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The early years of a child's life are crucial for their development. Falling behind early can mean never catching up. How can countries ensure lasting benefits from early childhood education and care? In this episode of Top Class, Stephanie Jones, the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Child Development at Harvard University, and Professor Henrik Zachrisson from Centre for Research and Equality in Education at Oslo University, discuss with OECD Editor Duncan Crawford ideas to ensure that all young children get lasting benefits from early education.

In dieser Folge darf ich euch einige Mykener:innen vorstellen. Diese Individuen haben nachweislich existiert und führen uns ein in die mykenische Gesellschaft ein. Wir lernen Beamte, Landbesitzer, Arbeiter:innen, Priesterinnen sowie Sklav:innen kennen. Sie zeigen uns, dass die mykenische Gesellschaft und der Staat nicht nur klar strukturiert und gegliedert war, sondern vermutlich auch ein starkes hierarchisches Gefälle herrschte. Quellen Aprile, Crafts, Specialists, and Markets in Mycenaean Greece (…), 2013 Beckmann/Bryce/Cline, Writings from the Ancient World (…), 2012 Beckmann, The Ahhiyawa texts, 2011 Beeks, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010 Best, The Language of Linear A, 2010 Bryce, The Trojans & their Neighbors, 2006 Chadwick, Mycenaean World, 1976 Cline, The Trojan War (…), 2013 Colvin, A Brief History of Ancient Greek, 2014 Deger-jalkotzy, Ancient Greece (…), 2006 Duhoux, A companion to Linear B (…), 2008 Efkleidou, Slavery & Dependent Personell in Linear B Archives of Mainland Greece, 2004 Felder, Mycenaean Citadels c. 1350–1200 BC, 2004 Ferdinand, Die Ahhijava-Urkunden (…), 1975 (Archiviert 2018) Forrer, Vorhomerische Griechen in den Keilschrifttexten von Boghazköiu, 1924 (online einlesbar) Ebd., Forschungen I/2, 1929 Grottanelli, Encyclopedia of Religion (…), 2005 Gurney, The authorship if the Tawagalawas Letter, 2002 Heinhold-Krahmer, Untersuchungen zu Piyamaradu, 1983 & 1986 Hoffer, Letters from the Hittite Kingdom, 2009 Kelder, The Kingdom of Mycenae (…), 2010 Lidell, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Project) Morris, A Tale of Two Cities, 1989 Musgrave/Neave/Prag/Musgrave/Thimme, Seven Faces from Grave Circle B at Mycenae, 1998 Palaima, The Nature of the Mycenaean wanax (…), 1995 Papadopoulos, Greek Protohistories, 2018 Raymore, Minoan Linear A & Mycenaean Linear B, 2017 (Archive) Schachermeyer, Mykene und das Hethiterreich, 1986 Schofield, Mykene (…), 2009 Shelmerdine, Mycenaean Society, 2010 Singer, Purple-Fyers in Lazpa, 2009 Tausend, Bemerkungen zur Identifikation der Ahhijaqa, 2012 Thomas, The Components of Political Identity in Mycenaean Greece, 1995 Wright, A survey of Evidence for Feasting in Mycenaean Society, 2004 Damaos in Database of Mycenaean at Oslo (University of Oslo) Wanasa & Wanax bei Palaeolexicon Mycenaean Society bei Worldhistory

King Harold II is famous for getting an arrow to the eye at the battle of Hastings. But is that story even true? And what else should we know about this man whose main claim to fame is being defeated by William the Conqueror? In this Life of the Week episode, David Musgrove explores the life of the king commonly known as Harold Godwinson, with Caitlin Ellis, associate professor in medieval nordic history at Oslo University. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen 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 Foundation.Sound credits: Summer by tictac9 from freesound.org.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

news birthdays/events does your workplace participate in "summer fridays"? word of the day news game: quiz game: feud funny replys to 'later gator' news do you prefer affordability or brand loyalty? formula for the perfect vacation what little thing do you do to irritate spouse, friends, co-workers? news game: 5 year old trivia most you've ever eaten at one sitting.  what was it? goodbye/fun facts....National Paperclip Day...this humble little invention..has been around for a little under two centuries now.  The first patent for the paperclip (a ‘bent wire paper clip') was awarded to Samuel B. Fay in 1867, in the U.S. The original intent was to use it to attach tickets to fabric. However, its use for holding paper together quickly became apparent. though a norweigan man Johan Vaaler's paperclip design, it was (and still is) erroneously believed in his home country of Norway that he was the inventor of the paperclip. Therefore, in 1940, during the German occupation of Norway, students of Oslo University began to wear the paperclip as a non-violent symbol of resistance...Released in 2004, an American documentary traces the story of the inception of the Paper Clips Project, which began as a project at Whitwell Middle School, Tennessee...so next time you see a plain old paper clip...you'll view it very differently.

Freya Baetens, Professor of Public International Law at Oslo University, gives a presentation on how the International Court of Justice has addressed claims based on ‘regional' customary international law.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 3 - The Radiant Stars Of Love And Brotherhood   I'm Christy Shriver and we're here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode in this series discussing Dr. King's leadership in the Civil Rights Movement most specifically in his iconic and historically important Letter From Birmingham Jail.  Next episode, we will extend our discussion of King to the origins of his story.  In Dr. King's speech to American from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial he said this,    In a sense we have come to our Nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our great republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.  This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  This promissory note was again revisited during the days of Abraham Lincoln with the Emancipation Proclamation and then the Gettysburg address in 1863.  Next week, we will discuss this great address which Dr. King recalls occurred 100 years before his days in that Birmingham jail.       As we look back through the lens of history, we can see that lot happened very quickly after those 8 days in the Birmingham jail until Dr. King would make those very remarks on the steps of the Lincoln memorial.  It was in August of that summer that he would stand, “in the symbolic shadow” to use his words, of president Lincoln and open the eyes of the millions watching the address that he had a dream- a dream that would become the dream of the millions to hear or read his words. This same year would also propel him in December to be recognized most significantly across the Atlantic in Oslo, Norway.  On Dec. 4, 1964, Dr. King stood in front of the largest crowds to ever jam into the festival Hall of Oslo University.  Hundreds of students who could not get into the hall waited outside shouting “Freedom Now!” And “We Shall Overcome” as they watched him arrived with his wife Coretta to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.  As he began his acceptance speech, something you can still watch today if you go to the Nobel Prize website, he can be heard audibly choking up as he uttered the words “the tortuous road which has led from Montgomery, Alabama to Oslo.       It WAS tortuous- it led through, among other places- Atlanta, Georgia; Selma and Birmingham, Alabama.  Today we will finish reading paragraphs 27-50, or the second half of the letter, but before we do, we need to tell the story of the amazing events that were to happen after Dr. King gets out of jail.  Remember, after 8 days both Rev. Abernathy and Dr. King wee bailed out.  Immediately after being released, Dr. King assembled his team and made the extremely controversial decision to enlist even more teenagers and children- up to this point they had included students, but now they were going to recruit even more.  Of course, this caused protests from every corner of the political spectrum.  To some it seemed cruel and unnecessary.  Many, both white as well as African-American accused King of “using” children.  In his book, Why We can't Wait, King  recalls one incident of a child, eight years old, who marched alongside his mother.  A policeman looked down at the child and asked him, mockingly, “What do you want?” to which the child unable to even pronounce the letter r responded, “F-ee-dom”.  If this moment wasn't for the future- for the children, from Dr. King's perspective- then what was even the point.  The day would be called D-Day, of course borrowing the language used by the fathers of the movement from their days in World War 2 not even twenty years before.    Except, instead of descending on the banks of Normandy, D-Day in this case meant “ditch” day- as in Ditch School day.  The date would be May 2.  The numbers vary from source to source, but around 4000 children did just that.  They ditched school, demonstrated and over a fourth of them, or around 1000, ended up in jail.     Yes, and they next day more joined their ranks.  It wasn't long before 2500 children were jailed.  These students would demonstrate in schools.  They walked defiantly into  libraries they were not legally allowed to enter and sat in them.  They marched without a permit, and they also got arrested.   Per Connor's direct orders, they were hosed down with massive fire hoses.  It got ridiculous in scope.  Students were singing “Freedom” as the force of the water knocked them to the ground.  The police literally rented school buses to haul the children to jail.  But undeterred, the non-violent campaign continued until it worked. On May 4, there were newspapers all over the country and even across the world with pictures of men and children laying on the ground and policemen bending over them with clubs.       Oh, and it was going to get worse. Bull Connor very famously ordered out police dogs along with the fire hoses to attack the marchers.  Bull Connor pressed and pressed until even his own police force could not stand to enforce his vicious policies sometimes refusing to turn the waterhoses onto the crowds of marchers.      Bull Connor, along with the world all the way to the Soviet Union could feel the reality that the days of the segregated world were over.  By May 8, a moratorium had been issued in Birmingham. Birmingham would begin the process of de-segregation.  The more the leadership of Birmingham submitted to the “tension”- to use the word King uses in his letter, and were willing to negotiate, the more dangerous things got for Dr. King and the other leaders.  A bomb was planted near the Gaston Motel  the day after the integration plan was announced.  This motel had been the center of operations for Project C as well as where Dr. King was staying.  His brother's home the Rev. A.D. King was bombed, but the determination of the African American community in Birmingham only increased.  Segregation was dying; everyone knew this.  The question was, what kind of damage would be caused on its way out the door.      Well, we know the answer to that question.  On September 15, 1963, five young girls were in the basement of the church before Sunday morning services excitedly talking about Youth Day because they were going to be a part of the services.  A bomb went off.  Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were killed.  Addie's sister, Sarah survived but lost her right eye.  Dr. King would send a telegram to Governor Wallace stating and I quote, “The blood of our little children is on your hands.”  It would not be until 2002 that the last of the four bombers would be convicted for his part in this brutal murder.    By the time of the September bombings, Dr. King's letter had circulated across the country.  The march on Washington had already occurred on August 28 and astounded the world with the sheer volume of people who showed up to hear Dr. King speak.  Dr. King looked out across that crowd, and as he recalls, knew the world was changing because he was not looking at only African-American faces.  There were faces of every color God has created.  He was looking at American faces.  With Abraham Lincoln behind him,  Dr. King spoke to the world of a dream where he envisioned a world where he famously said, and I quote “my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”    It was a vision most of America was willing and ready  to embrace, but those who were to oppose would do so violently to the end.  As we think about the lengths those that opposed him were willing to go, it is more amazing than ever that he insisted on a path of loving his enemies.  It's also amazing that HE is the one who was considered an extremist.  Let's jump back into the letter where we left off last episode.   Let's begin reading paragraphs 27-30.    Read paragraphs 27-30    Remember, he is addressing clergymen who directly accused him of being too extreme.  In these paragraphs he cautions his accusers against calling him extreme.  His path is the middle way and his way is rejected, blood would definitely run in the street.      True, so on the one hand, he will say, I'm definitely the one on moderate path here.  But on the flip side he does want to reiterate, that even if he really were an extremist, that wouldn't really be a bad thing.  Extremism, at times is not only very American, but also Christian.  To support this claim he cites the names of all kinds of American and Christian heroes who had been exactly that in their day-extreme.  Christy, read that famous paragraph 31 full of allusion after allusion to the heroes of Christian and American history.  We will skip paragraphs 32-35 for time's sake, but in those paragraphs, he extends the list of heroes beyond just the past, but into the present moment, citing name after name and honoring the white activist after white activist who not only supported the movement in the South, but had been jailed for it.       These men and women, not the ministers writing him, were on the spiritual and moral high ground.  He then, takes off his hat as historian, and puts back on his hat as a preacher.  With the authority of a doctor in theology who knows his Bible but who is also a doer of the word not just a speaker of it,  he chastises the white minister for their lack of political involvement.   Again this is an area of where many Christians simply do not agree.  Where is the role of the church when it comes to politics.  Many ministers agree that church and state should be totally separate. Dr. King completely disagrees with this view.  Let's read his view on the topic of if a Christian minister should engage in politics.    Paragraphs 37-42    And although Dr. King's perspective is entirely understandable; it's also understandable why many and perhaps the majority of Christian ministers today are extremely hesitant to get involved in politics and in fact take a firm stand that it is not their role to do so- for many reasons, and many reasons that are historical.  What is the role that religion should play in politics?  The American position has always been that church and state are separate.  That God does not have a political party and the church should never tell a person how to vote or engage politically.  In other words, the traditional American position is that an American should be able to be a Christian democrat or a Christian Republican or a Christian socialist or a Christian libertarian.   You can be a Christian and engage in any number of ways politically.    So true, but having said that, and the point Dr. King is harping on is that one's faith should absolutely inform one's politics.  Perhaps the church should not tell you exactly what candidate you should vote for, but for a practicing Christian and a practicing, faith defines morality.   It provides definitions for what is right and wrong, and what is good and evil.  Of course, there is There is always room for disagreement- and there is no end to the different denominations and sects of the respective faiths- but there are also commonalities that ground all Jewish and Christian faiths- and it is to these shared common values that Dr. King points.  On some things, there is no room for disagreement.  Dr. King  reminds these ministers that they share with him the value of human life as given by a Holy God, the nobility of the human soul, and the God-given gift of free choice.  These things are not debated between the African-American and white Christian churches.  The heritage of America itself is grounded on the idea that it is the will of God that all men live in freedom and equality- for King these values are embedded in the Christian gospel.  Let's read his religious argument in direct reference to the church and its posture in the face of politics.  That would be paragraphs 42-44.    Paragraphs 42-44    His hope IS the church- that is clear- it's not in the state- I love that he finishes- the grand finale- so to speak- outraged by the outlandish idea that in the face of so much unsolicited police violence, the clergyman actually commended Bull Connor's police force.  Let's read paragraphs 45-46    Paragraphs 45-46    I find it interesting here that he absolutely contradicts the moral relativism of many political leaders and the natural order of politicians as exposed to the world by Nicolo Machiavelli in the 15th century.  Machiavelli suggested that in politics morality is relative; that the ends justifies the means.  Every student of political science studies this in their first political science class.    Heck, most high level high school students will study the same thing either in history or English class.      And yet, Dr. King takes Machiavelli to task.  He says to use moral means for immoral ends is wrong.   He also quotes TS Eliot by saying to do the right deed for the wrong reason is treason.  Which by the way, people are always using that quote of Eliot's, where does it come from.    It comes from Murder in the Cathedral which is a play about the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket ironically.      The final paragraphs of his letter look to the future.  He speaks of James Meredith.  Garry, before we read these final paragraphs, tell us who is that is?    In the fall of 1962, the year before the Birmingham marches, James Meredith tried to enroll in the University of Mississippi.  Around here we call it “ole Miss”.  It's just an hour south of Memphis.  James Meredith was not a teenager.  He had served honorably in the air force in Japan.  He was married.  Because of his admission, riots broke out.  Hundreds were wounded, two died.  Eventually 31,000 national guardsmen were called out to enforce the order that Meredith be admitted into the university.   The armed forces would occupy university town of Oxford for ten months.  The end of the story for Meredith is good.  He eventually graduated from Columbia University with a law degree and enjoyed an important law career.  But at the time of this letter, again, that future was not certain.  Dr. King was a visionary, and we see that at the end of this letter, and we will see it again in the Dream speech.  He could see an integrated world, and through the power of his voice, his will and his rhetoric, so can the rest of us.  Christy, let's read to the end.    Paragraphs 47-50    Dr. King's righteous indignation surfaces here at the end.  We can see his disappointment, but we can also see that he does not despair.  And what is more miraculous, he still believes in forgiveness.  The final sentence of this letter speaks of the radiant stars of love and brotherhood.      The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would be one year away.  It was the nation's premier civil rights legislation. The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.  It required equal access to public places and employment, and enforced desegregation of schools and guaranteed the right to vote.    Of course,  it did not end discrimination.  Dr. King knew that only love and forgiveness could do that, but it did open the door to further progress.      And may his words continue to speak…words of love, brotherhood, and forgiveness…as we pointed out that he said from the beginning of his career at age 26 and those early bitter days in Montgomery.  In that regard his message never changed…brotherhood and healing starts with anger but ends with love.  Wow.      Thank you for listening.  We do have one more episode in this journey through American political discourse.  Next week we will visit the battlefield of Gettysburg with President Lincoln and the context of the Gettysburg address.  After that we will change directions completely and explore the mysteries of Agatha Christie- she is always a lot of fun.  As always, please feel welcome to connect with us however you communicate: email, Instagram, fb, twitter or Linked in.  If you enjoyed this episode, give us a five star rating on your podcast app, and most importantly, share an episode with a friend.  It is through word of mouth that we grow.  Thank you for your support.    Peace out 

Debora is from Italy. Friendship connected her with Norway but love got her to stay. She's a professor at Oslo University and a fan of Måneskin.   Host and producer: Vedrana Tanovic Editor and webmaster: Mathias Leander Olsen Art: Jenny Drevland With support from Bergesenstiftelsen and Eckbos Legat.   Keywords: 17 years in norway, Mom, Spanish teachers, Landuages, PHD, Music, Food, Living in Norway

A conversation about how music comes into being within different technological, interpersonal and societal frameworks. To the horror of some and the joy of others: There is free improv! Music in this episode: Free improvised piece by Bernt Isak Wærstad and Tejaswinee Kelkar Demo of voice note to produced piece "Kucheza" by Unganisha (Bernt Isak Wærstad and Labdi Ommes) Lwang'ni Hotel by Unganisha Solveig's Speisa Musikk (radiOrakel) is a sonic oasis where (underground) music's creation, aspects, applications and effects are explored. Solveig has put together a panel consisting of the count of live electronics and sound art adventurer Bern Isak Wærstad, music researcher, multi-instrumentalist and polyglot Tejaswinee Kelkar, and author, artist and researcher in musicology Marek Susdorf. The episode was recorded in front of an audience at Blå - Oslo's most active nightclub and music venue primarily for alternative and club music. The show was part of Musikkfest 2021. It will later be broadcasted at radiOrakel too. The episode is in English, with a short Norwegian introduction after the "tempo-wonky" jingle! More about the guests: Bernt Isak Wærstad is a musician, sound and multi-media artist, programmer and instrument designer holding a MA in Music Technology from Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU). Musically he is working within a wide variety of genres such as electro-acoustic free-improvisation, noise-rock, electronic pop and afro pop. Tejaswinee Kelkar is a singer and a researcher. She finished her PhD with the RITMO center of excellence at University of Oslo in November 2019. Her research interests are melodic cognition, motion-capture and musical-cultural analysis. Marek Susdorf is a Polish writer and artist; a graduate of Slavic Studies at Gdańsk University and RMA Gender Studies at Utrecht University; works as a Research Fellow at the Department of Musicology of Oslo University; his doctoral project concerns the musical-colonial relationship between the Netherlands and Suriname as well as recent employments of posthumanist theories in musicological scholarship. About the hostess: Solveig Sørbø is a composer, musician and producer who makes eclectic music for ensembles. Her vision for Solveigs Speisa Musikk is to highlight the workings of music, from various perspectives including scientific and artistic ones. Sound technician: Tor Erik L Johansen (Blå) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speisa/message

This 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 schools and teachers play in the creation of our 'mental maps'? A term usually used by cultural geographers, mental maps encompass many different dimensions of our world view: from an awareness of our country and region's place in the world, to our view of history and where we sit on an imaginary timeline.How is all of this influenced by national politicians and institutional systems, and even the international dimension? Join the editor of nordics.info, Nicola Witcombe, on her virtual visit around the Nordic countries, this time to Janne Holmén, Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Uppsala University to discover the answer to these questions. Janne is from the Åland Islands and this has influenced his research interests. This podcast was recorded in February 2021 and is the second in the series: The Nordics Uncovered: Critical Voices from the Region. The third in the series is an interview with Elisabeth Staksrud, Professor in the Department of Education and Media at Oslo University in Norway. She will be talking about childhood in the Nordics and the online lives of children and young people. Sound credits from freesound.org including school break noise outdoor.wav by Libra222.

Edwin A. Schmitt (Olso University), Interviewed by Joseph Bosco in April 2019.FEATURED AUTHOREdwin A. Schmitt is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo in Norway. He has a PhD in Anthropology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he wrote a thesis on environmental consciousness, which included examining the issue of air pollution in Chengdu, China. He is currently a member of the interdisciplinary project – Airborne: Pollution, Climate Change, and Visions of Sustainability in China – at the University of Oslo. This team has collaborated with scholars at Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, and Oregon State University to examine air pollution in China from multiple perspectives. Prof. Schmitt's most recent research focuses primarily on the historical role of energy institutions in China and what that means for air pollution.Links to articles mentioned in the podcast:https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00629-5https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/Rumors-Of-Chinese-Subsidy-Cuts-Sends-Shockwaves-Through-Solar-Markets.htmlAUTHOR'S PERSONAL WEBSITEhttps://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/people/aca/chinese-studies/temporary/edwinsc/CORRECTING NOTE FROM THE AUTHORAfter the interview, Edwin realized he had made a mistake at minute 13:20. He said that coal-fired power plants produce 4 million GW of electricity for the grid, but the correct number should be about 930 GW. Please see the following website for details: https://www.iea.org/weo/china/

More than 10 years ago, Innocent was a violent husband who splurged all his family's wealth on his 27 lovers. That was before he met a group that has led thousands of men in Burundi to rethink their behaviour. In this episode, Burundi-based journalist Clarisse Shaka delves into the world of the Abatangamuco, which means “those who shine light” in Kirundi. Part 2 of 2.In this second episode exploring Burundi's Abatangamuco community theatre troupe, we hear from the troupe's founder and learn how this movement has created lasting change and sparked discussions around what it means to "be a man" across the country.Hosted by Danielle Olivario; with original reporting and editing by Clarisse Shaka and Fabrice Nzohabonayo in Gitega, Burundi; Naira Davlashyan, Marta Rodriguez Martinez and Lillo Montalto Monella in Lyon, and Lory Martinez in Paris, France. Production Design by Studio Ochenta. Music by Yves Kami, Theme music by Gabriel Dalmasso. Care International focuses on a number of development issues, including gender inequality. For more information, you can check their website https://care.org/. Hilde Ousland Vandeskog is working on her PHD at Oslo University. You can read her report on the Abatangamuco from 2012 at PRIO.org.In this episode, we used music by Yves Kami, a Burundian artist. You can check out his work at www.musicinafrica.net.Like this episode? Share your thoughts on how you have challenged your view on what it means to be a man with Euronews using the hashtag #CryLikeaBoy. And if you're a French speaker, this podcast is also available in French: Dans la Tête des Hommes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

More than 10 years ago, Innocent was a violent husband who splurged all his family's wealth on his 27 lovers. That was before he met a group that has led thousands of men in Burundi to rethink their behaviour. In this episode, Burundi-based journalist Clarisse Shaka delves into the world of the Abatangamuco, which means “those who shine light” in Kirundi. Part 2 of 2.In this second episode exploring Burundi's Abatangamuco community theatre troupe, we hear from the troupe's founder and learn how this movement has created lasting change and sparked discussions around what it means to "be a man" across the country.Hosted by Danielle Olivario; with original reporting and editing by Clarisse Shaka and Fabrice Nzohabonayo in Gitega, Burundi; Naira Davlashyan, Marta Rodriguez Martinez and Lillo Montalto Monella in Lyon, and Lory Martinez in Paris, France. Production Design by Studio Ochenta. Music by Yves Kami, Theme music by Gabriel Dalmasso. Care International focuses on a number of development issues, including gender inequality. For more information, you can check their website https://care.org/. Hilde Ousland Vandeskog is working on her PHD at Oslo University. You can read her report on the Abatangamuco from 2012 at PRIO.org.In this episode, we used music by Yves Kami, a Burundian artist. You can check out his work at www.musicinafrica.net.Like this episode? Share your thoughts on how you have challenged your view on what it means to be a man with Euronews using the hashtag #CryLikeaBoy. And if you're a French speaker, this podcast is also available in French: Dans la Tête des Hommes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Korea24 – 2020.08.24 (Monday) - News Briefing: In a weekly meeting with senior aides on Monday, President Moon Jae-in issued a message to the Korean public, calling for unity in overcoming the surge of coronavirus infections. The President warned that a failure to contain the current situation will inevitably lead to the near lock-down Level 3 social distancing measure. (Sam Len) - In-Depth News Analysis: Professor Vladimir Tikhonov, from Oslo University, and Adjunct Professor Kim Byoung-joo of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies discuss the idea of eliminating works created by historical figures with highly controversial pasts. They delve into this ideological debate brought into the spotlight again over the composer of South Korea's national anthem. (광복회 김원웅 회장의 "안익태는 민족반역자, 애국가 교체해야" 발언 논란) - Korea Trending with Jacco Zwetsloot: Seoul enforces a new rule that requires facemasks to be worn at all times in public(마스크 의무화), offensive remarks made towards anime enthusiasts are overheard in a movie theater(오타쿠), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) authorizes the emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat the virus(혈장치료제 FDA 긴급승인). - Sports: Yoo Jee-ho from Yonhap News Agency talks about MLB pitchers Kim Kwang-hyun(김광현) and Ryu Hyun-jin(류현진) boasting strong starts while K league's Incheon United snaps at the heels of the first-place Suwon FC with their latest win. He then lays down what would happen in the world of South Korean sports if social distancing measures were to be raised to Level 3. - Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: Mark shares an article from the Korea Times that warns of stricter policies on cafes if people do not properly follow social distancing guidelines, and an article in the Korea Herald covers two National Treasures being bought by the National Museum of Korea after they failed to go up for sale at auction.

Michael Seltzer is a cultural anthropologist and professor emeritus at Oslo University in Norway. There is a sharp contrast in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic between Norway, Finland, and Denmark, where isolation and quarantine are in effect, as compared to Sweden, where the economy is open, and the death rate is much higher. Mike says learning from the experience of Scandinavia is instructive for the United States as some states open for business, while others stay locked down. Mike looks at the history and politics behind these different approaches. Michael Goldfield discusses his new book, The Southern Key: Class Race & Radicalism in the 1930s and 1940s. He argues that the political economic evolution of the South has been the key to determining the peculiar nature of American politics. Today the South is the center of reaction, leading the fight against choice, women and LGBTQ rights, the right to unionize — and even in the fight against the lockdown and quarantine necessary to halt the spread of coronavirus. It didn’t have to be this way and Goldfield holds that the experience (and failure) of organizing the working class in the South explains the origins of the current state of the United States and the world; and that the defeats from that time closed off the possibilities for meaningful class and anti-racist politics — as well as for a successful labor movement for decades to come.

Pain has long been recognised as something of an enigma by scientists and clinicians. It's both a measurable physiological process, as well as deeply personal and subjective. Claudia Hammond meets scientists attending the British Neuroscience Association's Christmas symposium on pain and the brain. She talks to the so-called "queen of pain", Professor Irene Tracey of Oxford University, about how research into acute and chronic pain is being addressed. We hear from Professor Ulrike Bingel about the positive and negative effects of expectation and anxiety on painful symptoms, and how this could be harnessed to enhance the power of drug treatments and reduce side effects. Professor Tamar Makin of University College London reveals some of the latest insights into the mysterious pain associated with missing limbs and wonders if we've been getting the thinking on phantom limb pain all wrong. And why are some kinds of pain - after exercising say, almost enjoyable? Professor Siri Leknes of Oslo University discusses the curious relationship between pain and pleasure.

ABUSIVE DADS: HOW THEY PERCEIVE THEIR FATHERING When we talk about abusive dads, we talk about them in relation to how they treat their partners, how they make excuses, how the courts treat them. Rarely do we talk about how they actually perceive themselves as fathers. Turns out there are some real twists there. Henning Mohaupt, clinical psychologist, researcher, and PhD Candidate at Oslo University, did a study of physically abusive men and how they think of themselves as dads. You might be surprised at what Mohaupt found out, not only about how they see themselves, but also about how they come to think that way. Join us as we discuss how men who abuse experience their parenting.  

Professor Jaap van Laar interviews Dr Helena Andersson, Oslo University, regarding her study on long-term experience with rituximab in anti-synthetase syndrome-related interstitial lung disease.

Professor Jaap van Laar interviews Dr Helena Andersson, Oslo University, regarding her study on long-term experience with rituximab in anti-synthetase syndrome-related interstitial lung disease.

Professor Jaap van Laar interviews Dr Helena Andersson, Oslo University, regarding her study on long-term experience with rituximab in anti-synthetase syndrome-related interstitial lung disease.

John Seed = Deep Ecology = One of Australia’s most articulate communicators of, and about, the web of life. John gets us in touch with the psychological dimension of our environmental crisis to get beyond the denial that most people greet the news - as to what is happening to our world – and if we are in denial about the terrible plight that our planet’s in –then our ability to celebrate the beauty of nature and the glory of the cosmos is severely hampered – because it’s resting on a very unstable foundation. John’s work over many decades has been in collaboration with Joanna Macy from the USA. They encourage people to recognise that our deepest feelings of despair and anguish about what’s happening to our world, are an integral part of us being able to celebrate and glory in the wonders of nature and the wonders of creation. That if we are in denial and are unwilling to feel and to share our pain as to what’s happening to our world, then we are also unable to truly celebrate the beauty, that surround us. This has led him to take people who are needing to be healed ‘on a journey’ so as to let them confront their hurt and fears and - from a  psychological standpoint reconcile and rectify the trauma that they are witnessing across the face of nature today. This is an Australian story of a seminal conflict between the forest industry and the conservation movement over rainforests in northern New South Wales. Battle for Forests The battle over logging the rainforests of Terania Creek in 1979 started the Rainforest War in New South Wales. Some claimed Terania Creek to be the last un-logged rainforest in Australia. The war was a clash of values and cultures, but three important lessons came about from this conflict. These being the influence of the media, the role of science and ecology, and the spirituality of forests. This ecological battle started a process that saw the eventual closure to logging and reservation in national parks of 900,000 ha of native forest, or about one third of the productive State Forests of New South Wales. This halted the logging and sparked the NSW government's decision to gazette the remaining rainforest in NSW as a National Park. John states “that even though we won that battle there are so many other battles...and in lots of ways they got worse." "We still find it really hard to imagine that it was the first time people actively got out and protected the rainforest." However John soon realised that in spite of the success of saving that forest and the wildlife that abounded, in looking at what was happening all around our planet - for every forest that was being protected, a thousand forests were being lost. And he saw clearly that there was no way we could save our planet at one forest at a time. Addressing the underlying Psychological challenge. That unless we address the underlying psychological or spiritual disease that afflicts modern humans one that somehow allows us to imagine that we can somehow profit from the destruction of our own life support systems – and that these actions are very enjoyable and rewarding for the participants - it would be of no particular significance to the future of the world. So John began to study to understand why do we behave is such a self-defeating manner?   He mentions: Paul Ehrlich  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich   The famous American ecologist and population commentator who said “we are sawing off the branch that we are sitting on.” Clearly this indicates a psychological problem no matter how much the timber in that branch might be worth – it can’t profit us to do this. And through this enquiry he came upon a philosophy of nature called Deep Ecology. Deep Ecology: And this is where he could understand why we were behaving in this way. Deep Ecology was coined by the Norwegian - the late Arne Naess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Næss the emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Oslo University who said the underlying all the symptoms of the environmental crisis was the illusion of separation between ourselves and that of the natural world. The illusion … and this has grown into anthropocentrism or human centeredness. The idea that we human beings are the centre of everything. This view sees us being the crown of creation - the measure of all being … and that nothing has any value except human beings – nothing is intrinsic. Things can have instrumental value if they are a resource for us. But really, we do not look at life as being a web or, if we do happen to see life as a web – we are the spider in the centre of it. We are still unable to understand the science of ecology and the wisdom of indigenous people reveals we are but one strand in that web and if we destroy the other strands we destroy ourselves. Connection to the Earth via Ceremony John’s workshops look to how most indigenous societies practice and reiterate the connection between human beings and that ‘all our relations’ are not severed. Every indigenous culture has ceremonies and rituals that allow the human family to celebrate our connectedness and to nourish that connectedness. And these ceremonies involve the entire community and the children are there and are watching and are learning this. Indigenous people have this knowing that we are rooted and draw energy and nourishment from the living earth and enact it with reverence for nature in all their ceremonies – so as to never forget their roots. (When were you last bare footed walking on the grass of the earth?) For 30 years John has been developing methods and skills to move us from a social identity to an ecological identity. This interview covers Wetko – the mind virus that has infected materialist man and what we need to recognise - to break free. That the First Nation American peoples - saw the very connection to Mother Earth when recently here in NZ one visitor put on a small campfire, a dry branch of wood and reverently stated “to all our relations” – that the tree is of life, giving us light and warmth as well as taking in Co2 and giving us oxygen back. Everything is connected. We are all in a grand cycle called life and it is this wonder of the web of life that is threatened by our foolish behaviour today.… The Council of All Beings An experiential process of deep connection – That Joanna  Macy & John designed back in the mid eighties – and the book ‘Thinking like a mountain towards the Council of all Beings… translated onto a dozen languages  - Now in Mandarin www.joannamacy.net/ Originally Joanna taught “despair and empowerment “ and it is now called “honouring our pain for the world.” Once certain boundaries are set – people are invited to share their deepest feelings of anguish, despair and horror at what’s happening to our world. This is a rare opportunity because if anyone even hinted at expressing their feelings around this subject - under ordinary circumstances people instantly want to change the subject as everyone feels threatened when such feelings are openly expressed. But, as people are taken through this exercise – what follows is empowerment and we discover that (listen to the broadcast that John eloquently shows us a way out) - the end result is a celebration that then becomes possible! Thomas Berry’s name is mentioned http://thomasberry.org/ A Catholic  theologian, who instead of focussing his attention on the Heavens to find God, became a geo seer –  studying  the Ancient Greek word Geo – where we get as a prefix …for geology, geography, geometry, geodesy, geopolitics  etc. Our planet. The study of the earth … Is another way to see our connection to the earth in such another way as to experience a deeper relationship and link to the earth. http://drewdellinger.org/  Poet who wrote the poetic introduction that John introduced us with at the state of this interview. Also http://www.genesisfarm.org/about.taf  Sister Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm that is dedicated to understanding the Universe and Earth as a single, unfolding process. That Genesis Farm offers diverse and innovative experiences that inspire a comprehensive approach to personal and social change. As a community facility it is open to all who are interested in exploring the sacredness of the land, their mission and their work.   Sister Miriam MacGillis created a process called the cosmic walk – and this is what John’s workshop will do on this coming Saturday night. (1st April 2017 at Kawai Purapura. See below) A spiralling story of the creation and the evolution of life. Which everyone participates in. IndiaJohn then tells of his work in India, which as a country he says has given him so much inspiration to awaken his spirituality - that:   Bruce Lipton’s name comes up again with his work in India around organics and farming. http://www.organicindia.com/  and Bharat Mitra. This became a movement in organic and biodynamic farming methods that were developed and practiced. The founder's mission being to offer safe effective herbal products to the world and he is the driving force behind an organic revolution that started with ORGANIC INDIA and is now taking root all across India.  Re forestation of the sacred mountain in South India https://naturedesignsjohnfranci.com/projects-implemented/ In 1988 John, who is a founder and Director of the Rainforest Information Centre (RIC) was asked to assist in the co-ordination of the Annamalai Reforestation Society’s project to green the sacred mountain of Arunachala in South India. Now the mountain reforestation has advanced a long way since then. There is a good collection of different organisations working together to ensure the the success of the project.  http://www.theforestway.org/greening/overview.html Land rights for the Poor of India. John has been assisting these people for some time. In December 2015, Rajeev wrote to John that the campaign to establish land-rights for the Katkari and other Adivasis was finally bearing fruit and “will help resolve the insecure village land issue in at least 600 – 700 Katkari villages”. http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/projects/india/rajeev3-16proposal.htm The next steps are tree plantings to improve the fertility and productivity of their land. However, suitable native tree seedlings were not available and they are establishing a nursery “to ensure multiplication of diverse native plant species (fruits, uncultivated foods, vegetables, medicinal plants, fibre plants, sacred plants, flowering plants, natural dyes, etc)” This interview of John Seed shows a dedicated man working for the earth. Big Data Info:  http://rainforests.mongabay.com Johns Itinerary for Auckland New Zealand 2017 MARCH 23 “What is Ecological Identity?” Auckland University of Technology MARCH 24 “Fostering Ecological Identity” Auckland University of Technology MARCH 25-26 talks and workshops at the Voices of Sacred Earth festival, Auckland Kawai Purapura Mills Lane Albany. MARCH 28 “Weaving Together Maori Earth Wisdom with Deep Ecology” with Maikara Ropata & Sika, Pititahi Marae , Waiheke Island APRIL 1-2 “A weekend of Deep Ecology“ APRIL 3 Facilitator Training, Auckland For the best information go to https://workthatreconnects.org/event/john-seed-in-new-zealand/  

In 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway, most of them teenagers. He's serving a 21-year prison term, which can be extended. But in the meantime, he'll study political science at Oslo University from his prison cell. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A plenary session from the 'Building Peace' conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. Professor Johan Galtung - Norwegian sociologist and 'father' of academic peace studies - offers a contextual example of applied peace studies. Professor Galtung is the Co-Director of the Transcent Research Institute, which he co-founded in 1993 after founding of the Oslo-based International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in 1959 and serving as a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Oslo University from 1969-1978.

A plenary session from the 'Building Peace' conference organized by the Oxford Network for Peace Studies and hosted by St John's College, Oxford on 15 May 2010. Professor Johan Galtung - Norwegian sociologist and 'father' of academic peace studies - offers a contextual example of applied peace studies. Professor Galtung is the Co-Director of the Transcent Research Institute, which he co-founded in 1993 after founding of the Oslo-based International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in 1959 and serving as a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Oslo University from 1969-1978.

Ramachandra Guha holds a PhD in Sociology from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He has taught at Oslo University, Stanford, and Yale, and at the Indian Institute of Science. He has been a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and also served as the Indo-American Community Chair Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. After a peripatetic academic career, with five jobs in ten years on three continents, Guha settled down to become a full-time writer, based in Bangalore. His books cover a wide range of themes, including a history of post-Independence India, a global history of environmentalism, a biography of an anthropologist-activist, a social history of Indian cricket, and a social history of Himalayan peasants. Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. The prizes they have won include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History.

Ramachandra Guha holds a PhD in Sociology from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He has taught at Oslo University, Stanford, and Yale, and at the Indian Institute of Science. He has been a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and also served as the Indo-American Community Chair Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. After a peripatetic academic career, with five jobs in ten years on three continents, Guha settled down to become a full-time writer, based in Bangalore. His books cover a wide range of themes, including a history of post-Independence India, a global history of environmentalism, a biography of an anthropologist-activist, a social history of Indian cricket, and a social history of Himalayan peasants. Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. The prizes they have won include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History.

Ramachandra Guha holds a PhD in Sociology from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He has taught at Oslo University, Stanford, and Yale, and at the Indian Institute of Science. He has been a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and also served as the Indo-American Community Chair Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. After a peripatetic academic career, with five jobs in ten years on three continents, Guha settled down to become a full-time writer, based in Bangalore. His books cover a wide range of themes, including a history of post-Independence India, a global history of environmentalism, a biography of an anthropologist-activist, a social history of Indian cricket, and a social history of Himalayan peasants. Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. The prizes they have won include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History.