TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining the social characteristics underpinning Danish ‘hygge’ and their implications for promoting togetherness in multicultural education
AU - Nielsen, Thomas
AU - Ma, Jennifer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Korean Association for Multicultural Education.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4/26
Y1 - 2021/4/26
N2 - In a time when the world is facing social, political, public health, and environmental upheaval, Danes are lighting candles, baking cookies, and engaging in ‘hygge’, or ‘cozy togetherness’. Interestingly, Denmark also happens to be ranked as one of the happiest, most harmonious and prosperous societies across several global indexes. Could there be a link between the Danes’ propensity for hygge and their independent yet socially caring citizens? Can the hygge movement serve as a lens and motivation for researching and facilitating togetherness in multicultural education? This review examines the intricate, positive relationship between personal and collective wellbeing notable in Denmark. The popular Danish lifestyle concept of ‘hygge’ is situated within the wider, global, interdisciplinary wellbeing research and evidence-base to identify underpinning, generalizable principles for promoting togetherness in multicultural education, and education more broadly.
AB - In a time when the world is facing social, political, public health, and environmental upheaval, Danes are lighting candles, baking cookies, and engaging in ‘hygge’, or ‘cozy togetherness’. Interestingly, Denmark also happens to be ranked as one of the happiest, most harmonious and prosperous societies across several global indexes. Could there be a link between the Danes’ propensity for hygge and their independent yet socially caring citizens? Can the hygge movement serve as a lens and motivation for researching and facilitating togetherness in multicultural education? This review examines the intricate, positive relationship between personal and collective wellbeing notable in Denmark. The popular Danish lifestyle concept of ‘hygge’ is situated within the wider, global, interdisciplinary wellbeing research and evidence-base to identify underpinning, generalizable principles for promoting togetherness in multicultural education, and education more broadly.
KW - Hygge
KW - education
KW - giving
KW - multicultural
KW - togetherness
KW - wellbeing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85105063524&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/2005615X.2021.1919964
DO - 10.1080/2005615X.2021.1919964
M3 - Review article
VL - 13
SP - 179
EP - 189
JO - Multicultural Education Review
JF - Multicultural Education Review
SN - 2005-615X
IS - 2
ER -