{"id":1773,"date":"2026-04-21T23:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/?page_id=1773"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:08:53","slug":"2026-the-shadow-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/waff\/2026-2\/2026-the-shadow-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 \u2013 The Shadow Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#6d76b7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1773_23c0d2-28 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:end;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1773_23c0d2-28 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > 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Mai 2026<\/strong> <strong>I 17.30 Uhr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"film-sub has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none\"><strong><strong>Dokumentation | GB 2024 | 100\u00b4 | OmeU<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eloise King<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-c133f063 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button hover-preto is-style-fill film-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\"><strong>TICKETS<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7abde1fe wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThey want our ideas, they just don\u2019t want us.\u201d In dieser essayistischen Dokumentation geht die Oxford-Professorin Patricia Kingori einem Ph\u00e4nomen des akademischen Ghostwritings nach, das sich in den letzten Jahren nicht nur zu einer milliardenschweren digitalen Industrie entwickelt hat, sondern in dem sich vor allem rassistische und koloniale Strukturen reproduzieren. 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