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.
Educating Frank
"Educating Rita" (1983) is the undisputed favorite cinematic example of adult education research: rarely has social mobility through education been told in such a multifaceted and entertaining way. In the era of online teaching, it's worth revisiting the film with a focus on the second lead role, alongside Rita, the lecturer Frank, aka Michael Caine.
Trainspotters’ job interviews
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The limits of our imagination of the future: men doing housework!
It is difficult to conceive the future as something open to objective analysis. The future is inevitably intangible. There is, however, one exception: the future of the past. "Past’s futures" such as those manifested in commercials of the 1950s and 1960s reveal many interesting things, for instance the lack of imagination of social change.
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THE WALKING MAN
Work ennobles. Work makes life sweeter. Sayings like these apodictically inscribe the principle of work into people's consciousness as the right and good thing to do. When American TV show us an example of this ideal, it is to double-down on the proliferation of the message of ‘a hero of labour’ : James Roberston – the walking man.
About this blog
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.