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2014
November
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Cold Amazon and The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate, Film Screening
-Join us for two short films exploring the effects of resource extraction on northern waters.
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Funeralscapes
-Re-experiencing Sound and Rtes in a Viking, Pre-Christian, and Early Christian Landscape - Public Lecture and Exhibition - Free entry.
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Being Human: Festival of the Humanities
-This new festival is all about the research and thinking that affects the cultural fabric of our city, the surrounding region and wider society. With most events free.
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Moving Summit on Oil and Literature:Oil Cities
-Meet academics from Aberdeen and Stavanger as well as author Steffen Sorum at a seminar on the nature and character of cities that have been marked by a rapidly growing oil industry.
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The Anthropocene Slam!
-Three academics from the Department of Anthropology will participate in an international event centred around the Anthropocene; a term proposed to describe the last 200 years during which human activities have significantly impacted on global ecosystems.
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American Experience: The Alaska Pipeline, Film Screening
-Join us for a film tracing the development of the Alaska pipeline in the 1960s and 1970s (60 mins).
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Festival of Social Science
-Share in the latest thinking around society's big issues with events FREE to attend taking place across Aberdeen. Showcasing advances that affect us all from politics to climate change.
October
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Contemporancient
-Scratch performances and audience discussions exploring contemporary resonances of ancient and traditional texts - All welcome.
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We Can't Eat Gold: Film Screening
-This film investigates the potential consequences of the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, for the Bristol Bay Natives and their symbiotic relationship with the salmon that have fed and sustained their communities for 350 generations (45 minutes).
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Fort McMoney: Film Screening
-How do we develop resources responsibly? How do we balance the needs of different people and the environment? Directed by David Dufresne, this innovative 2013 web documentary and strategy video game set in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada lets you make the decisions.