Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Title
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Garden metaphysics: Myth and Ritual among the Awajun People of the Peruvian High Jungle
(Master thesis, 2019-09-21)This master thesis explores the intricate ways in which the Awajun people of the Peruvian high jungle practice subsistence gardening. The Awajun garden comprises a dazzling display of flora heterogeneity, though the most ... -
The Gaze. Unfolding Realms of Enquiry
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-06-27)This text probes into the phenomenon of seeking, as it is narrated by, and manifesting itselfamong, people who have visited Norwegian Buddhist groups to various extent. Seeking maymanifest itself in a multitude of activities, ... -
Gender and Ecological Dimensions of Oil in the L.Albert Region.
(Master thesis, 2012-08-10)Abstract The oil industry is extractive as well as capital intensive, and it often seeks to serve the interests of those controlling the means of production at the expense of other players/stakeholders. The activities of ... -
God will reward you: Muslim practices of caring for precarious migrants in the context of secular suspicion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In recent years, Muslims have become more visibly invested in humanitarian work in France. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Marseille, this article examines local initiatives to care for precarious others whose lives are ... -
Goddesses of North Malabar. An anthropological study on kinship and ritual in North Malabar
(Master thesis, 2016-12-21)This study explores the relationship between kinship and the ritual theyyam worship of North Malabar region in the state of Kerala, India. Theyyam is a socio-religious ritual in which mythological, divine, ancestral, animal, ... -
Going to ‘Pentecost’: how to study Pentecostalism – in Melanesia, for example
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)In this article, I question regional context as primary context in anthropological analyses. I argue that the idea of historical continuity in a geographical locality/region might prevent us from understanding not only ... -
Good Game, Well Played: A Ethnographic Study of Collegiate Esport in Southern California
(Master thesis, 2018-06-12)Anthropologists have previously engaged in virtual fieldwork in order to discover and document different large online worlds such as World of Warcraft (Nardi 2010), Everquest (Taylor 2006), Second Life (Boellstroff 2008). ... -
Goodness we a deal with! - En studie av jamaicanske artisters verbale kamp mot Babylon og jakten på suksess
(Master thesis, 2008-06-19)Denne studien tar utgangspunkt i noen uetablerte reggaeartister i konteksten av en fattigdoms- og voldspreget "inner-city community" utenfor Kingston, Jamaica. Feltarbeidet ble utført i perioden august 2005 t.o.m. februar ... -
Governing Rural Health: Making Manageable Citizens in Colca Valley, Peru
(Master thesis, 2017-04-26)This thesis is about public healthcare in the Andes and how women in the Colca Valley, an area located in the southern region of Arequipa, are made subjects by health-development projects Women in the Andes, especially ... -
Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela. The Revolutionary Petro-State
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Great expectations: Migrant parents and parent-school cooperation in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)One long-standing characteristic of schools in Norway is inclusive education as a primary goal. The last years, the Norwegian government has emphasised increased parent-school cooperation as a way to limit risks, i.e. of ... -
Heal, Pray, Prosper. Practice and Discourse within a Local Pentecostal Church in Vanuatu
(Master thesis, 2011-05-29)Pentecostal Christianity has been depicted as a leading globalizing force, while simultaneously opening up for the preservation of existing cultural forms. In this thesis I explore the relation between the local and the ... -
Heimfiske med Polaris. En studie av relasjoner mellom kystfiskere og deres omgivelser
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The Human Version 2.0: AI, Humanoids, and Immortality
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates new ethnography on AI development relating to imaginaries of technoscientific forms of immortality. As a Think Piece in Analytics, it engages in a somewhat experimental comparative endeavor as I ... -
Hverdagsliv i en Vestlandsk Industribygd: En etnografisk undersøkelse av hverdagspraksiser i endring.
(Master thesis, 2021-08-02)Denne avhandlingen omhandler hverdagspraksiser i Høyanger kommunes tettsted. Tettstedet er lokalisert innerst i Høyangerfjorden i Sognefjorden, hvor kommunens sentrum ligger. Gjennom deltakende observasjon og samtaler har ... -
"Hvilken stemme har du?" Om lek og samhandling i en flerkulturell barnehage
(Master thesis, 2008)Oppgaven omhandler lek og samhandling i en flerkulturell barnehage -
Hvithetens semiosis - et antropologisk studie av hvithet som medium
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"I am a woman, I am Christian, and I am Palestinian." - En studie av identitet og roller blant kristne palestinske landsbykvinner på den okkuperte Vestbredden.
(Master thesis, 2009-04-02)Det overordnede fokuset mitt i denne avhandlingen ligger på identitet og samhandling blant de kristne innbyggerne i en liten landsby på Vestbredden, og det er spesielt kvinnenes situasjon i forhold til dette jeg ønsker å ... -
"I hope your mom gets cancer and dies!" An anthropological study of sociality within virtual worlds
(Master thesis, 2018-06-14)Virtual worlds serve as new digital spaces in which humans interact with each other but also with the machines and mechanics on which the virtual worlds are built, creating new frameworks for sociality. By questioning how ... -
I stedet for myter
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1984)