Institutt for sosialantropologi
Recent Submissions
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Ice-inhabiting species of Bdelloidea Rotifera reveal a pre-Quaternary ancestry in the Arctic cryosphere
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Historical climate data indicate that the Earth has passed through multiple geological periods with much warmer-than-present climates, including epochs of the Miocene (23–5.3 mya BP) with temperatures 3–4°C above present, ... -
Arbeid og Verdiskaping i VTA (Varig Tilrettelagt Arbeid) : En Etnografi av Ordentlig Arbeid
(Master thesis, 2024)Denne oppgaven beskriver feltobservasjoner av Camphill Åsen, et statlig sponset intensjonelt fellesskap som tilbyr dagtilbud og boliger for voksne med funksjonsnedsettelser. Analysen er basert på seks måneder med feltarbeid. ... -
Meeting Ghana’s housing needs: ‘(un)affordable’ public housing in a rapidly urbanising context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Rapid urbanisation has created critical infrastructure challenges in African cities. Housing supply in many African cities lags demand, rendering many people homeless and increasing the size and number of squatter communities. ... -
Tracking rapid and slow ice-dammed lake changes through optical satellites and local knowledge – a case study of Tystigbreen in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The number of glacial lakes has grown globally concurrently with the retreat of glaciers in the last few decades, increasing the risk of potentially hazardous glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and posing a threat to ... -
På lag med naturen: En etnografisk studie av lokale initiativer og politiske utfordringer i overganger fra plantasjer til økologisk jordbruk i Costa Rica
(Master thesis, 2024)Overganger til økologisk jordbruk i Costa Rica utspiller seg på ulike måter, formet av landets doble karakter som både et foregangsland for bærekraftig utvikling og miljøvern, og en nasjon med dype røtter i plantasje- og ... -
“You need to have this information!”: Using videos to increase demand for accountability on public revenue management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)How can citizens be motivated to demand accountability in the management of public revenues? We carry out a video survey experiment among 2300 Ghanaian respondents to study the impact of information provision and encouragement ... -
Grønn omstilling i midtnorske små- og mellomstore bedrifter. Industri, skogbruk og jordbruk
(SINTEF AS (ISBN starter med 978-82-14-);, Research report, 2023)Selv om miljø- og klimapåvirkningene til en enkelt små- og mellomstor bedrift (SMB) er liten, utgjør den samlede påvirkningen mye. Omtrent 99% av norske bedrifter er SMBer og dermed er det også avgjørende at SMBer lykkes ... -
Tilhørighet i et mangesidig samfunn
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)Grunnet globalisering står en rekke samfunn overfor et økende kulturelt mangfold. Individers identitet og tilhørighet preges av dette. Vi erfarer utfordringer når vi navigerer mellom ulike kulturer. Hensikten med denne ... -
Creating community: Burials, cooperation and exclusion in the Amhara eder (iddir)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The eder, Ethiopian funeral association, has commonly been seen as a voluntary, mutual-aid association well suited for various development activities. I argue that the eder is of a different order, based on its power to ... -
Migration, Marriage Rituals and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism in Urban Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Different types of rituals to contract marriage have developed inurban Zambia that combine customary girl’s initiation and marriage rituals with novel forms of ritual performances. The participants bring into being in ... -
Etnografisk forskning på sykehjem: Fremmer juridifisert forskningsetikk en systematisk ekskludering av eldres stemmer ved livets slutt?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Basert på en litteraturgjennomgang av nyere norsk forskning på aldring, livets slutt og døden på sykehjem, utfordrer denne kommentaren bakgrunnen til det vi oppfatter som et kunnskapshull i forskningslitteraturen på dette ... -
Sustainabillity as Management Technology: The Absurd Consequences of Correct Calculation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Bærekraft som styringsteknologi: absurde konsekvenser av korrekt kalkulering -
Craftsmanship in the Age of Automation
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:409, Doctoral thesis, 2024)What happens to work with the increasing degree of automation, robotization, and digital systems? We usually understand automation as the use of mechanical machines, robots, or computers to do things that humans have done ... -
Att göra digital etnografi
(Chapter, 2024)[Networked public sphere] is the recognition that the whole public sphere, as well as the whole way movements operate, has been reconf igured by digital technologies, and that this reconfiguration holds true whether one ... -
Bringing Real Life into the Classroom: Learning in Nearness & Distance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article details and reflects on how student learning was elevated to a new level through inviting real life into the classroom of a course in cultural understanding, aimed at engineering students at the Norwegian ... -
Experiences of GDPR in Norway: Politics of autonomy and control
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article explores the challenges Norwegian anthropologists face owing to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The authors’ analysis reveals a tension between the need to comply with data ... -
Migrasjonens transformasjon etter 9/11
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Exclusionary Cosmopolitanism in Buenos Aires
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
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