Det humanistiske fakultet (HF): Recent submissions
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"Best before, often good after": Re-scripting the date label of food in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In 2018, several Norwegian food producers added a new phrase to date labels of packaged foods: best before (date), often good after. Why and how did they do this? By using two concepts from Actor-Network Theory, translation ... -
Togetherness!: adult companionship – the key to music making in kindergarten
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Group singing encourages social bonding, which brings a plethora of positive side effects. Music as a subject in the training of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) teachers nonetheless faces cutbacks in many countries. ... -
Conserving Wolves by Transforming Them? The Transformative Effects of Technologies of Government in Biodiversity Conservation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article investigates the construction of instruments and techniques employed in the management of Norwegian wolves since the early 1980s by construing the tools as technologies of government. The proliferation of such ... -
Liminal technologies: Exploring the temporalities and struggles in efforts to develop a Belgrade metro
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The sociology of technology needs more nuanced conceptualizations of the temporal aspects of sociotechnical change. In this article, we propose liminality as a useful analytical entry-point to study technologies that ... -
Word order variation in heritage languages: Subject shift and object shift in Norwegian
(Chapter, 2020)This study investigates two word order phenomena in Norwegian heritage language spoken in the US, subject shift (SS) and object shift (OS). SS and OS occur in syntactic environments where (pronominal) subjects and objects ... -
VIBRA - Technical and Artistic Issues in an Interactive Dance Project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The paper presents the interactive dance project VIBRA, based on two workshops taking place in 2018. The paper presents the technical solutions applied and discusses artistic and expressive experiences. Central to the ... -
Rescuing Solidarity from Its Carers. A Response to Professor ter Meulen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)The paper points out three serious problems in Ruud ter Meulen’s view of solidarity and of its role in healthcare ethics. First, it is not clear whether and to what extent ter Meulen expects normative concepts to be rooted ... -
Læring om normering. Erfaringer fra et språkhistorie-didaktisk eksperiment i lærerutdanninga
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)I denne artikkelen beskrives utprøvinga av et didaktisk opplegg i grunnskolelærerutdanningas norskfag som har språkhistorie som overordnet tema. Målet med metodikken som legges fram, er å gi innsikt i språknormering som ... -
Effects of facial symmetry and gaze direction on perception of social attributes: A study in experimental art history
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article explores the possibility of testing hypotheses about art production in the past by collecting data in the present. We call this enterprise “experimental art history”. Why did medieval artists prefer to paint ... -
Mecha-Media: How Are Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots Presented and Received Through the Media?
(Chapter, 2017)How are robots, androids and cyborgs presented and received in the media? This chapter applies a social media analysis to this question by using empirical research on news stories that feature robotic technologies to see ... -
Scanning the Medical Terrain : an aid to quicker adoption of guidelines
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Guidelines exist in order to ensure efficient, effective and consistent provision of healthcare service. Unfortunately, existing guidelines are often not adopted in a timely manner, even to the point of being outdated at ... -
Beyond the Written Word: Graphic Novels in the Twenty-First Century
(Chapter, 2019)What is or is not a graphic novel has proven notoriously difficult to define. Against this background, the present article explores Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers (2004), Posy Simmonds’ Tamara Drewe (2008), ... -
Algorithmic Allocation: Untangling Rival Considerations of Fairness in Research Management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Marketization and quantification have become ingrained in academia over the past few decades. The trust in numbers and incentives has led to a proliferation of devices that individualize, induce, benchmark, and rank academic ... -
Inequality and poverty in a developing economy: Evidence from regional data (Spain, 1860-1930)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article measures inequality at the provincial level in Spain for different benchmark years between 1860 and 1930. It then empirically assesses the relationship between economic growth and inequality. The results confirm ... -
Reports from Twin Earth: Both Deep Structure and Appearance Determine the Reference of Natural Kind Terms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Following the influential thought experiments by Hilary Putnam and others, philosophers of language have for the most part adopted semantic externalism concerning natural kind terms. In this article, we present results ... -
Aristokratiske allianser og konflikter i nordisk seinmiddelalder
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The point of departure is the Swedish rebellion against the regime of King John (Hans) in 1501. Sten Sture the Elder was the rebellion’s most prominent leader. The article moves from a discussion of Sten’s character and ... -
Humane treatment versus means of control: coercive measures in Norwegian high-security psychiatry, 1895-1978
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article analyses the use of coercive measures in two national institutions for high-security psychiatry in Norway – Kriminalasylet (Criminal Asylum) and Reitgjerdet – during the period 1895–1978. Historical study of ... -
Bærekraft, etikk og profitt – Statens pensjonsfond utland i møte med den globale økologiske krisen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Mens klimaendringene eskalerer, blir bærekraft en stadig viktigere faktor i den brede finansielle forvaltningen til Statens pensjonsfond utland (SPU). Samtidig er anvendelsen av de etiske retningslinjene mindre synlige enn ... -
Selvbestemmelsesretten – en hellig ku i det sekulære Vesten
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Retten til selvbestemmelse er noe som stadig påberopes i vår vestlige kulturkrets, og gjerne i sterke ordelag i det offentlige ordskiftet – eksempler er i den pågående debatten om legalisering av såkalt aktiv dødshjelp og ... -
Songwriting: From Pop Music to Short Stories in Frode Grytten's Popsongar
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)