With the project Digital Life, the Fritt Ord Foundation has invited the public to a debate on the place of computer games in culture and society. In addition to a series of events in the winter 2015/2016, the project includes of an essay competition with a deadline for entries on Friday, 15 April.
Computer games are widely varied cultural expressions that thematise everything from political ideology to the meaning of life. However, in the major debates taking place about computer games, where is the Norwegian public? What is the status of Norwegian gaming journalism?
Computer games are widely varied cultural expressions that thematise everything from political ideology to the meaning of life. However, in the major debates taking place about computer games, where is the Norwegian public? What is the status of Norwegian gaming journalism?
BRITDOC, supported by the Fritt Ord Foundation and other Nordic partners, brought Good Pitch Europe to Oslo on March 25th 2015. In May 2016 Good Pitch Europe is coming to Stockholm, Sweden. Call for Entries is now open.
kåkå kverulantkatedralen and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to theme days on conspiracy theories 25–28 November 2015 at kåkå kverulantkatedralen, Sting Nere, Valberget 3, Stavanger.
The Fritt Ord Foundation invites the public to three lectures on public information in Scandinavia. The lectures will be delivered in the month of November at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.
The seminar Looters, Smugglers and Collectors: Provenance Research and the Art Market will be held on 29 and 30 October in connection with the exhibition In Search of Matisse at the Henie Onstad Art Centre. The exhibition brings to the fore the plundering of cultural heritages and works of art.
The Norwegian Polytechnic Society and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to two open meetings about nanotechnology at the House of Literature in Oslo. The meetings will be held on two Tuesdays, 6 and 20 October 2015, from 7 to 9 p.m. Please register at www.polyteknisk.no.
The Norwegian Polytechnic Society and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to two open meetings about nanotechnology at the House of Literature in Oslo. The meetings will be held on two Tuesdays, 6 and 20 October 2015, from 7 to 9 p.m. Please register at www.polyteknisk.no.
The Fritt Ord Foundation and the National Association for Norwegian Teaching (LNU) welcome participants to a seminar on censorship and text generation in the classroom on Tuesday, 13 October, from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m., at Fritt Ord’s premises at Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo. There will be lectures and time will be set aside for discussions and group work.
Fritt Ord and Norwegian Journal of Photography (NJP) invite the public to the seminar Photographs Lie, Photographers Don’t, with Donald Weber. The seminar will take place on Friday 9 October 2015 at 5 p.m. (from 5.00–6.30 p.m.) at the Fritt Ord Foundation, Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.
On Tuesday, 22 September, Flemming Rose and Vebjørn Selbekk were awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute. The two newspaper editors were honoured for their firm defence of freedom of expression throughout 10 years of caricature controversy.