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Taking, giving and sharing – An ethnographic study on resilient sharing patterns in an Alaskan community
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Technologies of control and the invisible transformation of the labour market from welfare state principles to welfare capitalism
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter is based on an evaluation of the Norwegian oil company Northoil’s performance management system, People@Northoil (P@N), by which workers evaluate their co-workers, producing numerical assessments of every ... -
Temporary Couples? A Chinese Migrant's Dream Narrative
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This piece presents a narration of a dream by a rural migrant, Yang Cui, who works in the city of Shantou in China. It reveals her inner struggles to end an affair with another migrant worker, Lao Bo. This piece is written ... -
The Cultural Processes of Technological Innovation - The Evolution of Robo Sapiens Japanicus
(Master thesis, 2014)The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate the cultural processes of technological innovation, using the development of Japanese robot technology as a case. Yet to best explore the Japanese robot we must first face the ... -
The Dynamics between Tourism and Local Cultural Practices among the Hamar of Southern Ethiopia
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The Filipino seafarer : a life between sacrifice and shopping
(Doctoral thesis, 2002)This thesis is about the seaman and his family. A returning theme in every part of this work, is how the Filipino overseas seafarer is interwoven with his family. Both in the sense that the family appear as the major motive ... -
The future of farming? Importance of soil, organic farming and perspectives on the future of agriculture in Ireland
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven ser på Irske bønder og deres forhold med jorden de kultivere. Gjennom en studie av en rekke bønder som bor i Clare fylke og Dublin fylke, i Republikken av Irland, utforsker jeg ulike tilpasningene bøndene ... -
"The grumpiest people" : key elements in the making of an advocacy NGO
(Master thesis, 2016)During the past few decades the number of nongovernmental organizations [NGO] have grown dramatically. This is partly related to processes of globalization contributing to an expansion of civil spaces within and beyond ... -
The hidden Conflict: A study of gentrification in progress
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The institutional context of crisis. A study of the police response during the 22 July terror attacks in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this paper we address the institutional context of the police response during the 22 July terror attacks in Norway. Our analysis shows how institutionalized informal practices, established over time, influenced the ... -
The Long March: On the Margins of Global Trade: Identity Construction, Cultural Change and the Vietnamese Katu's March toward Modernity
(Master thesis, 2011)This study from Vietnam’s Northern Central Highlands and Nam Dong District follows the march throughout time of high mountain dwellers and expert walkers – the Katu ethnic minority group of people. The march described ... -
The representation of post-colonial cultures in museums; from excavations to display.
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Many museums are in the possession of artifacts that belong to former colonies. There is a significant discussion around the representation of the indigenous people that these artifacts originated from. Yet, there seems ... -
The Right Kind of Feedback: Working through Standardized Tools
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This article discusses the implications of working through globally integrated computer systems in transnational firms and addresses in particular employees’ possibility to give feedback on how these systems are working. ... -
The room of silence: a vulnerability in academia
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven er basert på et seks måneder langt feltarbeid ved Dragvoll, en campus ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU) i Trondheim. Hvor jeg utforsker hvordan institusjonens egen visjon om «kunnskap ... -
The Uncertainty of Prosperity: Dependence and the Politics of Middle-Class Privilege in Maputo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In this essay, I examine the moral basis of a ‘middle class’ in Maputo, Mozambique, the narratives, forms of dependence and types of hegemony that the social hierarchy rests upon. I argue that the political and economic ... -
The use of "big data" in constructing loss-based performance indicators in the maritime industry
(Chapter, 2017)Risk based regulation hinges on good measures of risk. This paper discusses how we combine recorded data of maritime accidents in Norway with exposure data extracted from the Coastal Authority’s AIS (Automatic Identification ... -
"They are persons too, you know" : en studie av grenser mellom mennesker og dyr, og hvordan de forflyttes på et omplasseringshjem for katter
(Master thesis, 2015)Mennesker, dyr og grensene dem i mellom har de seneste årene vært et omdiskutert tema både innen antropologi og andre vitenskaper. Vesten har tradisjonelt sett operert ut fra den kartesiske dualisme, og sett mennesker som ...