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Marianne Walderhaug på vei inn i Bjørgvin fengsel hvor hun jobber.
A way out of "robot mode" (25.06.2018)
“By questioning our habitual thoughts and given truths, we can obtain insights which enable us to reflect on our lives in a different way,” says Marianne Frøystad Walderhaug. During her dialogues with inmates, they try to discover how they can get out of “robot mode”.
Edvard Grieg Centennial 1943 – Propaganda Film Rediscovered (12.06.2018)
Historical newspaper articles mentioned a movie that Nasjonal Samling had ordered to highlight their propagandistic praise of Grieg. After more than 70 years the film can be viewed for the first time in full length on the webside of the Grieg Research Centre.
Migrant 4 Life
Migration researchers in the field (11.06.2018)
"Meeting the migrants have made a big impression on me, but as an anthropologist it is also through these meetings that I do my best thinking."
Toxi*City
EcoDH Seminar (07.06.2018)
June 12-14, researchers from the University of Bergen Electronic Literature Research Group, University of Stavanger Greenhouse group, University of Utah, and Aarhus University will explore connections between the digital humanities and environmental poetics through recent books and artworks which crossover the two concerns.
Bilde av fisherman in Bangladesh
On track with climate change (05.06.2018)
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Scientists from UiB have worked together with communities around Sylhet, in northeast Bangladesh, in search of new ways for understanding and adapting to the climate.