Faculty of Humanities: Recent submissions
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An analysis and environmental interpretations of wood charcoal from the Later Stone Age deposit at Klasies River cave 1, Tsitsikamma Coast
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this article, we present the results for an analysis of charcoal remains from Klasies River main site cave 1. The analysis was done to understand the environmental conditions of the Tsitsikamma Coast during the late ... -
Distal tephra reveal new MIS 5e Kos eruptions: Implications for the chronology and volcanic evolution histories in the Eastern Mediterranean region
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The Kos Plateau Tuff (KPT), was an enormous caldera forming eruption originating from a vent within the Kos/Nisyros/Yali volcanic complex, occurring at 161 ka. It is the largest recognised Late Quaternary eruption in the ... -
The Blurry Third Millennium. "Neolithisation" in a Norwegian Context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this article, we critically review recurrent tropes, implicit frameworks, and unexplained concepts in current research on the process of “Neolithisation” in the western part of southern Norway. Two models are on offer, ... -
The Milky Way: Mobility and Economy at the Turn of the 3rd Millennium in Southern Central Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In the light of discussions surrounding the social changes attributed to the arrival of the Corded Ware culture in central Europe, here we investigate the economic strategies of one of the cultural complexes of the immediately ... -
Does a Mamluk Sultan Hold Religious Authority? Quranic Exegesis and ḥadīṯ Scholarship in Late Mamluk Courtly maǧālis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The article critically reexamines the notion of Mamluk rulers being uninterested in religious affairs and the authority a supreme religious status could bestow. It shows that, with the late Mamluk ruler Qāniṣawh al-Ġawrī ... -
A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Puncture alignments are found on Palaeolithic carvings, pendants, and other fully shaped osseous artifacts. These marks were interpreted as abstract decorations, system of notations, and features present on human and animal ... -
The Platonism of Modern Physical Science: Historical Roots and “Rational Reconstruction”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Perhaps the most influential historian of science of the last century, Alexandre Koyré, famously argued that the icon of modern science, Galileo Galilei, was a Platonist who had hardly performed experiments. Koyré has been ... -
Evidence for large land snail cooking and consumption at Border Cave c. 170–70 ka ago. Implications for the evolution of human diet and social behaviour
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Fragments of land snail (Achatinidae) shell were found at Border Cave in varying proportions in all archaeological members, with the exception of the oldest members 5 WA and 6 BS (>227,000 years ago). They were recovered ... -
The Partially Impartial Spectator
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)According to Adam Smith, we appeal to the imagined reactions of an ‘impartial spectator’ when justifying moral judgements of others and aspire to be impartial spectators when making judgements of ourselves. However, ... -
Practicing and Managing Foreign Toponyms in China: Cultural Politics and Ideologies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This study examines the vogue of adopting foreign-origin place names in Chinese cities and the Chinese governments’ endeavors to regulate the toponymic landscape. The place naming practices, management, and public attitudes ... -
Aspectuality in Norwegian and Greek
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Performing Bias : Conceptions of Machine Vision Bias in Digital Art
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-26)Gjennom tidene har produksjon og reproduksjon av bilder gradvis blitt mekanisert, digitalisert og automatisert, men persepsjon styrt av kunstig intelligens (AI) har hatt stor innvirkning på moderne maskinsyn-teknologier. ... -
Personargumenter mot stortingspolitikere
(Master thesis, 2024-02-01)Sammendrag Denne oppgaven handler om bruk av personargumenter mot stortingspolitikere. Argumentasjonsteoretisk regnes personargumenter vanligvis som feilslutninger, fordi de forkaster en uttalelse på grunn av den som ... -
Kyrkjeleg biletbruk. Eit studium av den norske kyrkjesalmen
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-12)Kva skjer med dei språklege bileta i ein salme som blir revidert og teken med frå tid til tid og salmebok til salmebok? Dette spørsmålet ønskjer avhandlinga «Kyrkjeleg biletbruk. Eit studium av den norske kyrkjesalmen» å ... -
På sporet av fiksjon- en nærlesning av Tomas Espedals roman Imot naturen med søkelys på allusjon
(Master thesis, 2024-02-01)I denne masteroppgaven undersøker jeg hvordan allusjoner i Tomas Espedals roman Imot naturen (2011), kan påvirke hvordan romanen kan leses. Romanen handler om karakteren Tomas og hans to store kjærlighetsforhold, om hans ... -
Laughing and humor in ancient Egyptian monasticism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The goal of this article is to analyze laughter and humor in the Egyptian monastic and ascetic movement in the 4th and 5th centuries with a special focus on solitary and non-humorous laughter. The article argues that ... -
Phenomenology of Reading Meaning, Interpretation, Discourse
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Governing migration through vulnerability at Spain’s southern maritime border: a malleable concept in a securitised and marketised regime
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Vulnerability has emerged as a central policy concept in migration governance. Despite its growing importance, the concept remains contested and ambiguous. As multiple conceptions of vulnerability circulate, it becomes ... -
How politicians and the population attribute responsibility for climate change mitigation: no indication of a ‘governance trap’ in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Previous research claims that ‘the most significant risk’ to achieving climate change mitigation goals is the ‘governance trap’, whereby governments and the public attribute responsibility for action to one another. While ...