Co-ordinator partners:
Prof. Børch Marianne, (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Prof. Stephen Knight, (University of Wales, United kingdom)

Participants

Introduction to the Sub-Project activities and research themes:
Marianne Børch, University of Southern Denmark
Some Preliminary Remarks

Themes of Research:

- The role of Folklore songs and orality in shaping national identity

- Translation as a cultural mediator among national differences.

- The role and meaning of translated texts (notably the classics) in Scandinavian countries.

- Technologies of Cultural Memory

Activities:

- Conference on Technologies of Cultural Memory – Part 1 devoted to the current phenomenon of “re-oralisation” and the multiple ways oral and literate coexist and interact. - Denmark, 10-11 September 2004

Activities in progress:

- Conference on Technologies of Cultural Memory – Part 2, devoted to the historical dimension considering the transitional phase in history, when orality gave way to literacy (Cardiff, 2005, details to be announced).

- Technologies of Cultural Memory, Prof. Stephen Knight, University of Wales - Cardiff, June 2005