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The generation of young people who were born into the digital era may
be more connected to each other, but less connected to their cultural
heritage, warns sociologist Jos de Haan of Erasmus University
Rotterdam. They are "chatting" more but reading less; playing more, but
researching and learning less than preceding generations.
Though adept at finding their way around the virtual world, digital-era
youth are not finding their way to institutions that connect them with
the cultural riches of their past, according to de Haan.
The Internet is perceived as a rival to traditional culture, but it
could become an ally: De Haan challenges museums, libraries, archives,
and other institutions to do more to connect with the digital
generation than merely digitize their collections.
SOURCE: Erasmus University Rotterdam,
http://www.eur.nl/english/pressroom/detail/article/2177/
WFS-2008 CLICK OF THE MONTH: LEGACY LETTER PROJECT
- "Make a list of things you have survived and keep it where you can see it often." Sharon Stubbs
- "Don't speak those cutting words you are always sorry for later." Lynn Campbell
- "Others give meaning to our lives. Be interested in others and you will be interesting to others.
Be committed to others and they will be committed to you."
Willard "Sandy" Boyd (president emeritus, University of Iowa)
These simple bits of wisdom come from contributors to the online Legacy
Letter Project, the brainchild of University of Iowa leisure studies
lecturer David Gould.
The project began when Gould invited senior citizens in the community
to share their life lessons with his students; as the project grew,
Gould began receiving letters from as far away as Venezuela, connecting
not only generations, but cultures as well.
"From the students' perspective, there's an unsaid need to want to know
what's down the road," says Gould. "And the authors are thrilled to be
asked. You live 70, 80 years and endure a host of high points and low
points to arrive where you are."
The site also includes information on how to submit your own legacy letter.
DETAILS: University of Iowa
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2007/december/121407legacy.html
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