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NJP calls for new photographers
Documentary photography in Norway has experienced a pronounced renaissance over the last decade, establishing its position as a self-standing genre, autonomous from Art and press photography. Owing to the Fritt Ord Foundation’s support for the Norwegian Journal of Photography (NJP), a growing number of Norwegian photographers have had a new platform to showcase their independent, long-term projects to both national and international audiences.
Artists' accountability in public and in the political sphere. Follow up of the principles involved in the Handke debate
On Saturday, 24 January 2015, the Fritt Ord Foundation will examine in more detail the principle aspects of the debate about the controversial award one of the world’s most coveted theatre prizes, the International Ibsen Award, to Peter Handke. The conference is intended to shed light on the relationship between art, politics and freedom of expression in a broad sense.
Ytringsfriheten under angrep. Debatt på Litteraturhuset lørdag 10. januar kl. 16
Fremtidens kunnskapsmiljø
Den besværlige framtiden. Om tenketanker og andre tanker.
Fritt Ords presseprisvinner Khadija Ismayilova arrestert i Aserbajdsjan
Full-day seminar for teachers in Bodø on freedom of expression and democracy
Welcome to a seminar in Bodø on Thursday, 27 November 2014 from 9.30 a.m. – 3.39 p.m. at the Stormen Library and House of Literature.
The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway - closing conference and launch of the main report
19 November marks the conclusion of the project “The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway – the Fritt Ord Foundation’s monitoring project” with a full-day conference at the House of Literature. The researchers will be presenting chapters from the main report, and summarising the findings from the project, which has been in progress since autumn 2013.
Presentation of the final Report on the Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway
Along with partners from the University of Oslo (Dept. of Media and Communication), FAFO, TNS Gallup, and attorney Jon Wessel Aas, ISF’s researchers presented their report on “The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway” today at the closing session of the full-day conference arranged at the House of Literature on the Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway, the Fritt Ord Foundation’s monitoring project.
Without the social media, I would not have had the voice I have today
Seasoned female online debaters claim that one must be thick-skinned and endure unpleasantness if one wants to take part in debates on the social media. Over time, some women become more reticent about utterances they know can be provocative, according to a recent report that is part of the project ‘Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway’.
BRITDOC’s Impact Producer Lab in Finland
In preparation for Good Pitch Europe in the Nordic countries, BRITDOC is hosting an Impact Producers Lab in Finland from January 7th-9th 2015, specifically for Nordic professionals. Closing date for applications is 21st November 2014.
Oslo premiere of the full-length feature version of ‘Drone'
Flimmer Film, the Fritt Ord Foundation and TourDeForce invite the public to the Oslo premiere of the documentary film ‘Drone’ at the Victoria Cinema on 5 November at 6:45 p.m.
Film premiere: ‘1989’
The Fritt Ord Foundation and Substans Film invite the public to the Oslo premiere of the film ‘1989’, from 7.45 – 10.30 p.m. on 5 November, at the Fritt Ord Foundation, Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.
In Search of a New Constitution: Why Norway Gave Us So Little and So Much
The Research Council of Norway, the University of Oslo and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to lecture featuring Albie Sachs in Gamle festsal at the University of Oslo, Karl Johans gate 47, on Thursday, 30 October from 3.00 – 4.30 p.m.
Seminar on journalists' safety
The Fritt Ord Foundation, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, Norwegian PEN, the Norwegian Press Association, the Association of Norwegian Editors and the Norwegian UNESCO Commission invite the public to a seminar on journalists’ safety on 29 October from 12.00 -3.30 p.m. at the Fritt Ord Foundation’s premises at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.