Future Stories & Engagement – WOKE is a Future Condition, Not a Choice

In this opening session we zoom in on audiences, engagement, future stories and strategies and the current topic of high relevance, WOKE, which permeate today’s society.

We are in a decade of counter-cultures, digital movements and actions against inequality and abuse of power expressed through movements like #FreeBritney, Occupy Wall Street, MeToo, Black Lives Matter, Skolstrejk för klimatet etc., which have been driving forces in the push for the next cultural shift.

It is revolution characterised by the ability to gain forces in the streets IRL and URL, not necessarily being for or against certain matters, ideologies or politics – but aiming collectively to challenge positions and the way we think about change.

This panel discussion will be hosted by Katrine K. Pedersen, specialist and consultant in digital culture and changes strategies. The panel will consist of four different professionals who will contribute their opinion and experiences on the subject of WOKE, audiences, user-involvement and narratives and strategies of the future.

SESSION HOST

Katrine K. Pedersen, Specialist & Consultant, Digital Culture and Changes Strategies

This panel discussion will be hosted by Katrine K. Pedersen, specialist and consultant in digital culture and changes strategies. She has worked for HBO Nordic, The Danish Broadcasting Company, and The Danish Film Institute as well as The British Film Institute. Moreover, she has been nominated as a part of an international expert panel concerning Facebook’s censorship algorithm. As a frequent media commentator and expert she has contributed to various productions, e.g. “Counterculture, consumerism and the far right” by ABC, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

She is an internationally acclaimed writer of four books, co-editor of New York Magazine Pan & The Dream. In 2012, she founded the independent publisher Loopland Press and the online magazine The Human Situation. In addition, she writes articles about art, culture and digital culture. Since 2017, she has led the digital transformation at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art as Head of Education and Mediation.

INFO

Date
October 28, 2021

Time
09:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Venue
Filmby Aarhus, Studio 1

MEET

Katrine K. Pedersen, Specialist & Consultant, Digital Culture and Changes Strategies

Sanne Juncker Pedersen, Leader of Publikum Tættere på (Closer to the Audience), the Danish Film Institute

Prince Henry, Activist, Public Debater and Project Coordinator, Mino Danmark

David Brorson Finch, Executive Producer, DR Drama

Nicklas Larsen, Head of Arts and Culture, Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies

SANNE JUNCKER PEDERSEN

Sanne Juncker Pedersen is the leader of Publikum Tættere på (Closer to the Audience), the Danish Film Institute. For the last few years, she has worked closely with the film industry and new partners to create innovation and progress within the areas: audience research and audience development. Backed by the fund PublikumsFokus of 3 DKK million annually, the Film Institute has so far aided 20 projects which among other things have studied audiences’ feelings, opinions, and considerations in relation to Danish film content.

PRINCE HENRY

Prince Henry is an activist, a frequent public debater, and a project coordinator at Mino Danmark. He studies at the Department of Sociology at University of Copenhagen, and has a particular interest in the intersections between minorities, culture and communities. He is also a model, represented by FIIRI Agency, Scandinavia’s first inclusive model and diverse talent agency for and by BIPOC’s.

NICKLAS LARSEN

Nicklas Larsen is heading Arts and Culture at the non-profit think tank Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. He is a curator for UNESCO’s Futures Literacy Summit, the Future Oriented Museum Synergies network. As a futurist, he explores how the future can be a source for hope, social innovation, and sustainable development together with pioneers in the field.

DAVID BRORSON FICH

David Brorson Finch is an experienced executive producer working at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation managing drama productions and strategic development aimed at young adult audiences. David has a background working with digital media at Viacom and Bauer Radio since 2008.