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Project reference: 06-DEU03-S2G01-00199-3
DEUTSCHLAND
New Approaches to Nutritional Education in Museums
Nutrition-related disorders are on the increase throughout Europe. The controversial discussion about what constitutes
‘proper’ nutrition underlines the need for up-to-date nutritional education in place of the insufficiently effective classical
nutritional education, particularly for adults. What is more, the food sector is also subject to increasing global uniformity,
associated with a loss of diversity. Since nutrition is closely related to traditions and lifestyles, museums – as places of
historical and social reflection and of aesthetic perception – can combine these two aspects. By offering sense and tastetraining
sessions and events that emphasise the enjoyment of food and regional specialities, these extra-mural places of
learning can play an important role in the development of responsible eating habits. Furthermore activities on local food
products can be an important chance to point out scientific topics such as genetically modified food and biodiversity.
The project is intended to discuss these challenges by promoting an exchange of experience between museums and scientific
institutions, in order to improve the partners’ practice-oriented programmes. The partners will bring in different approaches to
the subject and a variety of cultural backgrounds. Discussion of these will provide the museums’ educational staff with new
ideas for nutritional education, emphasising regional and cultural peculiarities and facilitating inter-cultural dialogue.
The target groups are people with disabilities, senior citizens and other sections of the population who are not usually accessed
through mainstream educational institutions and – for various social reasons – can’t receive an adequate nutritional education
in their families or peer groups.
Duration: 3 years Funding year: 3 rd
Area(s) covered
Project Objectives
Target Group(s)
COMPOSITION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Coordinating institution
Name of the organisation: Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum
Name of the contact person: Jörg Naumann
Address: Lingnerplatz 1, D – 01069 Dresden
E-mail: joerg.naumann@dhmd.de
Tel: + 49 (0) 0351 / 4846777
Fax: + 49 (0) 0351 / 4846587
Website: www.dhmd.de
Partners
Fondazione IDIS Città della Scienza, IT
Eesti Tervishoiu Muuseum, EE
Agropolis-Museum, FR
Consumer education
Learning about European countries/the European Union
Sustainable development
Strategy for stimulating/promoting adult learners’ demand for learning
Experimentation with new pedagogical approach(es)
Disabled persons
Senior citizens
Young adults at risk of social marginalisation
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