Knowledge on the Nordics
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago -Listen to researchers talk about the history, society and culture of the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the autonomous territories, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland). Mainly interviews and panel discussions, but also synopses of particular historical events and topics within the humanities and social sciences written by researchers and read out in one of the Nordic languages as well as English.
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Regionalisation and the Baltic Sea Region
April 17, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBListen to a podcast about when and why states in and around the Baltic Sea have worked together for economic, social or geopolitical reasons, with a focus on Poland. After the end of the Cold War, regional initiatives like the Council of the Baltic Sea States sprung up to keep Russia around the table and as a vehicle to work collectively towards common aims, inspired at least in part by Nordic regional institutions. But are such initiatives still as important now Russia no longer plays a pa...
NNL Pod 15: What was the New Nordic Lexicon podcast series about?
March 22, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBListen to a whistlestop tour covering the last 14 podcasts, touching down in Aarhus, Stockholm, Oslo, and Helsinki, and featuring clips from podcasts where young people put questions to researchers on topics of the day, including the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine, gender, and the climate. Nicola Witcombe, who is the editor of nordics.info, and Daniela Lange Andersen, a student from Aarhus University, discuss the series and recount views of the other students and researchers that ...
NNL POD 14: What was the Nordic humanitarian response to the Biafra Crisis?
March 05, 2024 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBListen to a discussion on how Nordic public and voluntary organisations - particularly in Denmark, Sweden and Finland - responded to the famine which ensued when Biafra attempted to secede from Nigeria in the 1960s. In the fourteenth episode for the New Nordic Lexicon, students Gaëtan Gamba and Agata Pyka speak to three researchers about their research project on Nordic relief efforts during the Biafra Crisis: Norbert Götz and Carl Marklund from Södertörn University, and Susan Lindholm, fro...
NNL Pod 13: Why and how is the English language used in the Nordic countries?
February 19, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBListen to a discussion on how the use of English in the Nordic countries, with a focus on Finland and Sweden, and the consequences of this on immigration populations and identity. In the thirteen episode, students Gaëtan Gamba and Essi Turva speak mainly to Elizabeth Peterson from the University of Helsinki. Nina Carlsson from Uppsala University, Tuire Liimatainen from the Migration Institute of Finland, and Nicola Witcombe, editor of nordics.info, also join the discussion. This podcast was...
NNL Pod 12: How do biligualism and minority languages function in Finland and Sweden?
February 05, 2024 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBListen to a discussion on the diversity of the languages in the Nordic countries, focusing on how bi- and multulingualism functions in practice, and the history, framework and importance of minority and heritage languages and their status in Sweden and Finland. In the twelfth podcast for the New Nordic Lexicon, students from Aarhus and Helsinki Universities, Gaëtan Gamba and Sóley Eliasdottir, speak to Nina Carlsson from the University of Uppsala, and Tuire Liimatainen from the Migration In...
NNL Pod 11: Why is there a gap between talking and action when it comes to climate change? / Hvorfor fører klimasnak ikke til handling?
January 22, 2024 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.4 MBListen to an interview in Swedish and Norwegian on the gap between talk and action when it comes to climate change. In the eleventh podcast for the New Nordic Lexicon, students from Bergen and Lund speak to Maria Wolrath-Söderberg from Södertörn University. This podcast was made possible by funding from the A.P. Moller Foundation. Sound credits: Summer by tictac9 from freesound.org. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
NNL Pod 10: How is rhetoric relevant to climate change? / Hvordan er retorik relevant i forhold til klimaforandringer?
January 14, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBListen to an interview in Swedish and Norwegian on how people’s use of language and their thoughts have a direct effect on their level of emissions. Research into how people reason and think about climate change is crucial to the debate on climate change. In the tenth podcast for the New Nordic Lexicon, students from Bergen and Lund, speak to Maria Wolrath-Söderberg from Södertörn University. This podcast was made possible by funding from the A.P. Moller Foundation. Sound credits: Summer b...
NNL Pod 9: How has political and literary security changed since the invasion of Ukraine? / Hvilke sikkerhedspolitiske og litterære ændringer er der sket siden invasionen af Ukraine?
December 21, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBListen to an interview in Danish on the changing political landscape since the invasion of Ukraine, both in Russia, Europe and Norden with two researchers from Aarhus University. Daniela Lange Andersen and Mattias Carlberg, students from Aarhus and Lund Universities, speak again to Thorsten Borring Olesen and Birgitte Beck Pristed, both from Aarhus University, this time about security issues, both in and outside of Russia and Ukraine. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
NNL Pod 8: How has political and literary culture changed since the invasion of Ukraine? / Hvilke ændringer i den politiske og litterære kultur er der sket siden invasionen af Ukraine?
December 11, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBListen to an interview in Danish on the changing cultural landscape within both politics and literature since the invasion of Ukraine, both in Russia, Europe and Norden, with two researchers from Aarhus University. In the eigth podcast for the New Nordic Lexicon, students from Aarhus and Lund Universities, Daniela Lange Andersen and Mattias Carlberg, speak to Thorsten Borring Olesen and Birgitte Beck Pristed, both from Aarhus University, about international political culture, and literature...
NNL Pod 7: What is the state of gender policy in Norway today? / Hvordan står det til med kønspolitikken i Norge i dag?
November 23, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this episode, Victoria Austveg, a Master’s student from the University of Oslo, speaks to Mari Teigen, Professor at the Institute for Social Research in Norway. This episode builds on the last two, but focuses more on Norway’s policies, including board membership requirements placed on companies, the gender segregated labour market, how wages are set, and equal pay. It is in Norwegian and Danish. Go to The New Nordic Lexicon for further reading on this and many more subjects! Sound cre...
NNL Pod 6: What are the challenges to gender equality policymaking in the Nordics?
November 14, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBListen to a discussion on policymaking, gender segregation and equal pay. In this, the sixth podcast for the New Nordic Lexicon, where students Emma Healey from the University of Helsinki and Victoria Austveg from the University of Oslo speak to Cathrine Holst, Professor in Philosophy of Science and Democracy at Oslo University. Nicola Witcombe, who is editor of nordics.info based at Aarhus University, also joins the discussion. This podcast was made possible by funding from the A.P. Moller...
NNL Pod 5: Does reality live up to the Nordics' reputation when it comes to gender equality?
November 06, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBListen to a discussion on the Nordic equality model, whether its reputation holds up to scrutiny, and differences between the Nordic countries (particularly Norway and Sweden) when it comes to gender issues. In this episode, students Emma Healey from the University of Helsinki and Victoria Austveg from the University of Oslo speak to Cathrine Holst, Professor in Philosophy of Science and Democracy at the University of Oslo. This podcast was made possible by funding from the A.P. Moller Foun...
NNL Pod 4: How are city planning and sustainability connected?
October 23, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBListen to how cities have developed historically and about different urban approaches to sustainability and inclusivity. In this episode, students from Helsinki and Södertörn Universities, Gaëtan Gamba and Jasmin Adolph speak to two Romina Rodela from Södertörn University, and Natalie Gulsrud from the University of Copenhagen. This podcast was made possible by funding from the A.P. Moller Foundation. Go to The New Nordic Lexicon for further reading on this and many more subjects! Sound c...
NNL Pod 3: Why should young people be involved in urban planning?
October 13, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIt is not always easy for children and young people to get their voices heard when it comes to the planning of the cities they live in. But their input is important for a whole range of reasons including that cities need to be fit for purpose, young people's health and counteracting climate change. In this third episode, a student from Helsinki University, Gaëtan Gamba, and a recent alumni of Södertörn University, Jasmin Adolph, speak to two researchers, Romina Rodela from Södertörn Univers...
NNL Pod 2: Can we identify with regions like the Nordics or the Baltic Sea region?
October 05, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBPan-national regions – like the Nordics or the Baltic Sea region - can give us an alternative perspective to the nation state. What are the benefits and challenges of these pan-national regions and have feelings of identity changed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine? This is the second of our podcasts for the New Nordic Lexicon where students get the chance to put questions to researchers. In this episode, students from Aarhus University, Chance Dorland and Sóley Eliasdottir, speak to Ka...
NNL Pod 1: What is the Baltic Sea Region and how has it changed since the invasion of Ukraine?
September 26, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBThe Nordic Region is part of the Baltic Sea Region, connected in historical, cultural and economic ways. Listen to a podcast about what has changed in the Baltic Sea Region since the invasion of Ukraine, and about how regions are not static and change over time, much like our affiliation for them. Students from Aarhus University, Chance Dorland and Sóley Eliasdottir, get answers to their questions from two scholars, Kazimierz Musiał from the University of Gdansk's Scandinavian and Finnish S...
Brugen af engelsk i den nordiske region
December 13, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.65 MBEngelskkundskaberne er både udbredte og på højt niveau i de nordiske lande, og det er der legitime historiske og sociopolitiske årsager til. Men man bør ikke gå ud fra, at alle er lige dygtige til sproget, eller at der ikke sættes spørgsmålstegn ved sprogets magt og udbredelse. Lyt til denne podcast for at høre mere om det engelske sprog i Norden i dag. Podcasten er skrevet af Eeva Sippola og Elizabeth Peterson, oplæst af Caroline Vogt Hansen og produceret af Nicola Witcombe. Du kan også ly...
The Use of English in the Nordic Region
December 12, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.9 MBProficiency in English is widespread in the Nordic countries, but not everyone is good at English and the language's dominance is often questioned. Listen to this podcast to find out more about the English language in the Nordic region today. The podcast is written by Eeva Sippola and Elizabeth Peterson, and read out and produced by Nicola Witcombe. You can also read this podcast as an article on nordics.info or listen to it in Danish. Sounds from freesound.org including talking.wav by ond...
Arvesprog og den nordiske region
November 25, 2022 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.8 MBLyt til denne podcast for at finde ud af hvad et arvesprog er, og hvordan tilstanden af arvesprog i den nordiske region er i dag. Podcasten er skrevet af Eeva Sippola og Elizabeth Peterson, oplæst af Caroline Vogt Hansen og produceret af Nicola Witcombe. Du kan også lytte til den podcast på engelsk eller læse den på engelsk på nordics.info. Lydeffekter fra freesound.org, inklusive talking.wav af ondrosik pg Piano Solo 01 by BergsteinProd (med ændringer i lydstyrke og fading). Follow us on...
Heritage languages and the Nordic Region
November 25, 2022 08:00 - 10 minutes - 7.58 MBFind out what a heritage language is, and what the state of heritage languages in the Nordic region is today in this podcast written by Eeva Sippola and Elizabeth Peterson from the University of Helsinki. It is read out and produced by Nicola Witcombe. You can also read this podcast as an article on nordics.info or listen to it in Danish. Sounds from freesound.org including talking.wav by ondrosik and Piano Solo 01 by BergsteinProd (fading/volume changes/overlay to both tracks). Follow us...
Shaping the Nordic Future: Nature and Planning
October 11, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBListen to a dialogue between three environmental scientists about how nature-based solutions are used in the Nordics, their benefits and their downsides. Editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe, talks to Isabel Seifert-Dähnn, an environmental economist from the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Johanna Alkan-Olsson, a Social Environmental Scientist, and Helena Hanson, an Environmental Scientist, both from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University in Sweden. A...
Diversity Management in Denmark and Beyond
August 10, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBThis podcast is about how large organisations, like companies and trade unions, can learn from social movements such as Pride. While some of it may be lip service, the hope is that some elements stick, resulting in more diverse and inclusive workplaces across the Nordics and beyond. Jannick Friis Christensen from Copenhagen Business School is interviewed by Nicola Witcombe, editor of the research dissemination website nordics.info. Go to nordics.info for links to literature and events ment...
The Nordics, Shipping and the Climate
July 07, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBListen to global historian Annette Skovsted Hansen from Aarhus University and legal expert Ellen Eftestöl from the University of Helsinki, amongst others, on climate issues, research and the latest currents in the green transition and shipping. This is the second of two podcast on The Maritime Nordics. For further reading and links, go to nordics.info. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
The Nordics as Maritime Nations
June 30, 2022 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBEditor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe looks into why the Nordic countries are seen – and see themselves – as maritime nations, and how this has connected them with the rest of the world. To help her, she speaks to global historian Annette Skovsted Hansen from Aarhus University and legal expert Ellen Eftestöl from the University of Helsinki. This is the first of two podcast on The Maritime Nordics. For further reading & links, go to nordics.info. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitt...
Nordic perspectives on the Women’s International Democratic Federation
June 23, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBListen to a podcast about the Women’s International Democratic Federation during the Cold War period and why is was important to women from the Nordic region to be involved. With Yulia Gradskova Associate Professor at Södertörn University and Nicola Witcombe, editor of nordics.info. Read more on nordics.info.
Nordic perspectives on the Women’s International Democratic Federation
June 23, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBListen to a podcast about the Women’s International Democratic Federation during the Cold War period and why is was important to women from the Nordic region to be involved. With Yulia Gradskova Associate Professor at Södertörn University and Nicola Witcombe, editor of nordics.info. Read more on nordics.info. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Nordic Cooperation : Self-interest or Altruism?
February 25, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBThe Nordics are often seen as ethical countries because they have a reputation for being environmentally friendly and for giving a lot in development aid. Listen to a podcast on how Nordic cooperation works through politicians, civil servants and civil society, and how it is often more driven by self-interest than at first appears. Editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe speaks to Sunniva Engh who has researched development aid in the Nordics and its interplay with other policy areas, and Me...
Greenland: Uncovering Archeology with Kirstine Eiby Møller
February 03, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBListen to an interview with indigenous arctic archeologist Kirstine Eiby Møller and hear about the Qilakitsoq mummies and how they have informed her work. Read more on nordics.info. This is the latest in the podcast series 'The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from Greenland' about Greenland's history and art. Sound credits from freesound.org including "Noir" Reel by Hainbach by makenoisemusic, loneliness by rashta and The Plan - Upbeat Loop by ispeakwaves. Follow us on Instagram, Fac...
Greenland: Uncovering National Dress and Symbolism with Rosannguaq Rossen
January 27, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBListen to an interview with PhD in Arctic Studies Rosannguaq Rossen, and hear about the history of the West Greenlandic dress and a picture from 1862 showing two women wearing pearl beads round the neck for the first time. Read more on nordics.info. This is the latest in the podcast series 'The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from Greenland' about Greenland's history and art. Sound credits from freesound.org including "Noir" Reel by Hainbach by makenoisemusic, loneliness by rashta and T...
Greenland: Uncovering Art History with Nivi Christensen
January 20, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MBListen to an interview with Director of Nuuk Art Museum Nivi Christensen and hear about how two key Greenlandic artists - Pia Arke and Anne-Birthe Hove - have informed her own work. Read more on nordics.info. This is the latest in the podcast series 'The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from Greenland' about Greenland's history and art. Sound credits from freesound.org including "Noir" Reel by Hainbach by makenoisemusic, loneliness by rashta and The Plan - Upbeat Loop by ispeakwaves. F...
Mennesker med Handicap: Politiske Strømninger i Norden siden 1945
December 20, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBLyt til et historisk overblik over mennesker med handicap: aktivisme og politiske strømninger i Norden siden 1945. Artiklen er originalt skrevet på engelsk af Anna Derksen og oplæst af Kieu Anh Nguyen fra nordics.info. Du kan lytte til podcasten på engelsk her, eller læs artiklen på engelsk her. #nordicsinfo #ReNEWHub Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Disability in the Nordic Countries since 1945
December 20, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBListen to an historical overview of disability policies and movements in the Nordic countries since 1945. You can also listen to this podcast in Danish by clicking here. You can also read the podcast as an article, which is by Anna Derksen, here. #nordicsinfo #ReNEWHub
Disability in the Nordic Countries since 1945
December 20, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBListen to an historical overview of disability policies and movements in the Nordic countries since 1945. You can also listen to this podcast in Danish by clicking here. You can also read the podcast as an article, which is by Anna Derksen, here. #nordicsinfo #ReNEWHub Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Islands historie
September 24, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBLyt til historien om Islands historie. Artiklen fra danmarkshistorien.dk om Islands historie er oplæst af Kieu Anh Nguyen fra nordics.info. Læs artiklen på dansk her eller på engelsk her. #nordicsinfo #ReNEWHub Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
History of Iceland
September 23, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBListen to a potted history of Iceland from the Viking Age to today. It is an article found on nordics.info in English and on danmarkshistorien.dk in Danish. It is read by editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe. You can read the article in English here and in Danish here. #nordicsinfo #ReNEWHub Sound credits from freesound.org including Flock of seagulls.wav by juskiddink and bricks hitting by Robinhood76. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Uncovering the Nordic Region with Mary Hilson and Peter Stadius
July 01, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.3 MBHot topics in current academic research on the Nordic region today include welfare, colonialism and heterogeneity. These – as well as a host of other issues - form the content of this podcast, the last in the series ‘The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from the Region’. Editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe, is joined by Mary Hilson Professor of History at Aarhus University in Denmark and Peter Stadius Research Director at the Centre for Nordic Studies at Helsinki University. Their c...
Uncovering Sweden in an International Context with Carl Marklund
June 18, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBListen to this podcast if you are interested in how Sweden’s policymaking successes and failures since the Cold War have been perceived domestically and outside the region, including: Sweden’s early involvement in humanitarianism; The ‘utopian trap’; Sweden-bashing; Perspectives on social engineering. Carl Marklund is a researcher and Research Director at the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University, and he talks to Nicola Witcombe, editor of nordics.info. This is ...
Norway: Uncovering Gender and Branding in the Nordics with Eirinn Larsen
June 03, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBListen to this podcast if you are interested in: Women’s role in business from around 1900 to today. The Norwegian gender quota system on business boards. Why we should question our love of ‘quick fix’ global indexes which often place the Nordics at the top. The fact that there is usually a host of other political reasons for gender-positive action that have nothing to do with equality. Eirinn Larsen, Professor in History at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at t...
Shaping the Nordic Past: History-Makers or Money-Makers?
May 26, 2021 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThis nordics.info podcast will be about the practicalities of history-making and how commercial and non-commercial organisations use history to sell tickets or a particular version of the past. Listen to this podcast if you want to hear more about: What role do museums play? The specific heritage portrayed by country houses in and outside the Nordics. What we forget is just as important as what we remember: mobilising the past for the future. The tradition for folk and open air museums ...
Finland: Uncovering Nordic Myths of Homogeneity with Miika Tervonen
May 21, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 30.4 MBListen to this podcast if you are interested in finding out more about: Minorities in Finland; Myths of homogeneity in the Nordics; The politicising and categorising of minorities and migrants; History-writing. Miika Tervonen, Senior Research Fellow at the Migration Institute of Finland and Docent at the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki, helps editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe examine these issues, challenging commonly held assumptions about state, homogene...
Shaping the Nordic Past: Fact, Fiction or Politics?
May 18, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBListen to this podcast if you want to hear more about: Memory studies. Why is our relationship with the past so important for society? How do we deal with different versions of the past? Scandinavian memory culture: the dangers of complacency. The editor of nordics.info and Danish history student Vibeke Sandager Rønnedal interview two historians from Aarhus University and the Danish Centre for Urban History. Read more about the podcast and what is mentioned in it by going to nordics.in...
Uncovering the Nordic Model with Caroline de la Porte
May 06, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBListen to this nordics.info podcast if you are interested in finding out more about: The traits of the Nordic Model; Examples of policy successes and policy challenges in the Nordics; The relationship between the Nordics and the EU; The provision of universal services, like early years childcare in Denmark and Sweden. Editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe interviews Caroline de la Porte, a European political economist and Professor at the Department of International Economics, Governme...
Denmark: Uncovering Nordic Collectivism with Cathie Jo Martin
April 15, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBListen to this podcast if you are interested in : How a collective mindset has been discernable in Denmark and the Nordic countries at points in history – and whether this still applies today; Mass education in the nineteenth century in Denmark and greater emphasis on vocational training; Labour market relations; Neoliberalism and threats to collectivism. Join the editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe, on her sixth virtual visit around the Nordic countries in the podcast series ’The N...
Television and Geopolitics: A Conversation on the Nordics
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MBThe interplay between popular culture and the ’real’ world is an interesting one: Can cultural products really have an effect on geopolitics? And can geopolitical actors learn from them? Robert Saunders thinks so. He is Professor in the Department of History, Politics and Geography the State University of New York and is interviewed by editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe. Find out more about how TV can be a tool in explaining geopolitics and historical events; and, how it is experimental ...
Uncovering the Legacies of Nordic Colonialism with Lill-Ann Körber
March 26, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBListen to this podcast if you want to hear more about: The North Atlantic Islands of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands; Denmark-Norway colonialism in the modern-day Caribbean and Ghana and its legacies; The Greenlandic flag, 'Erfalasorput', and how it is used to respond to the Danish flag, the 'Dannebrog'; Contemporary cultural and political debates on racism, including about: Is Scandinavian ‘colourblindness’ a good thing?; Breaking down the perception of the Nordics as innocent...
The Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough
March 22, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBListen to this nordics.info podcast on the social, political and literary movement from around 1870 to 1900 in Scandinavia! Dubbed the Modern Breakthrough, it was a backlash against conservatism, both culturally and politically, and led to countless challenging and fascinating pieces of fictional and non-fictional literature and art. Authors were like celebrities, propounding social justice for the poor, emancipation and rights for women, taking up naturalist ideas post-Darwin, and kicking a...
Iceland: Uncovering the past in Nordic Literature with Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir
March 16, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBListen to this podcast if you are interested in finding out more about: Contemporary Icelandic literature to read in English translation; Currents in Icelandic and Nordic literature on rewriting the past; The exoticising of Iceland and the North; and, Nordic noir as a category in literature and film. Join the editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe on her fourth virtual visit around the Nordic countries in the podcast series The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from the Region. Gunnþó...
Norway: Uncovering Nordic Childhood in an Online World with Elisabeth Staksrud
March 04, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBChildren being exposed to a certain level of risk is not always seen as a bad thing in the Nordics; exposure can give children the tools to deal with risk and help them to become resilient and independent. The attitude of caregivers, teachers and children in the Nordics to online risk also reflects this approach - while elsewhere in the world a more stringent view is often taken. How we tackle children’s online lives and behaviours is rather complex and is influenced by the cultural norms of...
Sweden: Uncovering Nordic Education and Society with Janne Holmén
February 12, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThis podcast tackles a wide-range of factors about the educational systems of the Nordic countries, focusing primarily on Sweden and comparisons with Finland. On the way, it answers the following questions: Why does the Finnish education system have such a good reputation around the world? After decades of reform, is the Swedish education system in crisis? How does decision-making and the politics around education in Finland and Sweden differ and how is it similar? What role do scho...
Extra material: The Nordics and Small State Theory
February 11, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.92 MBThis is extra material on the The Nordics and Small State Theory from the nordics.info podcast with Janne Holmén, 'Sweden: Uncovering Nordic Education and Society with Janne Holmén' from February 2021. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.