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Rituell reproduksjon av buekorps: klasse, kjønn og materialitet
(Master thesis, 2023-05-22)I denne oppgåva vil eg sjå nærare på buekorps, ein bevegelse som blei starta på 1800-talet av ungdom, og som fortsatt er eit fenomen i Bergen i dag. Eg vil fokusere på buekorpsa opp mot rituale, og vil då komme inn på ulike ... -
The River, the Water and the Crocodile in Marovo Lagoon
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The road towards 2020: A multiple case study on the implementation of the RES-Directive in Estonia, Latvia and Norway and the factors affecting their performance towards meeting the 2020 renewable energy targets.
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)The purpose of this study is to examine which factors have affected the performance of Estonia, Latvia and Norway towards reaching their 2020 renewable energy goals they have committed themselves to as a result of the ... -
Road transport and agriculture: A comparative study of the implications of road access for subsistence agriculture in the northern Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Subsistence agriculture that evolves around the production of staples like maize, groundnuts, yams remains the paramount livelihood for most people in the northern region of Ghana. A starting point in improving productivity ... -
Roads to Autonomy. Similar paths, different outcomes in two Inuit regions
(Master thesis, 2017-12-12)The purpose of this study is to analyze and explain why two Inuit regions in Canada, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut, experienced different outcomes after extensive tripartite negotiations for self-government. Although both regions ... -
Robots in Service and Nursing Care - An Investigation into Japan’s Robot Use and Development
(Master thesis, 2019-11-30)We are currently seeing a rapid growth in the investment and development of robots to assist or replace human workers and efforts in many aspects of life. Due to Japan’s proportionally large and growing elderly population ... -
Rogue aid or the poor helping the poor? Making sense of Chinese foreign aid to Africa
(Master thesis, 2021-07-02)This thesis investigates Chinese foreign aid allocation to Africa between 2000 and 2014. China is an emerging donor of foreign aid and has become an alternative source of assistance for African recipient countries. Considering ... -
The role of media in developing literacies and cultural techniques
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Not only new media demand new skills and contribute to cultural and social changes. The main purpose of this article is to present two theoretical approaches which look at how both traditional and new media (print, electronic ... -
The role of multilevel dynamics and agency in regional industry renewal
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-05-15)This dissertation investigates the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and its approach to regional restructuring. A dynamic approach considering that regional industries are ... -
The Role of Norad's Oil for development programme in environmental management in Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-08-30)ABSTRACT Norad's Oil for Development (OfD) programme entered an agreement with Ghana in 2008 following Ghana's major oil discovery in the Jubilee Field in 2007. Mainly using policies based on the internationally approved ... -
The role of Petroleum in Portraying and Perceiving Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2017-06-17)This master thesis explores the influence of the petroleum industry on the place identity of Stavanger, a Western Norwegian coastal city frequently called ‘the oil capital’. Based on interviews and focus groups including ... -
The role of social media in the rise of the Mexican Social Movement #YoSoy132
(Master thesis, 2015-05-19)1) In which way were the social media used by the #YoSoy132 movement? In this question I am interested in looking at how the movement #YoSoy132 used social media as an emotional conduit. I will also look at the social ... -
The Role of Street - Level Bureaucrats in Access to Education. A Case of The Implementation of The Persons With Disability Act of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2016-05-31)The Persons with Disability Act (PWDA) was passed in 2006, to address the needs of persons with disability in Ghana. The act's eight main provisions outline the respective areas in the lives of the persons with disability ... -
The Role of System Dynamics Approaches in Aquatic Disease Management: An Application to Sea Lice Control in Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-09-21)Different methodologies have been used to model the epidemiology and economics of aquaculture diseases, including input-output models, benefit- cost analysis, linear programming, simple spreadsheet-based models, compartment ... -
The role of systematic reviews in the system dynamics modelling process
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Rollebyttet: Arbeiderpartiet og Høyres endring i synet på kommunestruktur 1993-2017
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Til tross for at Arbeiderpartiet og Høyres politikk på kommunestruktur lenge har vært sammenfallende positiv til reform har de i de to siste reformprosessene stått på motsatt side. Da Brundtland III-regjeringen forsøkte å ... -
The Romantic Fantasy of Even and Isak - an Exploration of Scandinavian Women Looking for Gratification in the Teen Serial SKAM
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Based on ethnographic reception analysis, cultural sociology, and psychoanalytic film analysis, this article explores a group of Scandinavian adult female fans of the gay couple Even and Isak from the teen serial SKAM. The ... -
Rooted flexibility: social reproduction, violence and gendered work in the Indian city
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Drawing on feminist marxist and feminist geography scholarship the article develops the concept 'rooted flexibility' to examine the latent frictions between flexible labour regimes and the rooted, gendered demands of social ... -
ROS som aktør i den sosiale konstruksjonen av en sykdomsdefinisjon. En case av en diagnoseorganisasjon.
(Master thesis, 2007)I dette prosjektet ønsker jeg å belyse hvordan det økende fokuset på kropp og helse i dagens samfunn har ført til store endringer i organisasjonssamfunnet. I dag er det ikke uvanlig at diagnoser eller sykdomskjennetegn ...