Jo mere jeg lærer om klimakrisen, jo mere virker det som plottet i en science fiction-film: Dystre profetier, en faretruende afgrund, der fravigeligt nærmer sig, skæbnesvangre valg og heltemodig kamp. Faktisk adskiller klimakrisen sig kun fra film som Planet of the Apes og Terminator på …
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Last Thursday I attended a showing of a documentary on the Swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf. After the film, there was a concert where Ida Bach Jensen, who composed the score for the film, performed. It was a magic 40 minutes, and it gave me time …
Read MoreVisualising computer memory
Did you ever see the Matrix and wonder just how all of those green characters of weird computer code flowing across the screen corresponded to what was represented on the screen inside the matrix? Well, today I came across a tool on the BERG blog, …
Read MoreHumble farming
Found this fascinating film on the future of farming through Euan Semple’s blog: The idea expounded in the film is that of permaculture – short for permanent agriculture, it is an agricultural approach that seeks to tweak the natural ecosystems of a given locality to …
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Not too long ago, I went to see Lars and the Real Girl at my local art cinema. It’s both a fun and a sad film but what sums it up best is that it’s so human. The film revolves around the unlikely situation where …
Read MoreIt was Dr. Jones
It is not uncommon that people ask me how I ended up studying anthropology, and usually I just respond that it was my broad and undefined interest in all things social, cultural and human that led me in that direction. But that it is not …
Read MoreEating garbage
My flat-mate Hannibal is an avid ‘skralder’. That’s Danish for dumpster diver. So much so that a group of media students made a short film about Hannibal and his friends who go dumpster diving late at night. Though I didn’t partake in the hunting and …
Read MoreLe scaphandre et le papillon
I suspect you think that this is an awfully pompous title for a blog post, or a film, or a book. And in a way it is. It is French, and means “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”. And it is the title of both …
Read MoreFree documentaries online
At the Danish Social Forum, there was a film festival called “This way out” which showcased a collection of the latest political documentaries. I saw Johan Söderberg’s film The Planet a visual feast examining the same issues as “An Inconvenient Truth” – but it does …
Read MoreGood Copy Bad Copy
As the awareness of the issues surrounding copyright and copyleft increases, filmmakers have begun to take notice and make films which focus on these matters. Recently, Danish state television aired two such films which are now available for streaming off their website. Simply paste the …
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