Gifts and Occupations – August 2009 Residency

{In the library – the distant rumble of airplanes overhead….}

Spent my first day unpacking, organising, sorting through my archive research…

Froebel’s theories focus on education through self-activity – achieving knowledge through interaction. “Gifts” involve arranging and discovery – providing insight – “Occupations” involve controlling, creating, and invention – producing a sense of power.

I’m going to spend a few days looking at the site and what i find here, investigating, and hopefully learning….