Approximately 800 children and young people from 7 Indigenous regions from Finnmark Country and France were invited to submit a picture of their dream home/lodge.
The images, as you can see above, are displayed on a Jielli (Northern Sami), which is a structure for drying fish.
This work inspires me. I love how children express their ideas. They're straight forward and simple, uncluttered by "politics".
Classroom Idea:
I'm thinking about how I could develop this activity for when I return to Sydney. Drawing on the idea of the "fish", we could explore fish nets and fish traps, creating a similar structure using found wood and string or light wire. We could build a "display" structure. And rather than a dream home or lodge, I might ask students to draw their perfect meeting place.
Will continue to explore this activity more when I return, and update this post later.
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