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Broadcasting Swissness

Posted By Fanny Gutsche on Apr 29, 2014 in English, Europe, featured, folk music, national identity, radio, RSS, Switzerland, The Fieldnote

Looking at the letters from the listeners of Swiss Radio International can help us to understand the effects media has in how the image of a nation is constructed.

Getting to know my neighbours in the shadow of war

Posted By Sabina Leoncini on Feb 17, 2014 in city, featured, Israel, Middle East, politics, RSS, society, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from Jaffa, Israel/Palestine (January 2014)

What a woman should be like

Posted By Miriam Gutekunst on Jan 23, 2014 in beauty, featured, gender, Germany, media, RSS, society, The Fieldnote, Western Europe

A fieldnote from a hairdressing salon in Munich, Germany (December 2013)

Bored above the clouds

Posted By Stephanie Tomschitz on Dec 4, 2013 in featured, mobility, RSS, society, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from above the clouds (March 2013)

“Ready for Take-off!” Everyone knows these famous words of pilots confirming their preparedness for departure. Condsidering my finding on a recent flight, I would add: “Ready for boredom!” Because this is what one might experience high above the clouds…

Bored above the clouds

Posted By Ruth Jahn on Dec 4, 2013 in featured, mobility, RSS, society, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from above the clouds (March 2013)

“Ready for Take-off!” Everyone knows these famous words of pilots confirming their preparedness for departure. Condsidering my finding on a recent flight, I would add: “Ready for boredom!” Because this is what one might experience high above the clouds…

Humans of the Future

Posted By Angela Firmhofer on Nov 18, 2013 in city, environment, featured, future, Germany, RSS, society, technology, The Fieldnote

A fieldnote from Munich, Germany (October 2013)

…one day humankind will be living in huge, well planned, structured and organised cities, where everyone will have his or her needs fulfilled in this life of 24/7-availability…