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The Anti-Conversion Bill: Political Buddhism, ‘Unethical Conversions’ and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka.
(The University of Bergen, 2016-02-26)Allegations that missionaries and aid workers are active in inducing conversions by means of aggressive external pressure have led to discussion of anti-conversion legislation in many countries, and the region of South ...Doctoral thesis -
The appropriation of a religion: The case of Zoroastrianism in contemporary Russia
(Routledge, 2013-10-10)This paper distinguishes between the (ontological) creation, (historical) emergence and (legal) ‘making’ of religion. Many religions claim plausibility by invoking long chains of (invented) traditions, while some post-modern ...Journal article -
Bergensregionen som arbeidsmarked for innvandrere. En studie av arbeidsintegrering blant russisktalende innvandrere i Bergensregionen
(The University of Bergen, 2016-02-01)In recent years, Norway has experienced a historical high influx of immigrants. Statistics show that individuals with immigrant backgrounds have a lower participatient rate in the labor market, and experience a higher risk ...Master thesis -
Bærekraftig stedsutvikling - To planlagte økosamfunn i vestlandske kommuner
(Universitetet i Bergen (UiB), 2016-11-22)This thesis is about sustainable place-development, focusing on two planned ecovillages in two municipalities in 'Vestlandet'; which in this thesis is seen as a cultural identity region on the west coast of Norway. Sustainable ...Master thesis -
CREST (Climate REconstruction SofTware): A probability density function (PDF)-based quantitative climate reconstruction method
(Copernicus PublicationsEuropean Geosciences Union, 2014-11-28)Several methods currently exist to quantitatively reconstruct palaeoclimatic variables from fossil botanical data. Of these, probability density function (PDF)-based methods have proven valuable as they can be applied to ...Journal article -
Dataset for network analysis the papyri from Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab)
(2018)Dataset for network analysis extracted from the documentary papyrological material found at the archaeological site Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis) in Egypt. It contains lists of the texts from the site that can be dated to the ...Dataset -
Diachronic change within the Still Bay at Blombos Cave, South Africa
(PLOS ONE, 2015-07-02)Characteristically shaped bifacial points are stone artefacts with which the Middle Stone Age Still Bay techno-complex in Southern Africa is identified. Traditional approaches such as chaîne opératoire and two-dimensional ...Journal article -
Ecclesiastical reform in historiographical context
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-05-26)The article initially discusses recent approaches to ecclesiastical reform and the Investiture Contest. In particular, it discusses the extent to which recent scholarship's concern with “power,” “local units,” “social ...Journal article -
Elite milieus and centres in western Norway 200-550 AD
(The University of Bergen, 2017-08-25)This thesis examines how elite milieus organised their centres c. 200–550 AD in the counties of Hordaland and Rogaland, western Norway. Here, the archaeological material has many indications of elite organisation, ...Doctoral thesis -
En moderne regionalisering? - UNESCO biosfæreområder i et regionalt perspektiv
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-15)UNESCO opprettet i 1970-årene Man and the Biosphere- programme (MAB). I dag er det 621 biosfæreområder i hele verden, men det er fremdeles ingen i Norge. I Nordhordland, nord i Bergen, er derimot en prosjektgruppe i ...Master thesis -
Endringer i interkommunale samarbeidsformer - regionråd for fall? - En historisk komparativ casestudie av to regionråd i Rogaland (1950-2015)
(The University of Bergen, 2016-05-18)In this thesis, by using a comparative case analysis of regional councils Jærrådet and Dalanerådet, I have looked at how the historical development of the two regions may explain why Dalanerådet gradually phased ...Master thesis -
Et fotografisk gjennombrudd: Fotografisk og nasjonal modernisering i fotografen Anders Beer Wilses bildeproduksjonca. 1900 – 1910
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Fra vern til verdiskaping - endring i bruk av kulturminner
(The University of Bergen, 2011)In today's society cultural heritage is used as a resource in local communities and in business development. The first objective of this study is to investigate how the Norwegian cultural heritage authorities have changed ...Master thesis -
Frå individuell aggresjon til sosiale prosessar: Mobbeforskingas etablering og utvikling i skjeringspunktet mellom vitskap og politikk
(The University of Bergen, 2016-12-09)In 1969 the Swedish school physician Peter-Paul Heinemann published an article in a Swedish journal about a certain behaviour he had observed in the schoolyard where he worked. He named the behaviour 'mobbing' from ...Doctoral thesis -
Gemstones and Mineral Products in the Red Sea / Indian Ocean Trade of the First Millennium
(Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2017)This article addresses the role of minerals and mineral products in general and gemstones in particular in Red Sea and Western Indian .cean trade in the frst millennium. It is argued that texts from the early part of the ...Chapter -
Har staten vendt attende, og i tilfellet: kvar er den? : utfordringar for studiar av stat og statsdanning i mellomalderen og tidleg moderne tid
(Universitetsforlaget, 2006)Artikkelen diskuterer nyare forsking kring stat og statsdanning i mellomalderen og tidleg moderne tid. Den fyrste og hovudsakleg teoretiske delen av artikkelen tek til med ein kort gjennomgang av dei klassiske sosiologiske ...Journal articlePeer reviewed -
Hardanger som identitetsregion
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-27)This master’s thesis examines the Hardanger region as an identity region. The main research questions in this thesis is in the first place what characterizes Hardanger as a region, and secondly, how regional actors see ...Master thesis -
Heat-induced alteration of glauconitic minerals in the Middle Stone Age levels of Blombos Cave, South Africa: Implications for evaluating site structure and burning events
(Elsevier, 2017-10)In this paper we conduct geochemical and colourimetric measurements of glauconite grains in micromorphological thin sections from the Middle Stone Age site of Blombos Cave, South Africa, to investigate the formation, ...Journal article -
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Intentional ethics and hermeneutics in the Libellus de symoniacis: Bruno of Segni as a papal polemicist
(Routledge, 2009)The Investiture Contest has at regular intervals been considered as a ‘revolution’, largely because it contributed forcefully to the reorganisation of the Church in the centuries to come. But the Contest has also been seen ...Journal article
