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Roskilde Festival: Community, Culture, Creativity| DIS – Study Abroad in Scandinavia |
Related Disciplines: Cultural Studies, Sustainability, and Communication 1
Roskilde Festival: Community, Culture and Creativity
Summer 2017, Session II (June 13 – July 2) Credits: 3
Related Disciplines: Cultural Studies, Sociology, Communication Location: DIS, V10-A11 and Roskilde Festival Site
Course Description This course is a humanities practicum that is centered on volunteering and Roskilde Festival as an innovative
community. The course will focus on volunteering as a theoretical concept and on a variety of projects and cultural
events that take place before and during the festival. Students will have the opportunity to make a difference and
contribute to Roskilde’s influence on environmental, social, and political issues through cultural work and creative
design.
All projects are based on the Roskilde Festival’s ideals of DIY (Do It Yourself), equality, humanitarianism, and
environmental responsibility. Students will be matched to a project and become part of an active volunteer team.
Through volunteerism, this course combines a theoretical framework with project based studies and hands-on
experiential learning.
Course Projects
When signing up for the course, please choose between the following areas of interest. Each student is assigned a
particular project based on availability and the student’s application.
___ SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Democracy, Active Citizenship
___SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability, Environmental studies
___COMMUNICATION Internal Communication, International Press Handling, Social Media,
Web TV, Press
___ART ZONE Co-Creation, Art, Construction
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What is Roskilde Festival?
Roskilde Festival is the largest, annual week-long international cultural and music event in Northern Europe, existing
since 1971. Attracting an audience of over 100,000 attendees every year, Roskilde Festival has developed into a
boundary-pushing cultural-political manifestation. Roskilde Festival is based on the efforts of over 30,000 volunteers
that assist to create the ‘orange feeling,’ a social, interactive, intercultural meeting/gathering environment.
Roskilde Festival is more than just a music phenomenon as it is a dynamic, innovative community involving many
cultural organizations and NGOs. One of the main values of Roskilde festival is to reflect and challenge the
surrounding society and world. Roskilde Festival is a non-profit organization where all profits are donated to
humanitarian and cultural work.
What is volunteering?
Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity and is intended to promote good or improve human quality of
life.
Volunteerism is a key concept in Danish culture. It is a tradition that dates back to the 1830s with the creations of the
first folk high schools. Also there is a strong association tradition in Denmark, which means there is clearly formulated
framework for volunteerism. The volunteerism concept has in recent years been put under pressure as the public
sector in Denmark are becoming more concerned about volunteering and how it can help to ensure the welfare of
society in the future.
Course Objectives
● Gain international work experience in a major cultural event
● Understand volunteerism in a Danish context and partake in an active volunteer team
● Acquire a theoretical framework essential for organizational understanding of the volunteering context
● Communicate and analyze a project through course assignments and experiential learning
Required Readings
Reading assignments are listed below as part of the course content. They will be posted on Canvas.
● Frederik C. Boll, Nana G. Alsted & Jakob M. Hald: Volunteer Management - How and why? p. 1-44
● David Campbell: The Socially Constructed Organization p. 1-48
● Otto Scharmer: ”Addressing the Blind Spot of Our Time p. 1-12
● Urban design - Temporary Urbanism p. 22-25 (other articles are optional, but still relevant)
Course Instructor:
Mads Simon Martinussen
Coach and chief consultant. Initiator and co-owner of Public Funk. (www.publicfunk.dk)
Consulting experience includes work with development and change in Danish municipalities and
other public organizations.
Mads has been a volunteer in the association CPH Talks since 2010 and has been a volunteer at
Roskilde Festival, a so-called Roskilde enthusiast working with the festival year round since 2012.
Has additionally had various voluntary short efforts at the festival in the 90s. With DIS since 2013.
Email: [email protected]
Course Assistant and DIS on-site personnel
Stephanie Clemente
Science & Health Project Manager, DIS International Coordinator- Copenhagen (Roskilde Road Trips), Roskilde Festival, 2014 – present. Distortion Safety Crew Volunteer Coordinator, 2014 – 2015. Spillestedet Stengade, Volunteer Crew, 2013. Volunteer at previous cultural and music festivals including: Bonnaroo Music Festival, Trailerpark Festival, 2010-2013. B.A. Chemistry, Wesleyan University, 2011. Biomedicine Program, DIS 2009. With DIS since 2011. Email: [email protected]
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Course Format
This course is designed as a combination of group sessions and individual work on an assigned project under the
guidance of the course instructor.
Please note that the distribution of projects is based on availability. You will be asked to prioritize your areas of
interest and be assigned to a project as close to your top choice as possible.
Course Evaluation
In Class Presentation 10%
Project * 50%
Theoretical Paper 25%
Journal 15%
*Involvement in assigned project before and during the festival. Students will be evaluated individually by course
instructor and the particular project coordinator. Project grade will include a Journal Notebook that includes
reflections and observations throughout the entirety of the three-week course.
Course Schedule (Tuesday June 13 – Sunday July 2): Roskilde Festival: Community, Culture and Creativity
Week l Monday June 12 Tuesday June 13 Wednesday June 14 Thursday June 15 Friday June 16
Notes & Readings All Classes will take place at DIS this week in V10 – A11
DIS Arrival Day for Summer Session II Students Arrival in Copenhagen
Read: 1. Volunteer Management -
How and why? p. 1-44 2. Susan J. Ellis: That
Pesky Word “Volunteer”
Read: 1. Campbell: “The Socially
constructed Organization” p. 1-48
2. McKergow & Bailey: “Host” p. 17-43
Morning Arrival DIS Workshop 9:00-12:00 What Is Volunteering? Presentation and workshop by Mads Simon Martinussen
9:00-12:00 Volunteering as an organizational notion Presentation and workshop by Mads Simon Martinussen
9:00-12:00 Introduction to Roskilde Festival Presentation and workshop by Annette Jørgensen & Regitze Jørgensen
Lunch break
Afternoon 14:15-16:15 Welcome and Introduction to Course
➔ Who are we? ➔ Objectives? ➔ Practical information about
the course 16:15-17:00 Social activity Facilitated by Stephanie Clemente
13:00-16:00 CPH-Talks: How to (Non-) organize volunteer based events Presentation and workshop by Kristian Pedersen 16:00-17:00 Class discussion on today’s topics Introduction to Paper, Due Friday June 23 at 15.00.
13:00-16:00 Host Leadership Presentation and workshop by Mads Simon Martinussen 16:00-17:00 Group work on in class presentation
13:00-14:00 Preparing of in class presentation 14:00-16:00 In class presentation 16:00-16:30 Week l wrap up
Week ll Monday June 19 Tuesday June 20 Wednesday June 21 Thursday June 22 Friday June 23
Notes & Readings This week will take place primarily at the festival site. Havsteensvej 11
Read: Urban design - Temporary Urbanism
Morning/Day Off (Some project work starts today) Theoretical Paper Due at 15.00 via Canvas
Morning 8:00 Meet at DIS to depart to Roskilde Headquarters 9:00-11.00 Tour of the Festival Site Introduction by Annette Jørgensen 11.00-12.00 Security and Safety on the Festival Presentation by Sofie Dahl
10:30-13:00 How to build a temporary city? Presentation and workshop by Mads Simon Martinussen * Tour of the Festival Site
10:30-12:00 You & Me and the festival: How to take care of yourself and each other. By Mads Simon Martinussen
9:30-12:00 Preparing for Roskilde Festival Week ll wrap up
Lunch break (Lunch will be provided Mon-Thurs based on your dietary restrictions)
Afternoon 13:00-14:00 Roskilde Festival: Social Responsibility | Sustainability Presentation by Mikkel and Freja 14:00–15:00 Workshop Roskilde Camp Theme, Check Lists and more 15:00-18:00 Set up tents at the festival campsite and return back to Copenhagen via Public Transport
14:30- 17:00 Ragnarock (Rock Museum) Visit and Tour 17:30 – 20:00 Evening Dinner & Social Location: Gimle Helligkorsvej 2 4000 Roskilde
13:00 – 14:00 Roskilde Festival Højskole Presentation by Jesper Øland 14:00-15:00 Challenges of Roskilde Festival Presentation by CEO Signe Lopdrup 15:15 – 16:15 Camp of the Year Camp Where is Waldo? (a.k.a. Camp Holger) Camp Crazy Legs
15:30 Meet at DIS to depart for official start of Roskilde Festival study tour and Volunteer Check-In
Week llI Sat Jun 24 Sun Jun 25 Mon Jun 26 Tues Jun 27 Wed Jun 28 Thurs Jun 29 Fri Jun 30 Sat Jul 1 Sun Jul 2
Notes Assigned Project Work
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Day Assigned project work approx. 32 hours in 8 hr shifts
A more detailed Project Work Schedule will be given to you in week II
Individualized scheduling may occur in which case you will be notified of changes and given a more specific schedule based on your project assignment.
10:00 Course Wrap Up Session Concluding Brunch at the Festival
8:00 Pack up tents and luggage Hand in your Journal 10:00 Depart back to Copenhagen by bus
Night
16:00 Roskilde Festival Begins Camp Social Event
The Roskilde Festival inner site opens
