Post by clemsy on Dec 15, 2013 11:12:45 GMT -5
Greetings fellow Bats! There are a few things I'd like to do with this topic. But first and foremost I'm looking for teachers of myth to participate in the Joseph Campbell Foundation's Mythic Classroom project, of which I am honored to be the curator. Right now, I'm gathering curricular exemplars in an Excel spreadsheet. This information will eventually be uploaded into a searchable database on the JCF's new website, currently under construction. Here is the project's mission statement:
The spreadsheet is attached. If you want to submit your work for possible inclusion, download the attached file, add your information to the next available column, rename the doc with your name and email it to me with "Mythic Classroom" in the subject line to michael.lambert@jcf.org
If you have any questions, or would just like to chat about all things mythic, do so here! I'm looking forward to hearing from whoever is interested!
Cheers,
Michael (aka Clemsy)
Part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s (JCF) mission is to promote the study of mythology and comparative religion, to implement and/or support diverse mythological education programs and to utilize the Foundation's website (www.jcf.org) as a forum for relevant cross-cultural dialogue. To these ends, the JCF is inviting educators, at all levels and disciplines, who have incorporated myth into their curricula to share their work in a searchable database to be used as a resource for teachers and researchers.
Although the use of Joseph Campbell’s work is not a pre-requisite for inclusion in this project, we are looking for those whose work with myth:
• provides young students with a rich narrative experience
• incorporates the study of metaphor and symbolism
• encourages students to construct personal meaning
• views myth as a product of the human psychological landscape which connects us across cultures.
“We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.” ~Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
Although the use of Joseph Campbell’s work is not a pre-requisite for inclusion in this project, we are looking for those whose work with myth:
• provides young students with a rich narrative experience
• incorporates the study of metaphor and symbolism
• encourages students to construct personal meaning
• views myth as a product of the human psychological landscape which connects us across cultures.
“We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.” ~Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
The spreadsheet is attached. If you want to submit your work for possible inclusion, download the attached file, add your information to the next available column, rename the doc with your name and email it to me with "Mythic Classroom" in the subject line to michael.lambert@jcf.org
If you have any questions, or would just like to chat about all things mythic, do so here! I'm looking forward to hearing from whoever is interested!
Cheers,
Michael (aka Clemsy)
