Anne Gjelsvik
About
I am a professor of film studies at the Department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU, where I teach contemporary film and film analysis. As a researcher, I am particularly interested in the relationship between contemporary film and society, with a special emphasis on Norwegian and American fiction films.
I have written numerous books and articles (both in English and Norwegian) on topics such as film criticism, terrorism, violence in film, adaptation, and ecocriticism. My latest book is about the films of Joachim Trier (see publications)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Norwegian and American contemporary film
- Memory culture
- Terrorism in the media
- Ecocriticism
- Media theory, intermediality, and adaptation
- Gender representation in film
- Film criticism
I am currently working on two different projects related to Norwegian film culture: an individual project on Joachim Trier and one on memory culture after July 22nd (see more under research and publications).
I am increasingly interested in ecocriticism and am a member of the research network Environmental Humanities at NTNU, and the NOS-HS network MIINE, which looks at the relationship between ecology and media, and is developing a book project on nature and the climate crisis in Norwegian film.
I am a regular contributor to the film journal Montages, where I write about Norwegian film in the column “Analysen” (see more under konwledge transfer)
Research
As a researcher, I am particularly interested in the relationship between contemporary film and society, with a special focus on Norwegian and American fiction films. Currently, I am involved in three international projects: “Making Memories” at the University of Agder, “Translatability of Oil” at the University of Oslo, and “ENGRO” (Environmental Grotesque) at Linnaeus University in Växjö. In all these projects, I explore Norwegian cinema and television. During the fall of 2024, I will participate in several seminars and events related to Joachim Trier, both domestic and international.
Joachim Trier
Uferdig fortid
Face of Terror
Publications
Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier
Bearbeidelser
Cinema Between Media
2026
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2026)
Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? A Case Study of the Eco-Critical and Environmental Grotesque in Cinema.
Academic chapter
2025
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Analysen: Affeksjonsverdi (2025) | Montages.
Montages.no
Popular science article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Analysen: Stargate – en julefortelling (2025) | Montages.
Montages.no
Popular science article
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Böhnisch, Siemke;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Lindøe, Siri Hempel.
(2025)
Recent Norwegian World War ii Film, Television, and Theater Productions.
Academic chapter
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Om visualiseringen av Holocaust. Mellom bildebevis og bildeforbud.
Z filmtidsskrift
Popular science article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Analysen: Den stygge stesøsteren.
Montages.no
Popular science article
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Lotherington, Ann Therese;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Lukic, Dragana.
(2025)
Feminist posthumanist engagements with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in popular expressions and co-creative arts sessions.
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Cinematic Representations of Crisis: Comparing Cinematic Treatments of the July 22 Terror Attacks.
Academic chapter
2024
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2024)
Minnenes medium.
Non-fiction chapter
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2024)
Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier.
Edinburgh University Press
Academic monograph
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Outzen, Mads;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold.
(2024)
Facing terror: the ethical potential of facing terror through film.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Gjelsvik, Anne;
Bruhn, Jørgen.
(2024)
Cinema entre mídias – Uma abordagem intermidiática.
Academic chapter
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Gjelsvik, Anne;
Diniz, Thaïs Flores;
Ramazzina-Ghirardi, Ana Luiza;
Figuei, Camila Augusta Pires de.
(2024)
Intermidialidade: cinema e adaptação – palavra e imagem – transmidia(lidade).
Editora Unimontes
Anthology
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2024)
Analysen: Elskling.
Montages.no
Popular science article
2021
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2021)
Шта је филм/ Šta je film?.
Karpos Books
Academic monograph
2020
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2020)
Bearbeidelser. 22. juli i ord og bilder.
Universitetsforlaget
Anthology
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2020)
Vond, men nødvendig. Erik Poppes Utøya 22. juli.
Academic chapter
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2020)
Medierte minner. Tre romaners fortellinger om terrorisme.
Academic chapter
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Furuseth, Sissel;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Gürata, Ahmet;
Hennig, Reinhard;
Leyda, Julia;
Ritson, Katie.
(2020)
Climate Change in Literature, Television and Film from Norway.
Ecozona
Academic article
2019
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2019)
«Ingen vanlig kinoopplevelse». Om å se Utøya 22. juli på kino.
Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2019)
In Focus: Joachim Trier.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2019)
Openings and closures: Mental health in Joachim Trier’s cinematic universe.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
2018
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2018)
Outsiders and bystanders in Erik Skjoldbjærg's The Pyromaniac (2016).
Journal of Aesthetics and Culture
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne;
Bruhn, Jørgen.
(2018)
Cinema Between Media. An Intermediality Approach.
Edinburgh University Press
Academic monograph
2016
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Gjelsvik, Anne;
Schubart, Rikke.
(2016)
Women of Ice and Fire. Gender, Game of Thrones and Multiple Media Engagements.
Bloomsbury Academic
Anthology
2013
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Gjelsvik, Anne;
Schubart, Rikke.
(2013)
Eastwood's Iwo Jima: A Critical Engagement With Flags of Our Fathers & Letters From Iwo Jima.
Wallflower Press
Anthology
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2013)
Hva er film.
Universitetsforlaget
Academic monograph
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Bruhn, Jørgen;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold.
(2013)
Adaptation studies. New challenges, new directions.
Bloomsbury Academic
Anthology
2007
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2007)
Vondt og vakkert. Vold i audiovisuelle medier.
Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
Academic monograph
2002
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2002)
Mørkets øyne. Filmkritikk, vurdering og analyse.
Universitetsforlaget
Non-fiction monograph
Journal publications
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Analysen: Affeksjonsverdi (2025) | Montages.
Montages.no
Popular science article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Analysen: Stargate – en julefortelling (2025) | Montages.
Montages.no
Popular science article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Om visualiseringen av Holocaust. Mellom bildebevis og bildeforbud.
Z filmtidsskrift
Popular science article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Analysen: Den stygge stesøsteren.
Montages.no
Popular science article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2019)
«Ingen vanlig kinoopplevelse». Om å se Utøya 22. juli på kino.
Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2018)
Outsiders and bystanders in Erik Skjoldbjærg's The Pyromaniac (2016).
Journal of Aesthetics and Culture
Academic article
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Furuseth, Sissel;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Gürata, Ahmet;
Hennig, Reinhard;
Leyda, Julia;
Ritson, Katie.
(2020)
Climate Change in Literature, Television and Film from Norway.
Ecozona
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2019)
In Focus: Joachim Trier.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2019)
Openings and closures: Mental health in Joachim Trier’s cinematic universe.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2024)
Analysen: Elskling.
Montages.no
Popular science article
Books
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2020)
Bearbeidelser. 22. juli i ord og bilder.
Universitetsforlaget
Anthology
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2024)
Refocus: The Films of Joachim Trier.
Edinburgh University Press
Academic monograph
-
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Diniz, Thaïs Flores;
Ramazzina-Ghirardi, Ana Luiza;
Figuei, Camila Augusta Pires de.
(2024)
Intermidialidade: cinema e adaptação – palavra e imagem – transmidia(lidade).
Editora Unimontes
Anthology
-
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Bruhn, Jørgen.
(2018)
Cinema Between Media. An Intermediality Approach.
Edinburgh University Press
Academic monograph
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2021)
Шта је филм/ Šta je film?.
Karpos Books
Academic monograph
-
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Schubart, Rikke.
(2013)
Eastwood's Iwo Jima: A Critical Engagement With Flags of Our Fathers & Letters From Iwo Jima.
Wallflower Press
Anthology
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2013)
Hva er film.
Universitetsforlaget
Academic monograph
-
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Schubart, Rikke.
(2016)
Women of Ice and Fire. Gender, Game of Thrones and Multiple Media Engagements.
Bloomsbury Academic
Anthology
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2007)
Vondt og vakkert. Vold i audiovisuelle medier.
Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
Academic monograph
-
Bruhn, Jørgen;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold.
(2013)
Adaptation studies. New challenges, new directions.
Bloomsbury Academic
Anthology
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2002)
Mørkets øyne. Filmkritikk, vurdering og analyse.
Universitetsforlaget
Non-fiction monograph
Part of book/report
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Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2026)
Sister, What Grows Where Land Is Sick? A Case Study of the Eco-Critical and Environmental Grotesque in Cinema.
Academic chapter
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Böhnisch, Siemke;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Lindøe, Siri Hempel.
(2025)
Recent Norwegian World War ii Film, Television, and Theater Productions.
Academic chapter
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2024)
Minnenes medium.
Non-fiction chapter
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2020)
Vond, men nødvendig. Erik Poppes Utøya 22. juli.
Academic chapter
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2020)
Medierte minner. Tre romaners fortellinger om terrorisme.
Academic chapter
-
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Bruhn, Jørgen.
(2024)
Cinema entre mídias – Uma abordagem intermidiática.
Academic chapter
-
Gjelsvik, Anne.
(2025)
Cinematic Representations of Crisis: Comparing Cinematic Treatments of the July 22 Terror Attacks.
Academic chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
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Outzen, Mads;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Hanssen, Eirik Frisvold.
(2024)
Facing terror: the ethical potential of facing terror through film.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
-
Lotherington, Ann Therese;
Gjelsvik, Anne;
Lukic, Dragana.
(2025)
Feminist posthumanist engagements with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in popular expressions and co-creative arts sessions.
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
Analysen Montages
Filminnledninger og seminar
2026
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Contribution to radio or TV
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Other presentation
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Other presentationGjelsvik, Anne. (2026) Innledning til filmen Siste paradiset på jorda. Filmvisning Det siste paradiset på jorda med innledning
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Other presentation
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2026) Care Work in Dag Johan Haugerud’s Love (Kjærlighet). Guest lecture: Care Work in Dag Johan Haugerud’s Love (Kjærlighet)
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Interview
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Interview
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Interview
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Podcast
2025
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Other presentationGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Den store filmkritikkdebatten, med Bernhard Ellefsen, Guri Kulås, Kjetil Lismoen og Anne Gjelsvik. Filmkonventet
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Interview
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Other presentation
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Séminaire et atelier sur le cinéma norvégien : Dag Johan Haugerud. Séminaire et atelier sur le cinéma norvégien : Dag Johan Haugerud
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Other presentation
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Lecture
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Interview
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Other presentationGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Panelsamtale: What the F**ck is International Potential. "What the F**ck is International Potential"
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Samtale mellom Cecilie Semec og filmprofessor ved NTNU Anne Gjelsvik. Edith Carlmar Symposium
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Interview
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Zone of Interest, reflections after a special screening. Spesialvisning Zone of Interest
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Rekruttering av kvinner til norsk filmbransje. Panelsamtale. Edith Carlmar Symposium
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Lecture
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Lecture
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2025) Blurring the Lines between Truth, Fiction and Media in the Norwegian Television Series Makta (Power Play). IMS seminar
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Conference lecture
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Lecture
2024
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Moderator for samtale om Dag Johan Haugeruds film "Sex", med Jan Gunnar Røise og Yngve Sæther. Førvisning med samtale Filmen Sex
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Om å bryte grenser som kvinne i norsk filmbransje. Panelleder for samtale med skuespiller Andrea Bræin Hovig, regissør Anne Sewitsky og Ingvil Giske. Edith Carlmar Symposium
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Lecture
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) "Sister, What Grows Where the Land is Sick - a case study of the Eco-critical and Grotesque in Cinema. MIINe Workshop
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Refocus: The films of Joachim Trier. Bokpresentasjon. Institutt for kunst og medievitenskaps fagdag
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Lecture
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Estetikk, politikk og kjønn i Joachim Triers filmografi. Forskergruppemøte Estetikk og politikk, ILOS, UiO
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) The Cinema of Joachim Trier. Between realism and modernism. Gjesteforelesning Københavns universitet
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Lecture
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Playing with Power, Fiction and Truth: The depiction of the Alexander Kielland accident in Makta. Oil in Translation: A Workshop on Petro-Aesthetics and Energy Transition
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Interview
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Conversation with screenwriter Eskil Vogt. Joachim Trier Urban Memories International Conference
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Interview
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LectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Kritikerseminar: Coen-brødrene som filmskapere. Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival
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Lecture
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Lecture
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2024) Urban Memories in the Oslo Trilogy. Joachim Trier Urban Memories International Conference
2023
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Conference lectureGjelsvik, Anne. (2023) Art and Perpetrator Memory: What Art can do. Exploring Art and Perpetrator Memory
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Lecture
2022
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Feature article
2021
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Feature article
2014
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Feature article
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Feature article
2012
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Interview
2011
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Feature article
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Interview
2010
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Feature article
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Feature article
2007
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Feature article
2002
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Feature article
1998
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Feature article