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I have took part in one project which called “Our Stories” when I was the second year student and our team topic is about the Sami culture. Basically, our project is to plan and organize a seminar and workshop for story tellers, companies and all other stakeholders who are involved in and will be benefited from the cross-border stories creation and storytelling which aim to preserve local culture heritage and common identity and promote tourism sector as well. We offer a platform for all participants to share information, exchange ideas and negotiate for getting further progress regarding both local communities and business development.
The overall objective of our project is advancement of storytelling as a successful marketing tool in the North Calotte region and Northern Lights Route by identifying inspiring local and cross-border stories. Through stories the project will raise curiosity about that region with beneficiaries (tourism companies) and make it more desirable to spend more time in the region. The specific objective is to organize seminar and creative workshop in order to improve storytelling abilities by offering story design tools for tourism companies and other stakeholders and inspire them.
We have talked the Arktikum museum (Rovaniemi), Gold Prospector museum (Ivalo), Sami museum (Inari). Both of them have the exhibits which present the Sami culture. In addition, we also introduce the Sami musicians and literature.
I had more understanding about he Sami culture and learned how to make the teamwork better after the project. In other words, I enjoyed the process of project and I hope I can have more have chance to participate this kind of project again!