Professor Klaus Petersen and Associate Professor Cecilie Bjerre
2024-2029
The Velux Foundation
Project description
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Danish family life underwent dramatic changes. Women entered the labor market, gender roles were debated, marriage lost its traditional status, and children began attending public daycare in large numbers. This period marked nothing less than a family revolution.
Our project explores how these changes were experienced by individuals. Using an innovative model for collecting life stories, we will gather personal accounts from Danes who lived through this transformation.
Through Citizen Science, up to 3,000 high school students will participate in a special educational program to help collect around 1,000 life stories on the lived family revolution. These narratives will be analyzed using digital methods, allowing for new insights into how Danes experienced one of the most profound societal shifts in modern history.
Publications
Bjerre, C., & Petersen, K. (2024). ‘Vil du og din gymnasieklasse skrive ny Danmarkshistorie?’ Videnskab.dk.
Bjerre, C., Haastrup, M. F., & Petersen, K. (2022). ‘Citizen Science in the Humanities: Implementing the Collaborative History Model (CHM) in the classroom.’ P o S - Proceedings of Science, 418, 1-7.
Bjerre, C., & Petersen, K. (2022). ‘Vores Historie: Historisk forskning’. Fredericia Gymnasium: Årsskrift, 2021-2022, 64-66.
Bjerre, C., Petersen, K., & Haastrup, M. F. (2022). ‘”Vores Historie” - Citizen Science i gymnasiet.’ Noter, 234, 55.