Assortment of beeswax poems and flowers
Foto: (c) Astra Papachristodoulou
Group photo of class 10C and mentors from the AVC course
Foto: (c) Astra Papachristodoulou
Protest banners against handwritten poem on blackboard
Foto: (c) Astra Papachristodoulou
Student cutting felt, preparing protest banners
Foto: (c) Astra Papachristodoulou
Stacked messages in bottles
Foto: (c) Astra Papachristodoulou
Students holding protest banner
Foto: (c) Astra Papachristodoulou
Mission statement
The 'Sensing Literature-Talents' faculty project is based in the English Literatures and Cultures Department. Our ongoing goal is to foster a dynamic engagement through politically and geographically-focused literary texts from Northern Ireland and Ireland. During the one-year project – extending from winter semester 2022-23 to the summer semester 2023 – we are exploring the sensory perception of touch through a series of creative, hands-on, ecological workshops and interactions to establish connections across border politics, social isolation, and the climate crisis.
Our target audience is composed of both University of Stuttgart Anglistik students enrolled in a Summer Semester 2023 Hauptseminar on Tactile Irish Literature (as mentors) and year 10 pupils at the bilingual Gynmasium in Stuttgart-West, Königin-Olga-Gymnasium (as mentees).
Enrolling in the Summer Semester 2023 HS: The Tactility of Irish Literature, will enrich you in the following ways:
- participation in a two-day workshop on tactile encounters and mutuality
- experience the power of literary texts that heighten the senses
- collaboration with Belfast poet Padraig Regan and the co-founders of the Belfast-based poetry press, The Lifeboat Press, Manuela Moser and Stephen Connolly
- discover experimental and on-site methods for engaging with literary texts
- deepen interpersonal skills through the mentoring program
- gain ECTS credits.
Those students who participated in the first part of the project during the Winter Semester of 2022-23 in Advanced Verbal Communication enriched their pedagogical skills by:
- participating in a two-day workshop on sculptural poetry with Astra Papachristodoulou
- experiencing in-class teaching at a bilingual Gymnasium
- developing creative expression in a classroom context
- discovering new ways of teaching literature
- deepening interpersonal skills through the mentoring program
- gaining ECTS credits.
Educational aspect/ skills they will learn:
- Engaging with literature/ poetry in a new way
- Certificate of participation
- Expressing themselves creatively
- Getting an idea of university- and student life
- Getting into contact with university students through the mentoring program
Timetable
| 11-12. November 2022 | Sculptural Poetry Workshop (with
Astra Papachristodoulou)
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| 07-08. July 2023 | Workshop: Archiving a Literary Text in the World |
Jessica Bundschuh
Dr.Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin