Jerome Bruner Ideas Applied to Norwegian Americans

Jerome Bruner Ideas Applied to Norwegian Americans

According to metaphysical Jaina theory, anything in the universe can - theoretically and in thought at the very least - be related to anything else in the universe. Hence, Jerome Bruner's ideas from the fields of psychology and education can be used to say things about Norwegian Americans. If you accept that Bruner writes about humans and that Norwegian Americans are humans, the way seems clear -

Bruner has authored many books. Some of them are co-written with other authors. And Norwegian Americans have been studied by Odd S. Lovoll. His book The Promise Fulfilled [Pna] uses questionaire statistics for assessments and verbalisations. [Read more]

And the cartoon strip Han Ola og Han Per reflects the overriding conditions of Norwegian Americans between 1918 and 1935. [Hp; Mop]

There are other expressions that mark Norwegian Americans than a burlesque humour strip as well - songs, idea making, life stories, cultural outlets and much else. Bruner reflects on some of these issues in his cultural psychology [Acom; Coe].

Literature  

Acom: Bruner, Jerome. Acts of Meaning (the Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990.

Coe: Bruner, Jerome. The Culture of Education. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996.

Hp: Rosendahl, Peter J. Han Ola og Han Per. A Norwegian-American Comic Strip. En norsk-amerikansk tegneserie, edited by Joan N. Buckley and Einar Haugen. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1984 (Original printed in the Decorah-Posten).

Mop: Rosendahl, Peter J. More han Ola og han Per. A Norwegian-American Comic Strip. En norsk-amerikansk tegneserie. Edited by Joan N. Buckley and Einar Haugen. Bilingual Edition. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1988.

Pna: Lovoll, Odd S. The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998.



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