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"We are doers!": The social life of silence: risk awareness and risk perception at the foot of Katla, Iceland
(Master thesis, 2016)Being an active volcano, Katla has followed a fairly distinct cyclical pattern of eruptions. According to historical records and expert knowledge, the volcano is now long overdue. The aim of this thesis is to investigate ... -
"Welcome to the show" : a study of 'framing' of comedy shows in London
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis is based on fieldwork conducted at three different comedy clubs in, and around, London, UK during spring semester 2014. In this thesis, I discuss how humour is inherently social, and that the comical is closely ... -
Welcome To The Syndrome-X Family: A song of Knowledge and Hope in a digital family group
(Master thesis, 2022)Sosiale media har åpnet steder for tilknytning og samfunn hvor dette før ikke har vært en mulighet. Facebook-grupper for foreldre som har barn med sjeldne tilstander er eksempler på slike steder, og denne avhandlingen er ... -
When Heritage Becomes Horizon: The Acquisition of Extra-Territorial Citizenship among Lebanese in Argentina
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The sedentariness of the nation-state (emerging from its territoriality) sets it at odds with human mobility of different types and scales, but particularly so with international migration. In this article we are concerned ... -
When Lizard People Control The World - Anthropological Insight Into Conspiracist Belief
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'Where is your "F"?': Psychological Testing, Communication and Identity Formation in a Multinational Corporation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The article is based on multi-sited fieldwork in a multinational corporation, where psychological tests were used extensively to facilitate communication and human resource development. The analysis indicates that the test ... -
Work In Progress: An Ethnographic Study of Power and Work in a Norwegian Engineering Unit
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:84, Doctoral thesis, 2013)This thesis is about power and discipline in a software developing unit in Norway. I have conducted ethnographic fieldwork in a small subsidiary of a US Internet company, and my main concern has been: What is the nature ... -
Yoga, change and embodied enlightenment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Though it has been claimed that modern yoga retains little of its origins of religious austerity, I will argue that even if yoga as a physical practice has taken a strong position among the modern fitness trends, there are ... -
Å navigere mellom omsorg og å ta liv Undertittel: Helsepersonells opplevelser av å gi aktiv dødshjelp
(Bachelor thesis, 2023) -
Å skape rom for individualitet - Et perspektiv på interaksjon i en flyktningleir
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne avhandlingen baserer seg på en kvalitativ studie over åtte måneder i en flyktningeleir i Hellas i 2018. Fokuset for avhandlingen ligger i samspillet mellom arbeidende i flyktningeleiren og beboerne. Oppgaven belyser ... -
Å velge annerledes: En antropologisk studie av jenter i mannsdominerte studier og yrker.
(Master thesis, 2019)SAMMENDRAG Hensikten med denne avhandlinger er å se nærmere på hvorfor enkelte jenter velger å ta de utradisjonelle mannsdominerte yrkesfag (elektrofag og teknikk og industriell produksjon) ved den norske videregående ...