Activities

ReCO Workshops

ReCO plans further workshops in cooperation with the new established High North Academy at UiT, different faculties and the Communication Department, as well as international networks such as the University of the Arctic (UArctic), the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and Fram High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment (Fram Centre). We apply for funding from all possible sources - locally, nationally and internationally.

JANUARY 2012:

• Digital storytelling (workshop film coming soon)
• Crash course in filming
• Grid-Arendal delivers media training to the next generation of Arctic researchers

Workshop films 2012

• Fra frykt til trygt
• Arctic Fever
• The F Word
• Playfood
• King Crab Line  

 JANUARY 2011:

• Young Scientist Forum: Videomaking Workshop with Randy Olson
• New York Times "Dot Earth": Can Video Move the Public on Climate?
• Randy Olson Blog:
  - NORWAY IV The 9th Iteration of My Three-Day Videomaking Workshop
  - NORWAY V: They BREED Excellence in Scandinavi 
• UiT news: New York Times skryter av studentene
• UiT news: Clam sex and James Bond bring science alive
• Filmvisning på Tromsø Museum: Science goes Hollywood 

Workshop films 2011

• Spawning Smart 
• The Cold Rush 
• The Desperate Clam
• On the edge
• The tag is not enough

ReCO Projects
The Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics ordered a recruitment film. With this first film project ReCO earned the money to buy basic camera equipment and its first Mac editing station.The film was distributed through the facebook page of the faculty.

• UiT news: Fang livet!
• UiT news: Rein Hollywoodstil på UiT og BFE

ReCO Media Lab
ReCO organised funding to buy a second set of editing and camera equipment in the course of 2011. A temporary editing room in Naturfagbygget is sponsored by the Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics. Since ReCO is expanding, we aim to move to a bigger and more central place at UiT Campus. We need also more equipment in order to arrange workshops. The ReCO Board is promoting and discussing the idea of a Media Lab with the UiT management and the faculties. 

ReCO Networking
We have had several meetings in fall 2011 where we invited speakers to present their film or outreach projects. More ReCO meetings are in planning.

Forsker Grand Prix 

Two ReCO founders won Forsker Grand Prix in Tromsø and Oslo


Forsker Grand Prix Tromsø 2011 - kortversjon from UiT Helsefak on Vimeo.