Mirko
Winkel

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Mirko Winkel is the coordinator of the mLAB. The artist and curator teaches at the University of Bern and other places with the aim of synthesizing art with scientific research and socio-political concerns.

Susan
Thieme

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Susan Thieme is professor of Critical Sustainability Studies at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bern. She brought the Global Science Film Festival to Bern and co-developed the Social Learning Video Method. She is co-founder of the mLAB.  MORE

Carolin
Schurr

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Carolin Schurr is professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Bern. As a feminist geographer, she has developed and experimented with affectual and visual methods to grasp the emotional effects of globalization processes on our intimate lives. She is co-founder of the mLAB.  MORE

Alexander
Vorbrugg

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Alexander Vorbrugg is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in Critical Sustainability Studies at the University of Bern. His research interests include visual forms of research and science communication. He is part of the coordination group of the mLAB. MORE

Laura
Perler

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Laura Perler is a postdoctoral researcher in Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Bern. In her research she investigates inequalities in relation to reproductive technologies and the Swiss asylum system. In her projects she uses audiovisual approaches and collaborates with artists. Together with Mirko Winkel, she is currently organizing a traveling exhibition on egg donation. She is part of the coordination group of the mLAB. MORE

Stefan
Brönnimann

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Stefan Brönnimann is a professor in Climatology at the University of Bern. His research focuses on weather and climate reconstruction, climate models, climate dynamics, effects of volcanic eruptions on climate and climate and society interactions. MORE

Elisabeth
Militz

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Elisabeth Militz is an Assistant Professor for Social and Digital Geographies at the University of Innsbruck. As a feminist political and cultural geographer, her focus lies on global/intimate relations and digital transformations. She experiments with affectual and feminist digital methodologies for human geographies. MORE

Adrien
Mestrot

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Adrien Mestrot is a professor in Soil Science at the University of Bern. Part of his research topics is analyzing the biogeochemistry of soils under global change to improve environmental health and food production.  MORE

Nora
Komposch

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Nora Komposch is a PhD student and assistant in Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Bern. Her research interests are geographies of the body, care and reproduction, migration and labor, and politics of the global intimate. MORE

Johanna
Paschen

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Johanna Paschen is a PhD student in Critical Sustainability Studies at the University of Bern. Her research interests include social and environmental justice, transdisciplinarity and artistic research. In cooperation with the Academy of the Arts Bern, she is involved with the research project EcoArtLab. MORE

Luca
Tschiderer

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Luca Tschiderer is a PhD student in Critical Sustainability Studies at the University of Bern. His research focuses on alternative practices of work in health- and care related contexts. As part of his PhD project he uses social learning videos as a participatory method towards workers inquiry. MORE

Sarah
Hartmann

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Sarah Hartmann is a Postdoc student in Critical Sustainability Studies at the University of Bern. Her research looks at issues around work, transnational mobilities and future transformations in healthcare from a critical sustainability perspective. MORE

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4th Global Science Film Festival 2021 Bern-Zurich

In November 2021 the mLAB and the Swiss Science Film Academy presented the 4th Global Science Film Festival at Kino REX in Bern and Filmpodium in Zurich. The films shown were engaging and challenging, addressing current global issues and questions in a variety of scientific disciplines. Discussions with the respective filmmakers, researchers and experts followed the films.

 

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, Nov 25, 2021

EthnoKino – Kino in der Reitschule

 

 
19:00 THE MUSHROOM SPEAKS
Documentary, 2021, 91 min
 

A walk alongside parasites, symbionts and decomposers offering ideas of interconnectedness. With mushrooms and their allies the film invites to imagine a mycocultural (r)evolution.

Followed by a discussion about More-than-Human Perspectives with Marion Neumann (Film Director), Nadia Maaroufi (Plant-Soil Ecologist, University of Bern), Alison Pouliot (Natural Historian and Environmental Photographer)

Moderator: Nimal Bourloud (Social Anthropology Student)

 

 

Saturday, Nov 27, 2021

Kino REX Bern

 

 
11:00 WAKE UP ON MARS
Feature Film, 2021, 74 min

 

A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious resignation syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma and dreams of building a spaceship.

Followed by a discussion about Migration, Racism and Health with Film Director Dea Gjinovci, Kemal Sadulov (Radio journalist and president of Romano Dialog)

Moderator: Alexander Vorbrugg Geographer (University of Bern)

 
13:30 NEMESIS
Documentary, 2021, 131 min
 

From the perspective of the filmmaker’s window, the film explores the destruction of a unique train station in Zurich and the construction of the new prison and police center in its place.

Followed by a discussion about Urban History, Prisons and Migration with Film Director Thomas Imbach, Britta Hentschel (History of Architecture University of Liechtenstein), Simone Marti (Lecturer and Member of Migrant Solidarity Network)

Moderator: Susan Thieme Geographer, University of Bern

 
16:30 CODED BIAS
Documentary, 2020, 90 min
 

What does it mean when artificial intelligence increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people the algorithms are biased against?

Followed by a discussion about Artificial Intelligence & Discrimination with Film Director Shalini Kantayya, Agata Ferretti (Big Data Ethics and Governance, ETH Zürich)

Moderator: Fupa Magic (Educator, Multidisciplinary Artist & Facilitator)

 
19:30 FROM THE WILD SEA
Documentary, 2021, 78 min
 

The film shows the work of maritime aid organizations. In haunting images, the ambivalent relationship between society and threatened ecosystems is laid bare.

Followed by a discussion about Pollution, Climate Change & the Ocean with Film Director Robin Petré, Charlotte Laufkötter (Marine Biogeochemistry & Plastic Pollution, University of Bern)

Moderator: Tobias Wechsler (Hydorlogist, Institute of Geograph, University of Bern)

 

Sunday, Nov 28, 2021

Kino REX Bern

 

 
12:30 THE TIGER MAFIA
Documentary, 2021, 90 min
 
The tiger is one of the most beloved and threatened creatures. In his nine year investigation the filmmaker uncovers their illegal breeding in secret South East Asian tiger farms.

 

Followed by a discussion about Wildlife Conservation with Film Directors Karl Ammann and Laurin Merz, Bruno Mainini (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Switzerland)

Moderator: Ian Ausprey (Conservation Biology, University of Bern)

 
15:00 PURPLE SEA + SHIPWRECK AT THE THRESHOLD OF EUROPE
Documentaries, 2020, 67+24 min
 

An overcrowded ship suffers shipwreck on its way from Turkey to Greece. One of the survivors filmed the sinking of the ship with a waterproof camera she wore on her wrist.

Followed by a discussion about (In)Visibility and Migration with Film Director Amel Alzakout and Gerhild Perl (Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Trier)

 
17:30 THE SCENT OF FEAR
Documentary, 2021, 93 min
 

The Scent of Fear is a journey around the globe, on which we meet people who freeze with fear, people who are looking for it, people who find it, and people who love it

Followed by a discussion about Psychology and Politics of Fear with Film Director Mirjam von Arx, Eveline Frischknecht (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern)

Moderator: Surangika Jayarathne Social and Cultural Geographer, University of Bern

 
22:00 SHORT FILM NIGHT

The short films explore topics such as the future of the sheep herding profession, mountain climbing with robots, homosexuality in the animal world.

    Program Trailer