2021 Dignity Workshop  21.1: Inga Bostad: "What does it mean to belong in the world?"
Channel: Evelin Lindner
Date: 2021-11-23

The idea for the World Dignity University initiative grew over many years and was launched on June 24, 2011, at the University of Oslo, hosted by the Pro-Rector of the University, Inga Bostad. 

This is a contribution that Inga Bostad recorded on November 22, 2021, for Dignilogue 4 of the 18th Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict at Columbia University in New York City, December 9 – 10, 2021. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this conference had to take place online. Dignilogue 4 addresses the World Dignity University initiative.

Inga Bostad greets the participants of this workshop and then presents her new book:
Bostad, Inga (Ed.) (2021). "Å høre hjemme i verden: Introduksjon til en pedagogisk hjemstedsfilosofi". Oslo: Scandinavian Academic Press (SAP). In this book, she uses the metaphor of "home" as a starting point to explore topics that are relevant for large parts of the younger generation in Europe and the Nordic countries today, namely, the loss of a place to belong. The question is, What does it mean to belong in the world? See www.uio.no/forskning.

After hosting the launch of the World Dignity University initiative on June 24, 2011, Inga Bostad recorded greetings to the participants of the Dignity Conference in New Zealand. See https://youtu.be/hbOBj_UJt2Y. She also reflected on the aftermath of the terror attacks that happened in Norway on July 22, 2011. She explained and confirmed the necessity of initiatives like the World Dignity University initiative. See https://youtu.be/Qu9tIdWIAeo.

Inga Bostad is a Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Education of the University of Oslo in Norway. She is head of the research group HumStud, Humanities Studies in Pedagogy and project leader of the comparative research group NordEd (The Nordic Education Model). She is also Professor 2 at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She was appointed director for the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the Faculty of Law at at the University of Oslo from 2014–2017. She was elected Pro-Rector for the University of Oslo from 2009–2013 and the first appointed Vice-Rector for the University of Oslo from 2006–2009.

Please see Inga Bostad’s message from 26th August 2011 at https://youtu.be/hbOBj_UJt2Y. She delivered this message in the aftermath of the terror attacks of 2011 in Norway. 

See more on: 
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/board01.php#bostad
- www.humiliationstudies.org/whoweare/annualmeeting/36.php
- www.humiliationstudies.org/education/education.php
- www.worlddignityuniversity.org