Media
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2020.12.10 | Outlook, Niels Kayser Nielsen, Media, Culture
Uses of Nordic history
The 'use of history' is the term used to denote a combination of selecting, emphasising and overlooking people, events and epochs taken from history. These aspects are to be found in the pool of historical knowledge and are identified with the intention of promoting certain interests. In the Nordics, as elsewhere, these interests are usually…
2020.12.01 | Podcast, Pia Majbritt Jensen, Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen, Media, Nordic Noír
Podcast/Film: Global Audiences of Danish TV Drama
The global success of Danish TV drama in the late 2000s and early 2010s was surprising because of the relatively small number of people who can understand the Danish language and because the programmes were produced largely for a domestic audience by public broadcasting corporations. Audiences around the world appear to have responded to the…
2020.11.18 | Podcast, Heidi Rautalahti, Lysiane Lasausse, Ylva Grufstedt, Media
Podcast: Gaming the Nordics
There is no doubt that gaming is important when about a third of the world’s population play video games. But how are video games used to explore images of the Nordic region? What place do video games occupy in terms of cultural representations? To what extent can video games be considered part of a cultural hegemony from a historical culture…
2020.08.26 | Film, Pei Sze Chow, Media, Nordic Noír
Film: Danish Regional Film Funds
Since the late 1990s, the Danish regional film funds have been successful in encouraging the development of audio-visual production and talent outside the capital Copenhagen, where the industry predominantly existed before then. They have contributed to the small nation punching above its weight in the film industry and at the same time have…
2020.08.11 | Article, Lysiane Lasausse, Media, Nordic Noír
Video games as societal critics of the Nordics: Case studies in Game Nóir
Just like Nordic Nóir, video games are not only a form of entertainment, they also provide alternative perspectives on their respective countries, region and societies. These perspectives tend to differ from the projected positive images of the Nordic region, as they often focus on flaws and struggles. Video games, with their wide influence, can…
2020.01.23 | Article, Yamila Heram, Media, Research, Nordic Noír
Too good to be true: How Argentinian audiences read Danish drama series
In Argentina, Danish television drama series such as Borgen, The Killing and The Bridge attract a small and dedicated niche audience that is actively on the look out for new content. A 2017 study of 83 Argentinian viewers found that these “intelligent” series featured interesting characters who were well-acted and were about topics that they could…
2019.06.03 | Article, Helle Strandgaard Jensen, Culture, Media, Research
How to raise your parents: Scandinavian children’s television in 1970s
Children’s departments in Scandinavian broadcasting corporations (in Denmark, Norway and Sweden) were clearly influenced by the call for equality and the influence of principles arising from the 1968 movement. Producers of children’s programmes worked extensively to democratise children’s television by, for example, taking children’s wishes and…
2019.03.29 | Film, Jaakko Seppälä, Media, Nordic Noír, Research
Style and meaning in Nordic Noir: Reimagining the welfare states
This presentation is from a transdisciplinary research workshop entitled Nordic Noir, Geopolitics and the North held at Aarhus University in October 2018.
2019.03.01 | Film, Anna Estera Mrozewicz, Media, Nordic Noír, Research
Reimagining Nordic Eco-exceptionalism in the television series Occupied
This presentation is from a transdisciplinary research workshop entitled Nordic Noir, Geopolitics and the North held at Aarhus University in October 2018.
2019.02.28 | The Quick Read, Robert A. Saunders, Nordic Noír, Media
The smart phone in Nordic noir TV series
The mobile phone, and more specifically the ‘smart’ phone, has emerged as a key visual, dramaturgical and narrative element of Nordic noir television over the past decade. The smart phone represents an integral part of the crime-solving toolkit, whether its user is an obsessive police officer, a nosy reporter, a witness or a (potential) victim.