Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Re: Denmark connections

[Forbes Jan (jan.forbes]

Christine

It would be interesting to know what North Carolina has in common with
Scandinavian countries.  From what people have told me it is a friendly and
community minded place.

Jan

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Subject: [C-L]_Re: Denmark connections



I was surprised three years ago when I went for my first experience at the
John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown N.C., to find that it (like so
many things in my life) was founded on Danish theories about community.

The Campbell folk school was opened around 1925. "The folkehojskole (folk
school) had long been a force in the rural life of Denmark. These schools
for life helped transform the Danish countryside into a vibrant, creative
force. The Campbells talked of establishing such a school in the rural
southern United States as an alternative to the higher education facilities
that drew young people away from the family farm." (from the Campbell web
site.)

Penland is another school originally founded on the Danish high school (folk
school) theories, though it's much less of a folk school (meaning "people's
school") these days.

Just some information,
Christine Della Maggiora
Eno Commons
Durham NC USA 

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