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Strengthening South Voices in Danish Mainstream Media
The successful completion of last year’s ambitious project, “South Voices in Mainstream Danish Media”, has inspired DDRN to try to define a just as ambitious follow-up project. "South Voices in Danish Mainstream Media" was an ambitious project, which ran from...
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The Silence of Africa: Exploring Africa’s Media Coverage in Denmark
In the diverse landscape of global news, Africa often finds itself relegated to the sidelines, especially within the Danish media. Even with its diverse range of biodiversity, cultures, and political environments, Africa's presence in Danish media is still disproportionately minimal....
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Hernan Rivera Letelier: The Storyteller From the Chilean Atacama Desert
The Atacama desert is the main character of all the stories, poems, and novels written by Hernan Rivera Letelier (b. 1950), a Chilean writer who has been internationally acclaimed for his 22 novels, which have been translated into 23 languages....
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Lone Scherfig: “I Wish And Hope That The People Who Have Lived This Life Feel That This Was The Best Film You Could Make Out Of This Book.”
A young girl goes to the movies every sunday in an impoverished Chilean saltpeter mining town in the Atacama Desert of the 1960s. Her love for movies and her ability to share them in a really enchanted and expressive way...
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Venezuela: How Researching During a Humanitarian Crisis Makes You a Better Scientist
He has his office in the campus of Harlingen in at the Institute of Neuroscience, just beside one of the entrance points for the many Latin American migrants to the US. Physician scientist expert on Blood Pressure and epidemiology in...
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Navigating Western Innocent Ignorance
Moving abroad, whether it is to study or work, is never easy. Actively deciding to move away from all that you know, and most importantly from your family and friends, in pursuit of what is thought of as “a better...
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Forskningens Døgn 2024: Fattige, udsatte, udstødte i Nord og Syd
Torsdag den 25.april 2024, kl. 19.00-21.15, GRATIS ADGANG Sted: Maskinhallen, Sundholmsvej 28A, 2300 Kbh. S. Klik for kort!Tilmelding: Send e-mail med navn til info@ddrn.dk Arrangør: Danish Development Research Network...
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Why Emerging Economies also need Knowledge Transfer of Environmental Engineering
How did you get involved in sustainability? Originally, I am an environmental chemist graduated from University of Copenhagen. My path into my current work is sustainability. By sustainable transition in developing economies, you can achieve results with far less resources...
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Nordic Africa Institute library services for distance users – Zoom event 13 Feb. 2024
Welcome to a zoom introduction to Nordic Africa Institute Library's distance services for Nordic based students and researchers. The majority of our library users are based outside of Uppsala.On 13 February at 11.30 – 12.00 CET, (12:30 – 13:00 in...
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Sorting Out India’s Mounting Waste Crisis
India’s economic growth story is remarkable: from a less than $500 billion economy at the turn of the millennium to the world's third-largest economy with over $3.5 trillion in 2022. The GDP per capita increased from $451 to $2,379. As...
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