Welcome to a special Nordic media-themed week from In Media Res. While each of the contributors this week will respond to the other contributions, the forum is still open to everyone to add their comments as well. Please feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas about the series as well.

This will be the first of seven themed weeks for In Media Res this season. We will also be showcasing themed weeks on Latino media, fandom, corporate authorship, dance, alternative media and interfaces.

So, without further ado, this week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, July 30, 2007 – Christian Christensen (Karlstad University — Sweden) presents: “ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity?”

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 – Sari Elfving (University of Tampere — Finland) presents: “‘I miss my superfast broadband!’ Comical heroes in phone operator’s tv commercials”

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 – Espen Ytreberg (University of Oslo — Norway) presents: “Amateur?”

Thursday, July 26, 2007 – Anna Orrghen (Södertörn University College– Sweden) presents: “Katarina Löfström’s “High Noon”: The Materiality of a Medium”

Friday, July 27, 2007 – Mari Pajala (University of Turku — Finland) presents: “What is so comical about old choreography?”

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