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A Tale of an Officer and a Gentleman: Ambiguous Masculinities Among Young Rugby Players
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Abuse and suffering. A feminist perspective on domestic violence, bodies and battered women's coping strategies in Mauritius
(Master thesis, 2005)Abuse and Suffering A feminist perspective on Domestic Violence, Bodies and Battered Women’s Coping Strategies in Mauritius. “At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or ... -
After the Flood: Reflections on the Sociality of Saltwater Inundation on an Anthropogenic Atoll
(Master thesis, 2016-05-05)This thesis examines how Marshall Islanders live with climate change related events such as extreme weather, with specific emphasis on the 3-5 March flood of 2014. Flood events such as these in the Republic of the Marshall ... -
After the Storm. Natural Disasters and Development in Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2008-06-27)This thesis describes the many processes which happen when a natural disaster occurs. Fieldwork was done in Ben Tre province, one year after a typhoon had hit the coastal province in the Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam. ... -
"All they want is to be treated well": Public health care in the rural Ecuadorian Andes
(Master thesis, 2014-06-19)Abstract In thesis I describe the meeting between biomedical health care and indigenous patients in rural Ecuadorian Andes. I show how biomedical conceptualization of health and good treatment differs from local understandings. ... -
Ambivalent recognition: young unaccompanied refugees’ encounters with Norwegian society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Receiving the right to stay in Norway might seem a critical factor for refugees’ well-being and belonging. Yet, this research shows that young unaccompanied refugees experience ambivalent feelings towards Norwegian society ... -
Ambulerende omsorg. Eller, spekulasjon i møte med byers oppløsning og framtidens slutt i Maputo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Grell ulikhet i globale storbyer forklares ofte som et resultat av strukturell eller nyliberal vold og antropologiske analyser skildrer gjerne mangeartede eksklusjonsmønstre, dehumanisering og vold. Selv om slike framstillinger ... -
Americana. Nostalgia through Tradition and Self-Expression in Music
(Master thesis, 2015-06-12)In this thesis I explore the vague and hard to define musical genre that is often referred to as Americana music. I argue that part of the reason why it is so hard to define is exactly because there are a wide range of ... -
An Ethnography of Energy: Manifestations of Spirits in Norwegian Spiritualism
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Ane suqhʼ ile. I keep quiet. Focusing on womenʻs agency in western Tigray, North-Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2004)"Ane suqh' ile. I keep quiet," women in Tigray, in North-Ethiopia often say, and implicitly under-communicate what they actually do. However, even if women seem to be culturally confined within the limits of a normative ... -
An Anthropology of Knowledge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2002-02)Whereas previous Sidney Mintz lectures have celebrated Mintz’swork on inequality, racism, and ethnicity, I have chosen to speakto the broadest scope of his research and teaching in anthropology.A comparative perspective ... -
An Anthropology of Marketplace Behavior. Aspects of embeddedness in Norwegian entrepreneurship in the Baltics
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-03-16)Based on fieldwork undertaken between 2005 and 2008, this thesis provides an anthropological analysis of cross border Norwegian entrepreneurship in the Baltics in a timeframe that spans from the middle of the 1990s to 2008. ... -
Arbeid for å leve, overleve eller forandre verden?: En studie av rettferdig handel blant kunsthåndverkere i El Alto, Bolivia.
(Master thesis, 2008)Denne masteroppgaven har til hensikt å utforske hvordan det økonomiske forholdet rettferdig handel spilles ut og oppleves blant produsenter i Bolivia. Gjennom 6 måneders deltakende observasjon i en kunsthåndverksorganisasjon ... -
Bachata Life. Social identity in the Dominican Republic through the lens of a musical tradition
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Bandits of Mandiri : Analysis of a land occupation in Lore Lindu National Park, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2013-12-17)This thesis explores different perspectives concerning power, communication and masculine identities in relation to an illegal occupation in Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. The occupation started ... -
Bare Life: Life of the Urban poor during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
(Master thesis, 2021-12-15)This thesis is an investigation into topics that have been given new contexts and circumstances as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. The thesis focuses on processes of marginalization, enduring inequalities, ... -
Barn av irregulære migranter - Ulikhet og ekskludering i møte med likhet og inkludering
(Master thesis, 2014-05-23)I denne masteroppgaven har jeg utforsket irregulære migranters hverdagsliv i Norge, med fokus på barn og skole. Hvordan kan en på samme tid være skoleelev og barn i en familie som har endelig avslag på asylsøknaden? Mitt ... -
Bateye Guarero: Identity-management, resources and agency in an inactive Dominican sugar bateye
(Master thesis, 2014-05-25)This thesis is about a sugarcane bateye situated in the inland province of Monte Plata in the Dominican Republic: Bateye Guarero. A bateye is an agricultural community in the midst of the sugarcane fields, created by the ... -
The Batswanas' encounter with Western medicine : cooperation or confrontation?
(Master thesis, 1988)