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Toresteinar - Ei undersøking av utbreiinga av eldre gjenstander av stein, sekundært deponert i jernalderkontekstar i Vest-Noreg
(Master thesis, 2017)Denne oppgåva tek føre seg gjenstander i stein primært tilverka i steinalder og bronsealder, som har blitt sekundært deponertt i yngre kontekstar frå jernader. Desse gjenstandane har ofte blitt kalt torestein, tordenkil, ... -
Tours, trade, and temples. Hindu pilgrimage in the age of global tourism
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-16)Based on ethnographic research across various locations in Northern India between 2012–5, this dissertation investigates how Hindu pilgrimage has adapted to the rise of global tourism through four case studies. On a ... -
Tove Janssons fresker i Helsinki rådhus. Heterotopier i det offentlige rom.
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)Abstract The aim of this thesis is to examine the Finnish-Swedish artist Tove Jansson’s fresco paintings Party in the City and Party in the Countryside (1947), a commissioned work for the Restaurant Stadskällaren, in the ... -
Toward a fannish methodology: Affect as an asset
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Fan studies is a multifaceted discipline that developed from widely different fields of research, resulting in a great variety of methodological approaches. A recurring issue in discussions on methodology in fan studies ... -
Toward a multi-faceted conception of co-production of climate services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-11)Increasing numbers of scholars and practitioners appeal to procedural theories of ‘co-production’ as they work to transform climate science into climate services. Most work in this direction theorises co-production as an ... -
Towards a "Redescription" of "Spirituality": A Response
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)In “The Spiritual Illusion” (2014), Jonathan R. Herman wishes to initiate a discussion of the feasibility of the category “spirituality” within the study of religions. This response addresses several methodological problems ... -
Towards a Literary Poetics of Use : Romantic, Aesthetic, Modernist
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-09-09)Avhandlingen gir en ny tilnærming til aktuelle debatter i akademia om litteraturens nytte. I stedet for å ta utgangpunkt i en bestemt forestilling av hva det nyttige innebærer, for så å vurdere litteraturens legitime ... -
Towards a neo-configurational theory of intrinsic motivation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This research seeks to improve our understanding of how intrinsic motivation is instantiated. Three motivation theories, flow theory, self-determination theory, and empowerment theory, have informed our understanding of ... -
Towards Inclusive Environmental Governance: a Study of the Expert-Lay Interplay in a Brazilian Social Movement
(Doctoral thesis, 2009-04-17)First and foremost this dissertation concerns itself with inclusive manners of environmental governance. In a broad sense, it addresses the science-politics interplay in environmental governance. It focuses upon two main ... -
Towards Post-Pandemic Sustainable and Ethical Food Systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The current global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a deep and multidimensional crisis across all sectors of society. As countries contemplate their mobility and social-distancing policy restrictions, we have a unique opportunity ... -
Towards the automatic evaluation of stylistic quality of natural texts: constructing a special-purpose corpus of stylistic edits from the Wikipedia revision history
(Master thesis, 2016-09-01)This thesis proposes an approach to automatic evaluation of the stylistic quality of natural texts through data-driven methods of Natural Language Processing. Advantages of data driven methods and their dependency on the ... -
Towards Uncertain Horizons: The Weird, and the Weirdness of Sisyphean and The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Denne avhandlingen utforsker “the weird”, en litterær modus og et adjektiv som på norsk kan forstås som “det underlige” eller “det sære", og de ulike måtene “weirdness” kommer til uttrykk på i to litterære verk fra samtiden. ... -
Traces of Trade in the Tarim Basin: A case for applying network models to the study of ancient trade
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article will discuss the possibilities and limitations of network models and analysis in tracing ancient trade routes. In addition to a general discussion of network models, the article will present a short case study, ... -
Tracing the Creative Influence of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Psychology Notes’: The ‘Three Novels’ and Krapp’s Last Tape
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-26)Sammendrag Avhandlingens hovedargument er at notatkorpuset om psykologiske og spesielt psykoanalytiske emner som Samuel Beckett utarbeidet i 1934-1935 mens han var i terapi hos Wilfred Bion representerer en sentral og ... -
Trade Port Dogs - A comparative study of dog bones from the three mediaeval ports of Gásir, Trondheim, and Bergen
(Master thesis, 2023-03-11)Denne avhandlingen tar for seg forholdet mellom mennesker og hunder i middelalderens Nord-Atlanterhav (ca. 1030 - 1500 CE). Dette gjennom makro-analyser av zoo-arkeologisk materiale, og data fra tre handelshavner: Gásir ... -
Trade, Traders, and Religion in Gateway-Cities of the Roman East
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Long distance merchants occupied socially liminal positions in pre-modern societies, operating across in-groups that were mostly defined by birth. This created a double need for social cohesion within the merchant collective ... -
Tradisjonen tru – eller trua tradisjon?
(Master thesis, 2010-05-18)Masteroppgåva mi: "Tradisjonen tru - eller trua tradisjon? To nynorske samtidsromanar i litterær og kulturell tradisjonssamanheng" spør om nynorsk litteratur som vert skrive i dag er påverka av historia og tradisjonane som ... -
traducción de expresiones idiomáticas del español al noruego proceso y producto
(Master thesis, 2015-11-20)Siden det har vært kulturer med ulike språk, har det eksistert sivilisasjoner der den flerspråklige situasjonen er vanlig. Under omstendigheter som: kulturkontakt, tradisjonsoverføring, handel og lignende forhold, har ... -
Tragediens bilder: Et prosessuelt perspektiv på nyhetsfotografier fra 22. juli
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-01-23)This thesis discusses the photojournalistic coverage of the 22. July 2011 events in Norway as a social drama inspired by Victor Turner’s studies of rituals and rites of passage. Turner’s model, which explores how human ...