COLLABORATIVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND INQUIRY (CURI)
A SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE THAT GIVES ST. OLAF UNDERGRADUATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH IN THEIR FIELD OF INTEREST
An Online guide to kierkegaard’s copenhagen
Faculty Advisor: Brian Söderquist
Student: Madeline Altman
Description: The goal of this project is an interactive webpage which leads the visitor through an online tour of sites in Copenhagen related to the authorship and biography of Søren Kierkegaard. This project will be published on the Hong Kierkegaard Library (HKL) website. It will provide students and scholars with an introduction to the biographical significance of the given sites for Kierkegaard and will include, for each site, a selection from one of Kierkegaard’s published texts, which is directly tied to the site. Altman will be responsible for creating the website and composing the biographical texts. Unlike a similar Danish site that Söderquist designed earlier, ikierkegaardsfodspor.dk, this website will include sites outside old Copenhagen, which are also significant to Kierkegaard’s authorship. The site will also integrate a host of historical photos of the sites housed in the special collection at the HKL. Altman will also be responsible for researching Kierkegaard biographies, selecting passages from Kierkegaard’s published and unpublished works, and writing text for the website, all under my direction. The project will be at the HKL during summer programming.
Video Creation: Making a rare books collection come alive in the kierkegaard library
Faculty Advisor: Anna Söderquist
Student: Chloe Revier
Description: This project entails creating and editing a video that showcases the Rare Books Collection in the Kierkegaard Library vault. The central question leading this project is how, in video format, to tell a meaningful story about this collection, using filming of the vault space, interviews, and other images and sounds. The audience for the video spans from Kierkegaard scholars, to students, and a public interested in learning more about Kierkegaard and about rare book collections. The Rare Books Collection consists, among other items, of materials pre-dating 1856 that replicate the personal library of the Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855). The project is a collaborative effort with the Kierkegaard Library’s director and assistant director, as well as with the Kierkegaard Library special collections coordinator. Revier will perform research on best practices for creating a story-telling video with content from a special collection; learn to discern and use relevant and compelling content for video storytelling; gain skills in making and editing a video for online sharing; and practice interviewing and information gathering.
Digital Exhibit: From the Archives of the Hong Kierkegaard Library Special Collection “Danica”
- “Between the Lines of Love and Lingering”
- “Discovering Kierkegaard’s Pseudonyms”
- “Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Music: Sensuous or Spiritual?”
- “Finding Faith in Anxiety”
Students: Vera Sablak, Kiara Fitzpatrick, Ruth Hailey, Elie Kayobe
Existential Prescriptions for Anxiety and Depression
Students: Brennan Brink, Eli Graf, Robert Ireland
Kierkegaard in the Present Age
Students: Anabel Kapelke and Linden Smith
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