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Most recently I held a position as the director of Product Ethics, with a company wide charter, at a Fortune 30 tech and media conglomerate. However, my background stretches from years of activism in collectives (like the Danish student organization FRONT, which fights discrimination in Danish education, Marronage, a decolonial collective behind the Marronage Journal, and the decentring group at Columbia University) through an academic career, which has allowed me to teach (at RUC, KU, Lund) and lecture (at Penn State, Columbia University, etc.) across the World. I believe that my research, activism, and work benefit from one another. I am driven by a desire for representational justice, and I carry this desire with me into all aspects of my life. I am Indian-Danish-US-American, based in Copenhagen and New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1610305510798-NLWSOICO3YFLDTHFXKKS/IMG_20201031_154000-kopi.jpg About Me - In Short I am an award-winning researcher (I hold a Ph.d., MA, and BA) specialized in representation across axes of oppression in Danish film. I work with creatives and businesses in media, tech, and a range of other industries to critically engage and change the discriminatory and unfair structures that impact their organization, products, and teams. I am a consultant by training, a media & representation-expert by education, and an activist at heart. I merge the three in my practice for a critical approach to inequality everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1585936747991-SG443A9P73F4XGXAZXIO/grob-kopi.jpg About Me - My Methods I believe learning and changing can be fun and entertaining. I always structure my workshops, teaching, and reports around concrete examples from my clients, enabling them to critically examine and learn from their key challenges. https://www.tessskadegardthorsen.com/publications daily 0.75 2024-09-19 https://www.tessskadegardthorsen.com/work daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://www.tessskadegardthorsen.com/speaking daily 0.75 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/641ce8e2-b913-490f-a4d6-4f7cf370bbb5/Screenshot+2024-09-19+at+17.38.36.png Speaking - Acts, (Arti)Facts, and Politics of Representation 2023 - As part of the lecture series African Studies Global Virtual Forum at Penn State, I was invited to give a virtual lecture on the research and findings of my PhD project. The talk focuses in particular on the model I developed to examine Acts, Arti(Facts), and Politics of Representation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/3c615544-89c0-49bc-bc90-b648e163061e/DSC04555.jpg Speaking - AI and Tech Ethics 2024 - Danish Pioneer Centre for AI and DTU SKYLAB (Danish Technical University) hosts a series called Applied AI Lunch Talks. Participants from all over the globe tuned in to this hybrid event, live from Denmark. The talk was on “AI and Tech Ethics - Why you should build socially sustainable products and services” and the audience ranged from academics, AI professionals, founders, start-ups, students, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1585858912000-MW4KZPWZ73QSF48QW9U6/FIA.jpg Speaking - Representation 2019 - FIA, SAG-AFTRA, ACTRA. Unions and actors associations from across the globe invited me to speak at their global summit in Canada about the impacts of representation on work in creative industries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1585865105486-3T5TSRUOND6R6DZHKMRE/masters+tools.jpg Speaking - Decolonial & Decentering Talk 2019 - At the People’s Forum in New York I co-organized, planned, and carried out a workshop and talk about activism, the academy, and decolonization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1585865772973-53I230BWB3C0FC5QIZWK/key+note+2-kopi.jpg Speaking - Keynote Address 2018 - I was invited to give a Keynote Lecture at the Annual Nordic Intercultural Communication Conference. The lecture, on representation and communication, addressed the discursive and filmic challenges of ‘interculturality’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1585866078474-5EWHM385AX9AYWBDYPYF/foto_kbhlc3a6ser_51.jpg Speaking - Can Colonialism be Traced in Danish Film? 2017 - The decolonial collective Marronage, which I am a former editor and member of, hosted a lecture series at Copenhagen Central Library called ‘counter-readings’. My lecture was part of this series and was open to the public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1585859076270-JPTUFLZANMT2QPNKE54T/opl%C3%A6g.jpg Speaking - Gender equality in film 2016 - Women In Film and Television Denmark (WIFT DK) invited me to give a monologue-style talk at the Danish theatre Teater GROB. Breaking from typical lecture styles, this included a more free-moving performance-style talk with no visual aids. https://www.tessskadegardthorsen.com/home daily 1.0 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1587204342113-KTG6MUBE85443LAQFME5/foto_kbhlc3a6ser_51.jpg Home - Get to know me I am a researcher and consultant. I research the various patterns that impact equality, bias, and representation. I work with creatives and businesses in media, tech, and a range of other industries to critically engage and change the discriminatory and unfair structures that impact their organization, products, and teams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85e781e102fa0f3f832816/1587205484822-1BDFK9ZMY3DVTNPCEHPS/opl%C3%A6g.jpg Home - Invite me to speak I love speaking. I have given keynotes, talks, lectures, and workshops in Danish and English to a variety of audiences. I can be hired to speak about representation in film, bias in data, inequality in business, race, class, gender, and much much more. https://www.tessskadegardthorsen.com/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2024-09-19