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Sara Oldudottir

anthropologist, social scientist, organizer of the festival

Books

My country

Events

2018/09/19 Berlin - Post production of the book “What is Nation?”
2018/08/21 Гавана - Придумай свою Страну. Куба.
2018/07/12 REYKJAVIK - Inventing your own Nation
2018/07/11 REYKJAVIK - Invent your flag, your coat of arms
2018/06/14 REYKJAVIK - Exhibitions “Invent your nation” in Libraries
2018/06/14 Reykjavik - Kids stories – Portal Nation
2018/06/13 Reykjavik - The Reykjavik libraries with Sara Oldudottir and Olof Sverrisdottir
2018/06/13 Reykjavik - Great to be outside!
2018/06/11 REYKJAVIK - Draw a map of the ideal country
2018/05/17 Reykjavík - A4kids “What is Nation” in Reykjavík’s central library

Book

My country

This book is a game. Let's invent a new nation together, while thinking about where the word "nationality" comes from and how it is viewed in different cultures.

Posts

The Reykjavik libraries with Sara Oldudottir and Olof Sverrisdottir

Together we did 5 workshops based on the book "What is Nation"!

Great to be outside!

Sara Oldudottir took the kids - participants of the workshop Nation outside to draw with the chalk on the sideboard

Inventing your own Nation

How will people of your nationality look?

Exhibitions “Invent your nation” in Libraries

Parents, children, librarians and class leaders gathered at the opening of the exhibition of children's books "My Nationality"

Draw a map of the ideal country

What will the map of your country look like? We can use the map of Iceland to draw on it.

Invent your flag, your coat of arms

In your book what would be the flag and coat of arms of your country?

Придумай свою Страну. Куба.

Кубинские дети рисовали книжку "Моя страна" все вместе, но у каждого получилась своя собственная...
to be continued

A4kids “What is Nation” in Reykjavík’s central library

Come check out the exhibition that showcases the results of a workshop for kids 9-12 years old held earlier this summer. The kids looked at the term nation and used their own imagination and critical thinking to express their thoughts and create their own utopian society.

Post production of the book “What is Nation?”

Children's contributions from the workshops of "What is Nation" were amazing! We are starting to work on the postproduction of the book.

Kids stories – Portal Nation

...portal through which we can be transported into other worlds

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