a collaborative project between ACT Church of Sweden and its two partner-organisations Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT) and Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) ...
Read moreStory: The workers at the manor called for work Key questions: The way for the future, for me and my family? Decent job or emigrate?
Read moreStory: The four farmer families around the river come together Key questions: What do I need to learn for my life? Strangers?
Read moreStory: Finalize the work on the fort Key questions: Prepare for war. Fight or negotiate?
Read moreHere you can read Prof Cornelius Holtorf's article, that was the Key Note speech at the opening ceremony of EAA (European Association of Archaeologists) 25th August 2020: "From studying the past to...
Read moreStory: Meeting with Doctor Carl Linnaeus, the botanist, at the meadows of Torslunda in 1741 Key questions: Tradition-change. How to develop the farming and how to develop Sweden?
Read moreAbstract The goal of this article is to present some of the ways in which the cultural heritage can be used in conflict resolution and to which results, as well as to outline challenges. My method...
Read moreThis is the project report from the project Sites and Stories. Project partners were Kalmar Municipalty, Kalmar County Museum, Byteatern and Entebbe Municipality Included is the project report a...
Read moreThis book presents what is happening in Historic Environment Education and Time Traveling in several countries in Europe, USA and Africa. Historic environments are always close at hand. And Time Tr...
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Read moreThe Time Travel method gives space for reflection on contemporary issues, by using local heritage and history. This educational method started in the Kalmar region, Sweden in the mid 1980’s and is ...
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