Observations on Work, Employment & Education
W‑o-W Filmscreening #1: Nursing shortage in the spotlight
work-o-witch and 3s invite to a film screening to discuss the role of film in the professional training of nursing staff and as a medium for addressing skills shortages.
The shortage of health care staff does not come as a surprise, but recent reports on the closure of entire hospital departments due to staff shortages make it clear how drastic the situation already is in many places, also in Austria. At a screening event on 10 November at the Arthouse cinema of the mdw Vienna, the topic will be examined from an unusual angle by asking how the medium of film between career guidance and entertainment can influence interest in nursing training.
The screening is the kick-off to a workshop the following day and a series of events on the theme of “Careers, Work and Education in Film”. The evening begins with a series of historical educational and vocational information films. Afterwards, Konrad Wakolbinger talks with Axel Stummer, director of career information films and graduate of the Film Academy, about his film “Beruf Helfen”. This is followed by the main film “Zu jeder Zeit” (De chaque instant, FR 2018) by Nicolas Philibert.
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 6 p.m. (main film 8 p.m.)
Arthouse-Kino im Future Art Lab, mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien
Admission free!
Please register via lets-meet.
More information and the detailed programme (in German) can be found here.
The event takes place in cooperation with work-o-witch, 3s Research & Consulting, AMS Austria, the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Digital History, the Institute for Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna and the Association for the Promotion of New Film Cultures.
W‑o-W Filmscreening #1: Nursing shortage in the spotlight
work-o-witch and 3s invite to a film screening to discuss the role of film in the professional training of nursing staff and as a medium for addressing skills shortages.
The shortage of health care staff does not come as a surprise, but recent reports on the closure of entire hospital departments due to staff shortages make it clear how drastic the situation already is in many places, also in Austria. At a screening event on 10 November at the Arthouse cinema of the mdw Vienna, the topic will be examined from an unusual angle by asking how the medium of film between career guidance and entertainment can influence interest in nursing training.
The screening is the kick-off to a workshop the following day and a series of events on the theme of “Careers, Work and Education in Film”. The evening begins with a series of historical educational and vocational information films. Afterwards, Konrad Wakolbinger talks with Axel Stummer, director of career information films and graduate of the Film Academy, about his film “Beruf Helfen”. This is followed by the main film “Zu jeder Zeit” (De chaque instant, FR 2018) by Nicolas Philibert.
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 6 p.m. (main film 8 p.m.)
Arthouse-Kino im Future Art Lab, mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien
Admission free!
Please register via lets-meet.
More information and the detailed programme (in German) can be found here.
The event takes place in cooperation with work-o-witch, 3s Research & Consulting, AMS Austria, the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Digital History, the Institute for Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna and the Association for the Promotion of New Film Cultures.
Power Plant Employment
Movies and documentaries on reactor disasters were trending last year. 10 years since Fukushima and 35 years since Chernobyl rolled the carpet out. For a true insight into the working world of nuclear power plants, however, I do recommend going further back, to Volker Sattel's "Unter Kontrolle" (2011).
Japan’s sea lions
Anti-stereotypical professions: Ama-San and Haenyo ─ apnoea divers in Japan and Korea
Fischli and Weiss as DIY
A young Youtuber has presumably unwittingly made a remake of Fischli and Weiss' famous art video "The Way Things Go" (1987), raising interesting questions about the relationship between art, professional craft and DIY.
Fitness to work?
Under the topos ‘health’, a comprehensive optimization and enhancement logic is implanted into people. Fitness is one of several influencing factors in establishing innovative, exceptional and performative entrepreneur of oneself.
Erwin and Elvira, the butcher
Fassbinder's outstanding melodrama "In a Year of 13 Moons" (1978) is a consistently topical contribution to today's identity politics debate and a forceful exclamation mark for anti-stereotypical professions.
The old fear of the end of new work itself
We all look forward to the end of the working day, but not the end of work itself. The fear of automation and the end of work is an old topos, as evidenced by industrial films from the 1950s.
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By selecting a film or an image, this blog literally illustrates the vast sphere of work, employment & education in an open collection of academic, artistic and also anecdotal findings.
About us
Konrad Wakolbinger makes documentary films about work and life. Jörg Markowitsch does research on education and work. They are both based in Vienna. Information on guest authors can be found in their corresponding articles.
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Interested in more? Find recommendations on relevant festivals, film collections and literature here.
About this blog
With picking a film or an image, this blog literally illustrates the vast sphere of work, employment & education in an open collection of academic, artistic and also anecdotal findings.
About us
Konrad Wakolbinger makes documentary films about work and life. Jörg Markowitsch does research on education and work. We both work in Vienna. Information on guest authors can be found in their respective articles.
More about
Interested in more? Find recommendations on relevant festivals, film collections and literature here.