IdeasPeoplePrint EditionsSpring, 2020

Meet Jenny Reddish, Storyteller of Our Age

By Janima Nam
Jenny Reddish, Researcher at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (c) Mascha Verkooijen

“You could attach significance to any moment in history. Right now people are saying ‘Things are really changing’ – it’s about a search for meaning.”

“You could attach significance to any moment in history. Right now people are saying ‘Things are really changing’ – it’s about a search for meaning.”
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Janima Nam
Janima Nam is a freelance journalist, translator, and editor living in Vienna. She has a BFA in film from New York University and a Masters degree (MA) from the London Consortium in Interdisciplinary Studies.
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