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    Christian Werner (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover)
    World Within Our Own
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    Uranium ammunition – that means "DU", depleted uranium. It is uraniumwith a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium. Most depleted uranium arises as a byproduct of the production of enriched uranium for use in nuclear reactors and in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Who remembers the Iraq war? The country was bombed in 2003. During the three weeks of bombardment, thousand tons of uranium ammunition dropped on cities like Basra and Fallujah and their inhabitants. Damaged but still radiating tanks are standing at the radial roads and testify to the bombardment during the gulf wars. Now, the wrecks and ruins are playgrounds for children, the population uses the contaminated scrap metal and collects souvenirs of the war. The war is over but many people come into contact with the radioactive material – and they contract leukemia. In addition to Iraq, the uranium ammunition was used in the Indian-Pakistani frontier conflict, in Chechnya, during the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, in the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo. Thousand tons of uranium ammunition have been used recently. Military uses include defensive armor plating and armor-piercing projectiles. The use of DU in munitions is controversial because of questions about potential long-term health effects. It is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long radioactive half-life. The aerosol or spallation frangible powder produced during impact and combustion of depleted uranium munitions can potentially contaminate wide areas around the impact sites, leading to possible inhalation by human beings. After the Gulf War, the cancer quota rises and a high number of cases of congenital abnormalities was detected. Every day, children are born, who have two heads, no eyes, a spina bifida, palatine clefts or missing arms and legs. The disastrous effects are now visible, but reports and surveys about the consequences are still missing. Project Credits: Still & Motion Photography, Editing, and Idea: Christian Werner; Animation: Roman Höfner; 3D Modeling: Ulrich Buckenlei; Mentoring: Jens Radü; Map Design: Anna-Lena Korfeld

    Jon Kasbe (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    Heart Beats of Fiji
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    Multimedia Project
     
    Ben is searching for purpose. Masi is following a dream. From separate islands, yet connected through music, their paths crossed at Fiji's Beat Making Lab. The Beat Making Lab believes music can transform individuals and communities. They build studios around the world, training youth in the art of beat making.

    Charlotte de la Fuente & Jonas Olufson (Danish School of Journalism)
    Din for evigt
    Bronze
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    Erik Persson who is a widower lives alone in his and his wifes house in Vedbaek, Denmark. They have had a life in great wealth in one of the most expensive places in Denmark. Today his children have grown up and his wife is deceased. Erik's life is lived on in the memories of better days.

     
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