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Nina Ossavy

Ossavy is a stage artist and writer.
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"The bones that are here are waiting for yours."

DEATH: Our critic here compares his own experience with the death of his parents, with experiences described in Bjørnar Berg's book What does death teach us?.
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An eco-bible for our time

Planets: The three main problems of our time are the mass extinction of species, pollution and climate disturbances. If it weren't for the fact that the author has an overview of what can be done, and what is actually being done, this would be unbearable reading.
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The exercise of violence in ourselves

Ecology: What does this overwhelming information maze of a book really say about ecofascism? Have we ended up in a downward argument that only leads us deeper into conflict-creating dichotomies – us/them, left/right and nice/naughty?
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To cultivate soil health

ECOLOGY: Marit Bendz has met gardeners, agronomists, farmers and enthusiasts who in various ways run an agriculture contrary to government recommendations.
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Our own basis of life

PHOTO ART: Is art that takes a value position marginalized? The artist duo Book and Hedén's exhibition Real Adventures has a no-bullshit filter that is a rarity in the Norwegian art world.
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The song that disappears

ESSAY: I have become the mother of my own mother. But is repressed grief and depression one of the causes of dementia?
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The art of not being a terrorist

ESSAY: The ceiling height has suddenly become dangerously low – it is taboo to talk about terror.
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Close-up portrait of the wolf

OUR FRIEND THE WOLF?Several hypotheses suggest that wolves and humans lived close together and perhaps even hunted together between 15 and 000 thousand years ago.
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Our narrative memory loss

Martin Lee Mueller has written an extraordinary book with the salmon's life and history as the focal point. It must be among the most important books published for a very, very long time.
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