Felicia Wolden Hoel and Silje Haugerud from Oslo Waldorf School (Oslo by steinerskole) won the Holberg Prize School Project 2019 with their research project “A walk from East to West: A study of status differences in Oslo street names”.
This research project inquires about the social meaning of street names. Who decides whom or what a street should be named after? How does the 2807 street names of Oslo convey information about the wealth, power and social status of its inhabitants.
The Research Project
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Felicia Wolden Hoel and Silje Haugerud
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The School Programme
The Holberg School Programme is an annual research competition for students in Norwegian upper secondary schools i the humanities, social sciences law and theology. Each year, around 1,000 students from 20 selected schools participate in the competition.
The Holberg School Programme Jury selects three research projects that are awarded prizes of NOK 30,000, NOK 20,000 and NOK 10,000 respectively.
The finalists are announced in mid May, and the award ceremony is held during the Holberg Week in early June each year.