Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Document Types "Doctoral thesis"
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The Anti-Conversion Bill: Political Buddhism, ‘Unethical Conversions’ and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka.
(Doctoral thesis, 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 ... -
Archaeological Fieldwork around Lake Tana Area of Northwest Ethiopia and the Implication for an Understanding of Aquatic Adaptation
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-12-05)I have in this thesis attempted to investigate prehistoric adaptations around Lake Tana- Blue Nile basin of Northwest Ethiopia. The archaeological excavation conducted at a small rock shelter on the shore of Lake Tana ... -
At the Crossroad of the Ancient World : The role of the kingdom of Kroraina on the Silk Roads between the third and fifth centuries CE
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-12-04)This dissertation sets out to study the Silk Road exchange network of late antiquity, seeking a framework for how this wide-reaching phenomenon should be understood. It proposes to do so by a novel bottom-up approach to ... -
Barn, kunst, danning. Møter mellom barn og kunst som danningsarena for barn i grunnskolen
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Books, scribes and sequences in medieval Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-06-08)The basic source material of this study is a selected group of manuscript fragments of Norwegian provenance containing a particular type of medieval chant, generally referred to as “sequences”.1 The emphasis here is not ... -
Burial practices in early Christian Norway. An osteoarchaeological study into differences and similarities between four burial assemblages
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-08-26)The main topics of this thesis are the burial practices carried out at the time of early Christianity in Norway and how the burial practices relate to the burial regulations given in the provincial laws (Gulating, Frostating, ... -
“Byens Udskud”? Ein studie av karrierar som innsett i tvangsarbeids- og straffanstaltar i Bergen ca 1850-75
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Danseglede og hverdagsliv: Etikk, estetikk og politikk i det norske dansebandfeltet
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-09-26)This PhD thesis is an in-depth study on Norwegian dance band music and culture. Dance band can be defined both as a specific music genre with its own songs and lyrics, artists and aesthetic contents, and as a taste culture ... -
Elite milieus and centres in western Norway 200-550 AD
(Doctoral thesis, 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, ... -
Fellesskap og individualitet. Kjønna etternamnsval blant norske menn i heterofile parforhold
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-12-11)Few Norwegian men change their surnames as part of a heterosexual couple. My aim was to understand the meanings men attach to surnames in heterosexual relationships by studying four central topics in men’s surname stories ... -
Finding your place: Rock art and local identity in West Norway
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For barna og samfunnet: Psykologi, barneoppdragelse og sosialpolitikk i Norge, ca. 1900 – 1975
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Fordoms makt : Elevers fortellinger om andregjøring – bruk, praksis og erfaringer
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-22)The power of prejudice : Students' stories about othering – use, practice, and experiences. This PhD-research project is based on interviews with 33 young people exploring the use of prejudice among students. Applying ... -
Fortidshandtering på museum
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-10)The purpose of this phd-project has been an investigation of numerous ways museums creates connections between the past, present and the future. I have choose to use the constructed Norwegian term “fortidshåndtering”, ... -
Frå individuell aggresjon til sosiale prosessar: Mobbeforskingas etablering og utvikling i skjeringspunktet mellom vitskap og politikk
(Doctoral thesis, 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 ... -
Gentrifiseringens flertydighet : En kulturvitenskapelig studie av endringer i to byområder i Berlin og Oslo.
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-02-07)The thesis examines experiences of gentrification, an intricate process that we today can observe in many cities all over the world. Gentrification has a strong influence on physical, economical as well as sociocultural ... -
Globalizing Leprosy. A Transnational History of Production and Circulation of Medical Knowledge, 1850s-1930s
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-12-13)