Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Lund, Ragnhild"
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The way refugees are portrayed in the comment sections of Norwegian online newspapers : a critical discourse analysis of readers’ comments on articles discussing the ‘European refugee crisis’
Lien, Anders Nima Jafarnejad (Master thesis, 2016)This thesis analyses how refugees are portrayed in the comment sections of Norwegian online newspapers during the “European refugee crisis”, with a primary focus on events occurring from 2015. It applies a Critical Discourse ... -
Unemployment experiences of young graduates and their attitudes towards Business startups in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) : a lesson from southern Ethiopia
Shanka, Belete Bekele (Master thesis, 2016)This study is about the unemployment experiences of unemployed young graduates and their attitudes towards business startups in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Wolaita Sodo town, Southern Ethiopia. More specifically, ... -
Unravelling urban environmental (In)justice of e-waste processing activities in Agbogbloshie, Accra-Ghana
Amuzu, David (Master thesis, 2015)The aim of this thesis was to investigate and explain how e-waste management activities in Agbogbloshie, Accra-Ghana produce unjust conditions to the e-waste workers and the environ-ment. In view of this, the concept of ... -
What makes a good gift in kind? - A case study of second hand donations sent between a Norwegian and Tanzanian NGO
Dising, Silje M. H. (Master thesis, 2017)Recent years have seen a change in philanthropic giving away from check writing and towards gifts given in kind (GIKs). Nonmonetary assets like goods, services and voluntary work are donated by corporations, institutions, ... -
‘When helpers hurt’: Women’s and midwives’ stories of obstetric violence in state health care institutions, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
Dinusha Chamanie, Perera; Lund, Ragnhild; Swahnberg, Katarina; Schei, Berit; Infanti, Jennifer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background The paper explores how age, social position or class, and linguistic and cultural background intersect and place women in varying positions of control and vulnerability to obstetric violence in state health ... -
Women adjusting their sails: The role of motility in women's livelihood strategies in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India
Azmi, Fazeeha; Lund, Ragnhild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article draws on research conducted in a fishing village in southern India to examine the ways in which middle-aged women in a precarious socio-economic position used mobility and immobility strategies to improve their ... -
Women’s representation in spaces of participation and power: A study of tribal and non-tribal women in local systems of governance in Orissa, India
Gaassand, Margrethe (Master thesis, 2011)This study investigates the real representation of women in two villages in Orissa, India. Through my own feminist lens I have brought in theory of spaces of participation and power and hence linked this to the concept of ... -
Youth and political participation in Venezuela : a case study of the Venezuelan student movement
Fernandez, Andrea (Master thesis, 2014)Youth’s political participation in Venezuela has become very important in the last fourteen years due to the unstable economic, social and political context of the country. Youth have come together as a student movement ...