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The relationship between anthropology and moving images

ANTHROPOLOGY: Arnd Schneider from the University of Oslo prescribes a new, participatory, inclusive, artistic anthropology. We choose here to present insights from the book's chapters on the interesting use of documentary for observation and interpretation in today's society.
Steve Rickinson -

Criticism as a role-playing game?

LITERATURE: The informal contexts where one could try and fail without having to stand up for every careless word have shrunk. In Eirik Vassenden's 229-page book about the critic, there are no fewer than 317 question marks. We also ask: Do literary scholars necessarily have any advantage when it comes to human knowledge, life experience or social understanding?
Eivind Tjønneland -

The showdown with woke

WOKE: The crime community is pushing people over to the right, which is growing because people feel alienated by woke and identity politics. Moreover, the left has become more interested in monitoring each other than forming a common front against the right. Is solidarity and compassion for the suffering of others a limited resource?
Eivind Tjønneland -

A good life without more and more of everything

GREEN GROWTH: MODERN TIMES has chosen to print an extract from the book Grønt manifesto by our regular critic. "Quality of life rather than forced growth": Three small but powerful words, which provide a key to changing the direction of social development, where our eternal pursuit of 'the most possible' is rather adjusted to the appreciation of 'adequate'.
Svein Hammer -

A voluntary forced relationship

PSYCHOLOGY: Is narcissism a social demand on the individual – that we must become more than what we are?
Pinar Ciftci -

Palestine, Portugal, pluralism

MANAGER: When is more independent identity important, and not?
Truls Lie -

The identity-political winds of the time

IDENTITY: Hørernes Hærgen is a flame script against the identity-political winds of the time. It is a fiery battle script against contemporary moral currents.
Steffen Moestrup -

Hatred is an integral part of American popular culture

USA: American religious scientist puts his finger on the convulsive attempts of the liberalist society to cover up the injustices of the past.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

The value of man in the unemployed society

LIFE: How can we manage to live a meaningful life in a world without work, where everything is automated and education no longer leads to work?
Henning Næs -

What happened to the children's right to privacy?

"SHARE THINGS" : Parents share a snapshot of photos and information about their children in social media without considering the long-term consequences, and without the children's consent.
Pinar Ciftci -

An accurate portrayal of the EU crisis

EUROPE: Is it now about developing a kind of European solidarity, or have we become space polygamous?
Kasper Dam Nielsen -

About belonging

IDENTITY: Finally comes the book about what it's like to grow up between two cultures, told by Norwegian third-culture children.
Pinar Ciftci -

Honest and surprising meeting with Kuwaiti women

ITS OWN ROOM: In Women of Kuwait, we get an insight into the lives of various Kuwaiti women through their bedrooms. Apparently there is little that separates them and other women in the world.
Pinar Ciftci -

Historical patience

MISCELLANEOUS: Manuel Castells paints a picture of today's democratic decline that is as recognizable as it is bleak.
Anders Dunk -

Touching other realities

Aina Villanger is one of several Norwegian poets recently translated and presented in Poland. How can Norwegian poetry influence and inspire a Polish audience?
Aina Villanger -

A third-generation refugee returns home

Despite all the conflicting feelings about the traces of Nazi Germany, American-Jewish Deborah Feldman feels for the first time at home.
Ranveig Eckhoff -
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Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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