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Consultant for the Higher Academy of Happiness.
By: Rae Chapman
The brief from the Academy is challenging. I will be conducting research in the Utopian community of Christiania in Copenhagen as a 3 week artist residency. I leave in two days.
Rae Chapman
The Higher Academy of Happiness offers a model for learning on how to improve the quality of life, using the arts and art events as a toolkit to promote dialogue and reflective practice on well-being.
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Higher Academy of Happiness, 'consultant@higheracademyofhappiness', workwear, September 2007. Photo: Sam Harris. Consultant at Higher Academy of Happiness art event.
# 1 [8 July 2008]
I still have to organise my work experience placements. The research brief is to identify key criteria for the Academy's Happiness in the Workplace Awards. I need to get back to basics on how work is defined. My balloons and banner are packed.
More details here - http://www.crir.net/
I'm really excited about the Academy's work - and this feels like a critical assignment. But I want to hold on to my own inquiry into the work/life balance.
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quick word. interested to read your project. i lived in christiania between 1977 and 1980. i worked there and my son born there. I'm an artist , writer and teacher. I've lots of thoughts about christiania and photos. It 'was' a very special place. I experienced real and rare moments of total happinness there( and no drugs or alchohol!) Let me know if you want my thoughts on anything. I'm jealous as would love to have done your project. don't know what you doing all day in tivoli. Christine
posted on 2008-07-28 by Christine Smith