The Moment

Photo: JOHAN WINGBORG

The Pam Fredman Award

Anita Synnestvedt, researcher in archeology, has been awarded the Pam Fredman Award for the project “Här bor jag – 4 000 år på Siriusgatan.” (I live here – 4,000 years on Siriusgatan. The project was carried out in collaboration with Familjebostäder and Park- och naturförvaltningen and has been financed within the scope of the EU project NEARCH.

The photo was taken on September 13.

– This place is for the children, Anita Synnestvedt explains about the outdoor classroom that was built next to a stone burial chamber in Bergsjön. Here are signs that provide information about the stone burial chamber and similar stone constructions in other parts of the world, as well as a small exhibition with archaeological material. – It was Familjebostäder who contacted me and asked if I could help create a place for stories, around which the residents in the area could gather. When you get asked that kind of question, you don’t say no.

Children living in the area have also participated in the exhibition with self-portraits and short stories, says Anita Synnestvedt. – I think it is important for everyone to feel that they are in a context where they belong. The children in Bergsjön live in an important place where people have lived for thousands of years. I think they are proud of that.

I think it is important for everyone to feel that they are in a context where they belong.

ANITA SYNNESTVEDT