Nikos Kazantzakis Museum’s Kit

Primary, secondary and high school students have the opportunity to get to know the great Greek writer through interactive activities and rich educational material adapted to the needs of each age group. The Kazantzakis Museum with the support of the Region of Crete has created the “Educational Museum Kit for Nikos Kazantzakis”. A large interdisciplinary team of 20 people collaborated in the design and implementation of the Museum’s Kit. liminal undertook the design of the accessible material for people with visual disabilities.

On a wooden table is an open issue with colourful drawings on windows that resembles a comic book. On the left, three images in red and blue hues depict a house, a part of the living room interior, and a hand with a pen on a light blue notebook. The right-hand page is entirely covered by the figure of a man with a large moustache and strong eyebrows who is bent over the blue notebook. The pen in his hand and his facial features reveal that the man in question is Nikos Kazantzakis.

Nikos Kazantzakis Museum’s Kit

The Museum kit includes a set of educational material and activities created with inspiration from the Museum’s collections and relates to the life and work of the author, following the modern pedagogical methods of non-formal and informal education.

Through a participatory approach, the Museum Kit gives students and teachers the opportunity to get to know the great author through five different aspects of Nikos Kazantzakis. These five modules present Nikos Kazantzakis as a writer, a Cretan, a man, a traveller and an intellectual.

The Educational Museum Kit is available free of charge and is addressed to school groups of the 3rd – 6th grade, high school and lyceum. It is linked to the Curriculum of Primary and Secondary Education and fulfils the aims of the Interdisciplinary Unified Curriculum Framework of the Ministry of Education for the subjects of Language, History, Literature, Geography and Visual Arts.

On top of an embroidered red-tinted sac is a note that reads: I am carrying something, look for it.
On the cover of a book by Kazantzakis published by Dioptra is a thin black cloth case. From within it emerges an analogue wristwatch with a brown leather strap.

The material of the Museum Kit is partially accessible for people with visual disabilities with adapted educational activities and instructions for the teachers. Furthermore, students with visual disabilities will be able to get in touch with the great author and learn about his work through tactile and auditory stimuli.

Credits

Concept and design: Vicky Christaki, Eleni Veltanioti Design and production: lazy snail design Design of accessible material for people with visual disabilities: liminal Educational video: EyeQ Creative Media Productions

👉 To borrow the Museum’s Kit visit this link.

For more information contact the Department of Education Kazantzakis Museum’s Educational Activities: tel.: (+30) 2810 741689 and by email: [email protected]