Roland Barthes
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To Hear Children Weeping in a Photograph
PHOTOGRAPHY: The journalistic war photos that we have, unfortunately, seen so frequently in recent months are primarily meant to inform us about the conflict. However, they often strive to take on a subjective character and become political actors. Photographs of suffering children play a special role in this transformation. What role?
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Teenage girls, secondary citizens
SOCIETY: Two Ji.hlava IDFF feature documentaries - 'Cusp' and 'Jane by Charlotte' - grapple with contemporary power dynamics and their effect on the adolescent female.
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A world in stable motion
MIGRANTS: In 2018, the Collège de France established its own professorship in migration studies. Francois Héran was chosen to fill it, and the book Migrations et sociétés is an extended version of his accession lecture.
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Haakon Magnus – the philosopher king
On Monday, Se og Hør is celebrating its 20th anniversary, with a couple of thousand celebrities and readers setting off on a cruise aboard the SS ‘Norway’. Cruise manager Tande-P. is leading the trip to the neighbouring monarchy – England. The crowd around Se og Hør loves a royal party. Back when King Haakon reigned over…