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Painting blindness and obscuring vision: Rembrandt and the senses
(Master thesis, 2014-05-28)This thesis takes three paintings by seventeenth- century Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606- 1669) and analyses them in the light of the interrelated themes of blindness, sight and touch. The choice of theme originates ... -
Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the Holocene in Eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents the key findings of a multidisciplinary study investigating the nature and timing of coastal landscape evolution in eastern Saudi Arabia during the Holocene. To date, most sea level reconstructions for ... -
A Palaeolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)The recent identification of cave paintings dated to 42–40 ka BP in Borneo and Sulawesi highlights the antiquity of painted representations in this region. However, no instances of three-dimensional portable art, well ... -
Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra, April and May 2009. Preliminary Report, Historical Period
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Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra, April and May 2009. Preliminary Report, Prehistoric Periods
(Palmyrena. City, Hinterland and Caravan trade between Occident and Orient., Research report, 2009)The prehistoric team has been surveying along the southern edge of Jebel Abyad, Wadi al- Takara and Jebel Abyad, all within the concession area. The team has survey and registered the following; 1) cisterns 2) caves of ... -
Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra, Jebel Merah, April and May 2011. Report. Historical Period
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Palmyrena. Palmyra and the Surrounding Territory. Joint Syrian-Norwegian Project. Surface Survey North of Palmyra. April and May 2011. Preliminary Report. Prehistoric Periods
(Palmyrena. City, Hinterland and Caravan trade between Occident and Orient., Research report, 2013)The prehistoric team has been surveying along the eastern part Jebel Abyad within the concession area, the northern edge of Jebel Abyad, and southern and eastern part of Jebel Merah, all within the concession area. The ... -
The Paradox of Palmyra: An Ancient anomalopolis in the Desert
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Palmyra, the UNESCO world heritage site that tragically made headlines following ISIS’s destruction of several of its key monuments in 2015, was once a thriving city in the heart of the Syrian Desert. Settled from Neolithic ... -
Paragrafer om tilfellet Torgersen. Skisse til en analyse av forholdet mellom rett og litteratur
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Paraphrase or parasite? The Semiotic Stories of Translation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Translation, for Saussure, assumed the codified rule of language respecting the difference between synchronic and diachronic linguistics. Translation may be regarded as a theoretical possibility, though impossible for the ... -
Paris som ytre og indre landskap. Byrommet og byens rom hos Colette og Cora Sandel.
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)Den franske forfatteren Colette (1873 - 1954) var Cora Sandels (1880 - 1974) største litterære forbilde. Det er opplagte tematiske berøringspunkter mellom de to forfatterne, og det verbale uttrykket er hos begge preget av ... -
The Past as a Mirror: Deep Time Climate Change Exemplarity in the Anthropocene
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-30)During the past decades, notions of Earth dynamics and climate change have changed drastically, as anthropogenic CO2-emissions are linked to measurable Earth system changes. At the same time, Earth scientists have discovered ... -
The Past is Never Lost
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Pastoral Nomads on the Syrian steppe in the early bronze Age : a study of burial monuments in the hinterland of Palmyra
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)The hypothesis for this thesis is that the numerous cairns that were surveyed in the hinterland of Palmyra in 2009 can be connected to a pastoral nomadic population on the Syrian Steppe in the Early Bronze Age (EBA). This ... -
¡Patria libre para vivir! Historia de las narrativas revolucionarias en la insurrección cívica nicaragüense del 2018
(Master thesis, 2020-07-02)Esta tesis de maestría es un estudio del movimiento de oposición actual en Nicaragua que comenzó con protestas pacíficas masivas contra las reformas de seguridad social anunciadas por el presidente Daniel Ortega en abril ... -
Patterns of Discrimination: On Photographic Portraits as Documents of Truth in Automated Facial Recognition
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)Denne avhandlingen tar for seg fotografiers rolle i treningen av ansiktsgjenkjenningsalgoritmer, samt i selve den tekniske prosessen hvor ansikter analyseres. Gjennom en lesning av tre ulike kunstprosjekter som på ulike ... -
Pauper Education from the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 to the Education Act 1870: Three perspectives on pauper education
(Master thesis, 2012-11-19)This master thesis is about the education of pauper children in England and Wales between 1834 and 1870. -
På bortebane - en kulturvitenskapelig analyse av norsk mediedekning av OL i Beijing og fotball-VM i Sør-Afrika
(Master thesis, 2010-05-16)Ikke-vestlige land blir stadig synligere på det internasjonale sportsfeltet. Ikke minst er dette tydelig med tanke på at store sportsarrangementer stadig oftere avholdes i ikke-vestlige land. Dette har, kan det argumenteres ... -
På jakt etter formativ vurderingspraksis. En studie av læreres bruk og omtale av formativ vurdering i det skriftlige vurderingsarbeidet i norskfaget på Vg3
(Master thesis, 2014-05-16)Masteroppgaven er en undersøkelse av hvordan noen lærere i praksis løser vurderingsarbeidet i den skriftlige delen av faget norsk. Problemstillingen lyder: Hvordan kommer syn på formativ vurdering til uttrykk i norsklærernes ... -
På kant med genussystemet? Margarete Bonnevie og Alva Myrdals kamp for gifte kvinners arbeidsrett
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Temaet for denne oppgaven er kvinnelige aktørers politiske gjennomslagskraft. Dette undersøker jeg gjennom en kampsak og to aktører; Margarete Bonnevie og Alva Myrdal, to kvinneforkjempere i henholdsvis Norge og Sverige i ...