Something happened at DNS during the spring of 2017. There was a sense of wanting to break up the ordinary routine, work across the teams and to “lift up” the college – to “go radical”
Climate change is a social disaster
Kiribati will be gone. We know that. They know that. That’s why they bought land on Fiji 2000 kilometres away. An island nation itself, Fiji is elevated high enough to adapt to Climate Change.
Course about French Colonialism
You took a round on what you knew about the French colonial empire, and you realised that you had a lot more questions than answers. How did France get her colonies in the first place, and which were they?
An Investigation · Meeting People
You had decided that you would practice your investigation skills by going on a four-day investigation in one of the bigger Danish cities. The whole team would do it together. You had chosen the northern city of Aalborg.
The Bus. Our Bus.
You had never been interested in mechanics, and if something needed fixing, your father had done it, or you had called a plumber or an electrician. You were quite used to driving an ordinary car, but the mechanics of it?
Land of Lessons · Kurdistan
I’ve had a passionate relationship with Kurdistan for five years. We’re only part time lovers, but the distance makes our meetings even sweeter. The Kurdish people has had a profound impact on me.
Meeting the “Other”
‘The Other’ helps to explain identity: why people feel the belonging to this certain group, ethnicity, gender, nation. Fear of “the Other” is being used to promote nationalism.
DNS is not just a school
DNS is not just a school, but a program that becomes your life for 4 years and stays with you 4 ever. The demands are high and the programme challenges the students to abandon their comfort zones.
The Mask · Public Education
Our toxic culture of education was designed to make factory proletarians and this is what it makes of children. By the end of their educational journey, they are fully trained to wear “The Mask”.
Don’t close your eyes
Are you one of the people who scroll past inconvenient news in your social media feed? Thinking: “Oh well. I can’t do anything about it, anyway…. and it doesn’t really have an effect on my life.”
Self sufficient living
Growing our own food means freedom: freedom to know what we eat, freedom from big markets, freedom from pesticides and freedom to know that our agricultural practices are not harming the environment.
Rescuing food from becoming waste
Dumpster diving as a solution to fight food waste has gained visibility all over Europe. Many young adults are opting to practice it as a form of protest, a form of awareness and a form of saving food from landfills.