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Belonging, Hope, and the Future in South Caucasus. A Study of The First Post-War Generation of Abkhazia
(Master thesis, 2021-08-03)This thesis is an exploration of how various forms of belonging are being expressed among young adults in Abkhazia, a politically disputed state situated in South Caucasus. Abkhazia is de jure part of Georgia. In 1992, a ... -
Between a rock and a hard place: Undocumented migrants in Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-06-26)This thesis includes different aspects of living situation of undocumented migrants in Norway. It examines self-perception of undocumented migrants and the society's perception of them. It looks into the criminalisation ... -
Between social footprint and compliance, or “what IBAMA wants” Equinor Brazil's social sustainability policy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article analyzes an “Environmental Education Project” run by the Norwegian state oil company Equinor targeting poor women in the seafood processing industry along the coastline adjacent to Equinor's offshore Peregrino ... -
Bløming: stedstilhørighet og tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger
(Master thesis, 2013-06-24)Abstrakt I denne masteroppgaven har jeg studert stedstilhørighet og reproduksjon av tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger. Ved å kontekstualisere bøndenes arv av odelsgård og overføringen av gården til neste generasjon, viser ... -
Brajisalem: Biblical Cosmology, Power Dynamics and the Brazilian Political Imagination
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Based on fieldwork with Brazilian neo-Pentecostal pilgrims to the Holy Land and ongoing survey of social media in this article I argue that Brazilian neo-Pentecostals increasingly imagine Brazil as a Promised Land and the ... -
Bringing the State back in. Corporate Social Responsibility and the paradoxes of Norwegian state capitalism in the international energy sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations working abroad. Th ese transnational corporations (TNCs) are expected ... -
The ‘Brutal Freedom’ of Street Life. Challenges in Assisting Street Children out of Street Life
(Master thesis, 2009)In this thesis I aim to explain why it can be difficult to assist street children out of street life.Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a day centre for street children in Buenos Aires, where I worked as a volunteer ... -
Buddhism in Popular Culture. The case of Sri Lankan "Tovil dance"
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Bula, vavalagi! Turisme, møte, kategoriseringar og makt i Yasawa, Fiji
(Master thesis, 2010-06-18)Denne avhandlinga er basert på eit feltarbeid på Fiji våren 2008. Temaet sentrerer seg rundt møte mellom menneske i lokalsamfunnet på øya Waya Lailai. Denne øya har ein utstrekt lokaleigd turistindustri, noko som pregar ... -
The Care/Security Nexus of the Humanitarian Border: Assisted Return in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-25)While Assisted Return and deportation are frequently viewed as two different return policies, the first represented as humanitarian and the latter as enforcement, this article argues that there is a continuum between these ... -
Challenging the Gaze. The study of a Socially Conscious Photographic Initiative based in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2011-06-23)The aim of this thesis is to consider the real life interplay between ambitions and restrictions to aDhaka based photographic initiative, with the core objective to contest stereotypicalrepresentations of Bangladesh in ... -
The Children of Eve: change and socialization among sedentarized Turkana children and youth
(Master thesis, 2010-06-24)This thesis is a brief ethnographic account which investigates change among sedentarized Turkana people, drawing from ideas and observations of previous work. It focuses in particular on the socialization of the younger ... -
Christian Charity Work in the Contemporary United States -Volunteering as a practice in Houston, Texas
(Master thesis, 2009-06-19)In my thesis I have looked at the challenges and dilemmas facing volunteers at a Christian charity organizations located in Houston, Texas. Philanthropy and volunteerism, or the non-profit sector, are often used as an ... -
Civil war and the non-linearity of time: approaching a Mozambican politics of irreconciliation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)At least 1 million people died during the Mozambican civil war (1976/7-92). Unfolding after gaining independence from Portugal (1975) and alongside experiments with Afro-socialism in the 1980s, the war, despite its brutality, ... -
Climate Change in the Islands and the Highlands: Melanesian Manifestations, Experiences and Actions
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)Pacific Islanders have often been portrayed as ‘helpless victims’ in the popular media because they suffer the consequences of climate changes mainly caused by other, larger nations. In terms of media attention and sheer ... -
Common dreams and individual goals - Negotiating identity across the Thai-Burma border
(Master thesis, 2013-09-27)Abstract Within a socio-historical framework of how modern nation-states and ethnic labels came to be in the Southeast Asian Mainland, this thesis sets out to explore how young individuals, currently engaging as cross-border ... -
‘The Community’ as a Multivocal Concept: Everyday Urban Life and Grassroots Politics in Caracas’ Informal Neighbourhoods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article analyses the multivocal meanings of the concept ‘the community’ as embedded and employed in everyday- and political discourses in working class and shantytown neighbourhoods (barrios) in the capital city of ... -
Conditions and Identities of Young Migrant Workers in the City: An Ethnographic study of ‘Street Children’ in Kumasi, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2016-06-17)Abstract Earlier studies on streetism' or street children' have often focused exclusively on the economic causes and impacts. Economic considerations have often assumed a more prominent position in explaining why children ... -
Connecting Through Dance: The Multiplicity of Meanings of Kurdish Folk Dances in Turkey
(Master thesis, 2012-05-09)The thesis is unraveling a wealth of meaning in a widespread phenomenon amongst Kurds in Turkey; folk dances. I use Andriy Nahachewsky's categories participatory' and presentational' dances to distinguish folk dances as ... -
Cracks in the System and Anthropology. A response to Bråten
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We begin by thanking our colleague Eldar Bråten for taking the time to read and comment on our article with such thoroughness. We continue right away with a response. A key aspect of Bråten’s critique is his claim that it ...