Our projects

Our projects seek to establish Breaking Fences as a focal point for educational resources regarding issues connected to social norms and health by utilizing norm- critical and norm-creative approaches that can bring the knowledge forward in Europe and the world.

1. Normlabs

Build a Norm Lab model for students, educators, professionals civic org. to meet and reflect norm awareness Health sciences education and Health Care practices across Europe.

2. courses

“Norm-Consciousness and Health” in the Breaking Fences project started spring semester 2024 with 15 enrolled students from our partner universities in Sweden, Czech Republic, and Portugal. In this pilot course teachers and students will work together to develop norm-creative approaches that can form new sets of co-created educational tools and approaches to be used regarding these questions for health students in Europe. Check updates from the process here or on social media outputs.
 
“Norm-consciousness and Health” will be held for the second time spring semester 2025 at University West in Sweden with a plan to enroll 45 students from European partner universities. The concerns of healthcare inequity; questions of inclusion and diversity and the power structures that work for and against will be elaborated in the course by utilizing a variety discovery-based aesthetic learning principles in workshops and laboratory group assignments. Results from the workshops such as artifacts, digital material and other will be created to develop the Norm Lab.

3. COMMUNITY of Practice

Our CoP brings European and international scholars in Health Sciences that are interested in norm criticism and norm creativity together to advance the practicing of these educational tools in these disciplines. Our common interest is to share educational approaches and ideas, research, best practice and other resources that promote norm awareness as an outcome within the academy and Health Sector.