Some time ago, I listened to a podcast interview with the Swedish actress Eva Röse. When I was a kid, in the Swedish version of the Mickey Mouse Club, there was Alice, Johan and Eva. Every Friday evening, my parents made me TV dinner and let me watch these lively youths present loud American cartoons,Continue reading “honouring the lives not lived”
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Oaxaca epilogue: Journeying through the mountains
The conference ended with an extravagant party, with food and mezcal and performances. And it was like everyone was floating on the wave of a successful, inspiring conference – and now, the wave broke. An extreme discharge of energy. Everyone dancing, from master students to world-renowned professors. And I will forever remember this: Dancing salsaContinue reading “Oaxaca epilogue: Journeying through the mountains”
small coincidences in life
When overwhelmed with big ideas and new people, it can be nice to cling to the small things. Like a coincidence: At the summer school, I met a German PhD student who is studying different ways in which the concept ‘multifunctional landscapes’ has been studied. Already that is interesting to a certain degree, since theContinue reading “small coincidences in life”
an alpine train ride
[Written on August 28th] Getting up when the mist still lingers over the Zürich lake, saying goodbye to Maija and taking the tram to the train station. A heaviness in my head, hoping it’s just tiredness – sensing it’s probably not. Changing trains in Geneva, the only things I see of it are some artsyContinue reading “an alpine train ride”
leaving a home
In the middle of June, I moved. Left the apartment in Skarpnäck where I’ve lived since I was three, and moved into a new one on the edge of town, close to Stockholm University. Between twenty and twenty-five, I traveled a lot and also lived in Uppsala for a while, so it wasn’t the firstContinue reading “leaving a home”
an island summer, part II: Koster (early August)
In the beginning of August, I went to Koster with my dad to spend a couple of windy days on those ragged isles. Koster is a group of islands off the west coast of Sweden, right on the border to Norway. My great grandfather’s family comes from Strömstad, the closest town on the mainland toContinue reading “an island summer, part II: Koster (early August)”
INTERLUDE: … while letting time pass by on Instagram
An amazing picture of a climber in sunset, National Geographic always makes me long for my backpack, but… OMG! It’s Jared Leto!? THE Jared Leto. Climbing. In the setting sun. In Yosemite National Park. Anyone who has seen My So-Called Life will understand why my heart starts beating just a little bit faster. He embodiedContinue reading “INTERLUDE: … while letting time pass by on Instagram”
the death of an idol
Let me take you back to the fall of 2006. I was taking a class in creative writing as one of my electables during my last year of high school. In that class, I had a friend called Sandra, who had a blog and who suggested I should start one too. I was already keepingContinue reading “the death of an idol”
glimpses of a fall: … but I’m feeling 22
Sure, there was a roadtrip and talks and a play, but most of my time I spent sitting in front of my two computer screens, searching for, cleaning, structuring and visualizing data on demographics, education, household economics and agricultural production in Burkina Faso and Ghana. Visualizing data into maps is a pretty simple thing ifContinue reading “glimpses of a fall: … but I’m feeling 22”
the naming of landscapes
I’m catching up on some reading, newspaper articles that I’ve been recommended but haven’t had the time to read yet. I have a folder in my bookmarks bar that has been growing since March. I read an article unexpectedly relevant for my line of work, titled The word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane on rewilding our language of landscape. It isContinue reading “the naming of landscapes”
Katja Malmborg 