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«I avdødes ånd». En kulturvitenskapelig analyse av livssynsåpen seremoni ved gravferd
(Master thesis, 2019-10-01)In Norway there are two kinds of funeral ceremonies: Religious funeral ceremonies and nondenominational funeral ceremonies. The first group includes funerals that are arranged through a religion or a philosophy, where the ... -
"I Do Not Write a Life": Hamsun, Psychiatry and Life Narrative
(Chapter, 2021)Life narratives are written in many different forms. This chapter discusses two such life narratives, constituting two textual explorations of the same ageing self, that of the Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun. As part of a ... -
Ibadism and Law in Historical Contexts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Not Sunnis and not Shi’is, the Ibāḍī Muslims of Oman and some areas of North Africa form a “third branch” of Islam, with their own version of the Sharīʿa law. The development of this law displays many interconnections with ... -
Iconoclasm - A Road to Modernization?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)My point of departure is a conflict over images in the churches in Bergen, Norway in the 1560s, around 30 years after the Reformation. This introduced a brief period of iconoclasm in Denmark–Norway, inspired by Reformed ... -
Ideals and values in Jean Froissart's Chroniques
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Ideas and narrative in Otto of Freising`s Gesta Frederici
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1996)This article discusses the inner coherence of Otto of Freising's Gesta Frederici and, by implication, the wider question of the ‘mode of perception’ in medieval historiography. Is there any connection between the philosophical ... -
Ideology and Propaganda in Sverris saga
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Ideology, social space and power in Uruk societies. A comparative analysis of north and south Mesopotamian settlements in the 4th millenium b.c.
(Master thesis, 2008-11-18)This thesis is a discussing of ideology, social space and power in Uruk societies from 4000 to 3000 B.C. I have focused on on the interaction between north and south druing the Uruk expansion. In this period societies in ... -
Ikke nøl med å spørre et barn! En analyse av barn og frelsessymbolikk i Thomasevangeliet
(Master thesis, 2009-05-20)Denne masteroppgaven er en analyse av det koptiske Thomasevangeliet (NHC II'2) og dets bruk av «barn» i forhold til frelsessymbolikk. Analysen tar for seg logion 4, 21, 22, 37 og 46. Jeg tilnærmer meg evangeliet, i den ... -
Imaging Norway by using the past
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The article analyses how history was used in efforts to portray Norway in the postwar period. The main narratives of Norwegian history played a dominating role in the construction of national images during this period. ... -
Immigration to late medieval Bergen - A study of names and positions in an international City
(Master thesis, 2016-05-29)This study is an attempt at answering the following questions: How did the pattern of immigration to Bergen change over the late medieval period? If there were changes, what are the possible reasons for these? Late medieval ... -
Improving mortality profile analysis in zooarchaeology: a revised zoning for ternary diagrams
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06)Mortality profiles have figured prominently among tools used by zooarchaeologists to investigate relationships between hominids and prey species. Their analysis and interpretation have been considerably influenced by M.C. ... -
In Memory of Divine Providence. A Study of Centennial Commemoration in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway (1717-1760)
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Individ - hushald - samfunn: Fisk og jord som grunnlag for hushaldsetablering i Noreg kring år 1800
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Industridesign som verktøy for å minimere miljøbelastningen - status, designprosesser og regionale relasjoner. Eksempler fra Osloregionen
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)This master thesis seeks to investigate how industrial design as a creative economy can contribute to sustainable development. This master thesis is built up on three main topics: regional innovation systems, industrial ... -
An infant burial from Arma Veirana in northwestern Italy provides insights into funerary practices and female personhood in early Mesolithic Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The evolution and development of human mortuary behaviors is of enormous cultural significance. Here we report a richly-decorated young infant burial (AVH-1) from Arma Veirana (Liguria, northwestern Italy) that is directly ... -
Influence of Islamic culture on Scandinavian management in Malaysia - a glance at multinational management and Islamic values
(Master thesis, 2001)This study deals with differences ---especially related to the Islamic culture--- in business between Scandinavia and Malaysia. It is based on interviews with managers in 11 Scandinavian companies located in Malaysia. ... -
An initial assessment of zooarchaeological assemblage sizes from South Africa
(Journal article, 2022)Large faunal assemblages remain a concern in zooarchaeology. Without sufficiently large assemblages, interpretations about the past are less secure. The number of potential taxa in an assemblage is related to various factors ...