Abstract
EPIC-WE: Engaging cultural-historical institutions, creative industries, and higher education for youth empowerment and participation.
Kim Holflod, Jakob Egerup Edut, Katrine Broe Sørensen, Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning & Rikke Toft Nørgård
Abstract:
The presentation introduces and discusses the first steps in developing a new cooperative model for re-imagining and re-enacting higher education beyond the institution – the EPIC-WE model. Through the concept of ‘empowered participation’, the ambition is to re-position higher education institutions – focusing on Arts & Humanities – as pro-active collaborators and cultural value-creators in society. The presentation connects theories on ‘quadruple helix innovation frameworks’ (Carayannis & Campbell, 2012) with ‘future mode 3 higher education institutions’ and ‘universities without walls’ (Nørgård, Mor & Bengtsen, 2019; Nørgård; Schreibman & Huang, 2022; EUA, 2021). This creates future conditions for ‘empowered participation’ through quadruple cooperative settings and relations between higher education institutions, cultural organisations, creative industries, and young people.
The EPIC-WE model will be developed and tested as a core deliverable of the EPIC-WE project. The EPIC-WE project is a Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Action that is awarded approx. 23 mill DKK by EU and was launched on March 1st, 2023. The project is carried out as an ambitious double-loop Design-Based research project (McKenney & Reeves, 2019) across three sites in Denmark, Holland, and Portugal.
The EPIC-WE model explores the benefits and value of cooperative relations and settings between higher education institutions, cultural organizations, creative industries, and young people in quadruple helix innovation frameworks. This will be in the form of developing and delivering a new cultural ecosystem for the public good and co-shaping futures. The first iteration of the EPIC-WE model will be presented.
The EPIC-WE model and project, its relevance and implications for higher education development and teaching, and its connections to the DUNK theme of settings and relations will be discussed.
GRASP Festival 2023 – UTOPIA: https://graspfestival.dk/open-call/
Literature
Carayannis, E. G., & Campbell, D. F. (2012). Mode 3 knowledge production in quadruple helix innovation systems. In Mode 3 knowledge production in quadruple helix innovation systems (pp. 1-63). Springer, New York, NY.
EUA (European University Association) (2021), Universities without Walls: A Vision for 2030, Brussels: EUA, February 2021
McKenney, S. & Reeves, T. C. (2019). Conducting Educational Design Research. Second Edition. Routledge, London.
Nørgård, R. T., Y. Mor and S. Bengtsen (2019), ‘Networked Learning in, for, and with the World’, in A. Littlejohn, J. Jaldemark, E. Vrieling-Teunter and F. Nijland (eds), Networked Professional Learning: Emerging and Equitable Discourses for Professional Development, 71-88, Cham: Springer.
Nørgård, R. T., Schreibman, S., & Huang, M. P. (2022). Digital Humanities and Hybrid Education: Higher education in, with and for the Public. I A. Schwan, & T. Thomson (red.), The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (s. 11-29). Palgrave Macmillan.
Program-track - Culture Now
Kim Holflod, Jakob Egerup Edut, Katrine Broe Sørensen, Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning & Rikke Toft Nørgård
Abstract:
The presentation introduces and discusses the first steps in developing a new cooperative model for re-imagining and re-enacting higher education beyond the institution – the EPIC-WE model. Through the concept of ‘empowered participation’, the ambition is to re-position higher education institutions – focusing on Arts & Humanities – as pro-active collaborators and cultural value-creators in society. The presentation connects theories on ‘quadruple helix innovation frameworks’ (Carayannis & Campbell, 2012) with ‘future mode 3 higher education institutions’ and ‘universities without walls’ (Nørgård, Mor & Bengtsen, 2019; Nørgård; Schreibman & Huang, 2022; EUA, 2021). This creates future conditions for ‘empowered participation’ through quadruple cooperative settings and relations between higher education institutions, cultural organisations, creative industries, and young people.
The EPIC-WE model will be developed and tested as a core deliverable of the EPIC-WE project. The EPIC-WE project is a Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Action that is awarded approx. 23 mill DKK by EU and was launched on March 1st, 2023. The project is carried out as an ambitious double-loop Design-Based research project (McKenney & Reeves, 2019) across three sites in Denmark, Holland, and Portugal.
The EPIC-WE model explores the benefits and value of cooperative relations and settings between higher education institutions, cultural organizations, creative industries, and young people in quadruple helix innovation frameworks. This will be in the form of developing and delivering a new cultural ecosystem for the public good and co-shaping futures. The first iteration of the EPIC-WE model will be presented.
The EPIC-WE model and project, its relevance and implications for higher education development and teaching, and its connections to the DUNK theme of settings and relations will be discussed.
GRASP Festival 2023 – UTOPIA: https://graspfestival.dk/open-call/
Literature
Carayannis, E. G., & Campbell, D. F. (2012). Mode 3 knowledge production in quadruple helix innovation systems. In Mode 3 knowledge production in quadruple helix innovation systems (pp. 1-63). Springer, New York, NY.
EUA (European University Association) (2021), Universities without Walls: A Vision for 2030, Brussels: EUA, February 2021
McKenney, S. & Reeves, T. C. (2019). Conducting Educational Design Research. Second Edition. Routledge, London.
Nørgård, R. T., Y. Mor and S. Bengtsen (2019), ‘Networked Learning in, for, and with the World’, in A. Littlejohn, J. Jaldemark, E. Vrieling-Teunter and F. Nijland (eds), Networked Professional Learning: Emerging and Equitable Discourses for Professional Development, 71-88, Cham: Springer.
Nørgård, R. T., Schreibman, S., & Huang, M. P. (2022). Digital Humanities and Hybrid Education: Higher education in, with and for the Public. I A. Schwan, & T. Thomson (red.), The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (s. 11-29). Palgrave Macmillan.
Program-track - Culture Now
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Event | GRASP Festival - , Denmark Duration: 28 Sept 2023 → 29 Sept 2023 |
Conference
| Conference | GRASP Festival |
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| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| Period | 28/09/23 → 29/09/23 |