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Conflict reporting in the High North. Signs of peace journalism in Norwegian media representations of Russians? Case study. The Elektron incident
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-08-12)The case study of this thesis is the incident with the Russian trawler Elektron in 2005. The trawler was fishing illegally in the Barents Sea, and escaped from Norwegian authorities with two Norwegian fisheries inspectors ... -
Youth unemployment in Uganda. Challenges and survival strategies of women in Kampala
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-01)Uganda has one of the youngest and fastest growing populations in the world. Youth are often described as a group of people with high potential for increasing productivity and hence can be a good basis for economic growth. ... -
Experiences of immigrant Nepalese women workers in South Korea. A study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-14)The present study examines the experiences of of the Emigrant Nepalese women workers in South Korea. While in a foreign employment, most of them have achieved their empowerment despite the gender issues and violence. Back ... -
A Decade of national infrastructure for peace. Assessing the role of The National Peace Council in Ghanaian elections
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)This study focuses on national infrastructure for peace and elections. The study assesses the role played by the National Peace Council (NPC) in promoting peace during elections in Ghana. The main aim of the study is to ... -
Integration from the bottom-up. Using recognition to understand the relations between Norwegians and refugees
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)The relationship between Norwegian citizens and refugees is ambiguous, were some argue that refugees should adopt the mainstream culture in Norway. Other advocate the refugees’ right to hold their cultures and beliefs, and ... -
Leverage in international mediation. The approach of faith-based mediation by the Community of Sant’Egidio
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)The topic of this master thesis is leverage in international mediation and it focuses on the empirical study of the faith-based mediation by the Catholic Lay NGO called the Community of Sant’Egidio. The religious aspects ... -
Bridging the gap between science and animal ethics. The morality of industrial animal farming with regards to animal welfare
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-06-20)Current debates regarding animal rights and ethics tend to remain separated from the relevant science and scientific evidence. The aim of this thesis is to therefore help fill this gap by bringing together moral philosophy ... -
Maternal care of undocumented pregnant women under the Fees Act (Medical) for Foreigners 1951. Perspectives of health and non-health actors
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)With the unprecedented international migration around the world, policies that restrict immigrants' health care access have become prevailing. In 2014, the amendment to The Fees Act (Medical) for Foreigners 1951 had further ... -
Playing Soviet soldiers. Virtual communicative memory in Kyrgyzstan
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)The thesis explores the fields of memory studies and video game studies. As a result, it proposes the concept of virtual communicative memory to encapsulate the special form of memory that can be produced by player interaction ... -
Visions of integration. How immigrants make sense of a new landscape
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)People from all over the world and manifold backgrounds come to Germany to live there. When they come they need to make sense of what they are experiencing in that new landscape in order to become part of society with ... -
Inequality, perceptions of identity and conflict. Inferences from the Black Cat Track, Papua New Guinea
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)This thesis considers how violent conflict can be explained and studied, the type of evidence that suggests causes of conflict, who is gets involved and why. Interest is in what causes the cleavages between adversaries ... -
International development and West African pastoralism. Analysing conceptions of livestock ownership
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-06)Pastoralists make up an important segment of the population of West Africa and inhabit large swathes of the Sahel that are unusable for crop-based agriculture for much of the year. This study aims to identify and understand ... -
NRK TV-aksjonen. The Norwegian self-perception and world image
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-11-01)TV-aksjonen is an annual telethon hosted by the Norwegian state-channel NRK. Since 1974, the telethon ́s aim has been to fundraised money for humanitarian purposes, and enlighten the Norwegian people about world issues. ... -
Exploring people’s motives for participating in the post 2011-election protest in Arkhangelsk, Russia
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-16)The thesis examines the motives of people in Arkhangelsk (Russia) to take part in the 10 December 2011 protest which emerged after the Duma elections. The objective of the research is to find out what motivated people in ... -
Post-conflict peacebuilding. Youth participation in Sierra Leone
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-11-01)In the post-conflict population, youth constitute a reservoir brimming with potential energy, ready to be channelled for good or ill. What causes some young people to return to the life of a fighter while others choose to ... -
Breaking the occupation of the mind. The Freedom Theatre and Palestinian youth empowerment
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-18)This study seeks to bring focus to the youth`s of The Freedom Theatre and their perspectives on theatre, in particular The Freedom Theatre, vis – a – vis cultural resistance and its impacts on their life. In order to do ... -
The Norwegian soldier discourse(s). A warrior, strategic soldier, humanitarian solider or a state-builder?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-19)Norwegian soldiers from conventional units have been deployed frequently to the war in Afghanistan (2001-2014). This conflict has been characterized by a merging of different types of warfare, such as peacekeeping- and ... -
Understanding ideologies of “radical” Islamic movements in contemporary Kyrgyzstan
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-18)This thesis examines violence potential of such Islamic movements like Tablighi Jamaat, Salafi and Hizb ut-Tahrir based on the study of the connection between religion and violence in their ideologies. In order to understand ... -
The utopian myth. Unleashing violence in the name of peace
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-18)The following paper will try to capture and to understand one of the most haunting and one of the most obsessive human endeavors undertaken by mankind: the pursuit for happiness! The goal of this study is that of trying ... -
Cihu Memorial Sculpture Park. Iconoclasm, memory and the importance of space
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-14)The Cihu Memorial Sculpture Park is located in rural Taiwan and features over 200 statues of the former authoritarian leader, Chiang Kai-shek (1893-1975). Taiwan had been ruled by Chiang and his son for 38 years of martial ...
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