OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
The Burning Field is an ethnographic portrait of an environmental nightmare. This raw, immersive film shows daily life in one of the largest e-waste dumps on earth, through the eyes of four young people who live and work there. The film follows three young men and one young woman as they break down and burn appliances and then sell the aluminum and copper to local vendors. By observing their daily routines and interactions over the course of a single day, we witness an unforgettable slice of daily life in Agbogbloshie. Told entirely from their unique perspectives and in their own words, veriteì sequences capture telling moments from lives spent dismantling and burning electronic appliances from around the world, and the steep toll that it takes both on them and on the environment.
Watch a trailer of the film at www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXuTgwDPGas
