Department of Social Anthropology
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Navigating Environmental Schemes and Policies: An ethnographic study of how farmers in Devon, England experience and adapt to agricultural rules and restrictions
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)After Brexit, the UK decided on pursuing to reach ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050. In doing this, they turned away from the existing EU subsidy scheme – the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – and started creating their own ... -
Manoeuvring Restrictions and Social Status in the Old City Market of Al Khalil (Hebron)
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis investigates how it is to manoeuvre social and economic life in the tourism market in the Old City of Al Khalil, Palestine. The theme will be discussed in light of anthropology of security, Bourdieu’s theory ... -
Occupy Till He Comes – A Patriot Spirit An Ethnographic Study of Christian Nationalism, Culture War and the End Time Church
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis examines the intricate interplay between religious faith and the dynamics of Christian nationalism within the context of the Patriot Church, a prominent religious community in the United States. Through ... -
Solidarity and Resistance in the Platform Economy in France: Refugee Gig Workers and Mobilization
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis explores the work conditions for refugee gig couriers in Nantes, France. It examines whether workers manage to express solidarity in order to act and bargain collectively against terms that they perceive unjust ... -
‘‘It’s just for fun’’ Unge voksnes rekreasjonsrus i Dublin
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Denne avhandlingen er resultat av et antropologisk studie av unge voksnes forhold til rekreasjonsrus i Dublin, Irland, basert på 6 måneders etnografisk feltarbeid våren 2023. Gjennom omfattende deltakende observasjoner og ... -
When Aging Becomes Optional: An Ethnographic Study of Anti-Aging Practices in London
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis is inspired by how technological innovation has spurred a “war on death”. By this, I refer to how aging has become an ‘optional’ process, rather than an unavoidable part of life. This thesis is a result of a ... -
People as infrastructure An ethnographic study of urban inequality in the neighborhoods of Dakar
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)This thesis explores the ways in which security, class and prestige, inequality and forms of housing is structured and lived in times of urbanization and development in urban Dakar. I view these topics in the different ... -
Samfunnsansvar Is Not CSR: Mapping Expectations and Practices of (Corporate) Social Responsibility in Norway
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Vulnerability governance as differential inclusion: the struggles of asylum seekers in Marseille
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Concerns with ‘vulnerability’ increasingly proliferate in global and regional pacts, international and domestic legislations, and policy discourses and practices regarding migration and international protection. Also in ... -
Motivasjon i frivillig arbeid: En antropologisk tilnærming til å forstå hva som driver mennesker til å hjelpe andre
(Master thesis, 2023-09-29)Denne oppgaven utforsker motivasjonen blant frivillige i tilknytning til helsehjelp for irregulære migranter. Basert på et etnografisk feltarbeid på helsesenteret for papirløse i Bergen og Oslo utforsker oppgaven erfaringer ... -
Permanent Impermanence in the Anthropocene: The emergence of a guest-worker society in a Patagonian Mountain village
(Journal article, 2023)At a stage of capitalism where “the environment” emerges as an existential category, conservation policies become weaved into processes of expulsion. The idea that there is not enough for everyone reconfigures social ... -
Permaculture on the Iberian Peninsula: Networks and praxis
(Master thesis, 2023-12-13)This thesis explores the networks of permaculture, those that are natural, social and a mix of the two. Permaculture design is one of several alternative agricultural practices, made in response to climate change and living ... -
Innvandrerkvinner i Norge og deres tanker om lønnet arbeid: En etnografisk studie av kvinner og hva som påvirker deres valg i forhold til utdannelse og lønnet arbeid utenfor hjemmet
(Master thesis, 2023-12-18)Denne oppgaven handler om kvinner med migrasjonsbakgrunn og deres tanker om arbeid i Norge. Basert på et etnografisk feltarbeid utført i Bergen våren 2022 utforsker jeg hva som påvirker deres valg i forhold til utdannelse ... -
Et antropologisk studie av Hordfast
(Master thesis, 2023-06-15)Denne oppgaven er et antropologisk studie av infrastrukturprosjektet Hordfast, og er basert på et 6 måneders etnografisk feltarbeid utført våren 2022. Dette feltarbeidet var hovedsakelig utført i Tysnes kommune, hvor jeg ... -
Maneuvering Contested Space and Community An Ethnographic Study of the Underground Electronic Music Scene in Itaewon
(Master thesis, 2023-06-14)This thesis examines the dynamics of the underground electronic music scene in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea, within the framework of contested space. Building upon the theories of Henri Lefebvre, Anthony Cohen, and Sarah ... -
“They treat us as machines”: The gig economy and the value of labor in Berlin.
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Stadier av migrasjonsaspirasjoner: En etnografisk studie av internasjonal mobilitet og migrasjonsaspirasjoner blant middelklasse pakistanere i Lahore og Oslo.
(Master thesis, 2023-06-13)Denne oppgaven utforsker migrasjonsaspirasjoner blant middelklassepakistanere i Lahore og Oslo, gjennom et interseksjonelt perspektiv. Basert på et etnografisk feltarbeid i Lahore og Oslo utforsker oppgaven erfaringer og ... -
Ambivalent recognition: young unaccompanied refugees’ encounters with Norwegian society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Receiving the right to stay in Norway might seem a critical factor for refugees’ well-being and belonging. Yet, this research shows that young unaccompanied refugees experience ambivalent feelings towards Norwegian society ... -
People vs. peoples: sacrifice and the foundations for sovereignty in 1640’s England and contemporary northeast Syria
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Engaging with state-centric perspectives on sovereignty, and particularly Giorgio Agamben's work, this article argues that despite sovereignty's permanence at the level of the state, the principles upon which it is built ... -
Managing chosen life(spans) - Cryopreservation in Europe
(Master thesis, 2023-05-24)This thesis explores how technoscience is used to extend life and control death through human cryopreservation (cryonics). It is based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Berlin, Germany, the United Kingdom, ...