Talk:Dugnad

Amish
Don't the Amish put emphasis on dugnadwork as well? Not sure if it relates well to the Scandinavian term, but still. Just wondering. 193.215.199.34 (talk) 10:44, 3 September 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not familiar with the English traditions of working bee, barn raising and similar things. So I'd like to ask you a few questions to make it possible to compare those with the Dugnad. Is it all collaborative for work or is it just voluntary work that qualify for the English term like in the Dugnad? Is it allowed to give payment in the English version, a Dugnad is per definition unpaid work. If food is provided, then who provides it? In a Dugnad the host is the one that provides the food in return for the work (it's not seen as a true payment as such, but rather as being a good host, but it's still a part of a Dugnad). Anyway, I was a part of a Dugnad today, for a little over two hours work we recived seven pizzas to share among us, but no drinks included (we had to pay for them our self if we wanted that, or just accept free tab water) I don't think we where more then perhaps 20 people involved. No games or parties like the ones described in one of the articles about the English tradition. The work in our case involved cleaning up the area around the apartment building for spring. I know for a fact that some people in the building didn't take part, and I also know that it won't be held against them (although if they continue not to show up year after year they might find it hard to arrange a dugnad of their own if they ever feel the need and might face a slight disapprovals from others who do partake in the dugnad) Anyway, was a really nice way to get to know people in the building :-) If I wanted though I could also just place a poster more or less anywhere announcing a dugnad and I might get people showing up. This is more likely in small communities though then in the larger ones, still a dugnad don't require that I know the people that take part or even that I have any particular association with them. Well, that's just my two cent worth... Don't know if the articles should be merged or not, but I do think that if you don't have any mention of the Dugnad on it's own in the wiki either as a part of another article in a sub-section or in it's own article then I do believe that the wiki is missing some important information worth the attention even of your English speaker users. Luredreier (talk) 21:54, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hum, it does seem to have a lot in common with Talkoot though... I'd also like to mention something that was voluntary work but that wasn't a dugnad for comparison... Once I was at a free concert, after the concert they asked for volunteers to help take down the stage. This was not a dugnad as far as I can tell. The reason that this wasn't a dugnad is two things in my view. First of all there was no food provided afterwards (although they did provide a free soda while we where working) and second we didn't go there mainly for the work but mainly due to the concert. A dugnad is a work event more then a side event as far as I can tell. Well, there you have it... Not sure if everyone would agree with both my arguments for why that help after that concert wasn't a dugnad, but I think most people familiar with the world would agree that it wasn't a true one in the first place. Luredreier (talk) 22:32, 9 May 2012 (UTC)