First impressions... photovoice competition

First Impressions... is a photovoice competition for all exchange students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The annual exhibition travels with an inter-campus box between the four main campuses: Tromsø, Narvik, Alta and Harstad.

Purpose of the competition and exhibition

• A platform for communication about life in Northern Norway
• Foster creativity, visibility, and engagement among exchange students
• Promote inter-campus activities

Instructions for participants

• Take a picture/make a drawing of something that made a positive impression on you in Northern Norway.
• Only exchange students in their first semester can participate.
• One entry per participant.
• Only original photos taken with a mobile phone or hand-drawn sketches are allowed.
• No advanced image processing.
• Submit as .jpg file in 3:4 format into one of the five categories announced.
• Add your personal information, a title and a 15-word justification for the picture.
• The author gives permission to publish all the information digitally or in print under the CC BY 4.0 license.
• Prizes and certificates for the winners.

Selection

• Assessment by a wide jury from UiT
• The three main selection criteria are agreement with the category, photographic quality and uniqueness.
• Depending on the category, other characteristics like expression, message, simplicity and humor will be valued; geographical area of origin may be considered.
• Final selection: 23 pictures

Organisers and jury

• Craft Research Lab
• Centre for Arctic Humanities
• UiT Environmental Humanities Network
• International Section/ Polar Night
• Student Parliament
• Erasmus Student Network
• Studentsampskipnaden

Funding

CRAFT-lab, Center for Arctic Humanities

Media coverage

https://en.uit.no/nyheter/artikkel?p_document_id=866314

https://uit.no/nyheter/artikkel/kortnytt?p_document_id=915766

Homepage

https://en.uit.no/project/firstimpressions