Health education and sexualized childhood
SUMMARY IN ENGLISH
Very nicely the Swedish minister of Culture Ms Lena Adelshon Liljeroth opened the world congress on media for children and youth by posting it on her Facebook page.
The director of the World Summit 2010, Per Lundgren, points out that the youth of today master media and all new technique in a way most adults never do. But the media industry they get admittance to, in a very early age, is owned and controlled by adults.
– The media industry must see children and youth as citizens, not just consumers. The development is fast and we talk about integrity and responsible communication, says Per Lundgren.
Key note speeches
Tuesday there are two key note speeches of great importance; ”Linking media education with health education”, presented by Alberto Pellai, Department of public health at Universistà degli Studi di Milano, Italy and ”So sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood”, presented by Julie Gale, Kids Free 2B Kids, Australia and Jean Kilbourne, Wellesley Centers for Woman, USA.
The speeches are followed by international panels and several seminars for teachers of how teaching can be connected with recent news and events, creative youth workshops and youth moving youth policies forward during the week.
Dance festival
Tuesday is also the first day of the international dance festival Abundance, for the third time in Karlstad. It is a festival that offers opportunities to see, talk about and participate in performances and workshops with dancers and choreographers from many countries. The first day culminates with Stockholm 59° North, dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet.
