In Russian culture, there exists a strong theme of the morally superior woman. This theme has been described in studies of nineteenth-century Russian literature, and was called Sophia by Russian thinkers and poets of the Silver Age, such as Vladimir Solovyov and Vyacheslav Ivanov. Up until now, there have been no studies of how this theme has influenced cinematic representations of female characters ...

This dissertation focuses on The Morung Express, a newspaper in Nagaland State, India, established by human rights activists in 2005. With a strong interest in indigenous issues, the newspaper presents itself as an alternative to mainstream media in India and claims to be guided by the historical experiences of the Naga people. This study examines a particular period in the newspaper’s life (2020-2023) ...

This article-based doctoral dissertation investigates multimodality in English as a school subject in Norway, more specifically in relation to literacy. Calls for more research on multimodality in English language teaching in Norway motivated this study. Furthermore, the recent curriculum inclusion of multimodal texts in the English subject increases its relevance for both practice and research. The ...

OKTIIGEASSU: Dát doavttergrádabargu lea gielladutkan fágaidrasttideaddji perspektiivvas, man ulbmil lei guorahallat sámegiela muohtadoahpagiid sisdoalu ja geavahusa dálveguohtundiliid birra sámi boazodoalus, Guovdageainnus, Norggas. Doabaanaliisavuođđun lean geavahan informántadieđuid, gielalaš ja muohtafysihkalaš beliid ja boazodoallomáhtu ja nu ovttastahttán árbevirolaš eamiálbmotmáhtu ...

As a response to the increase in human activity reliant on navigation in polar areas and concomitant challenges and risks, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) developed mandatory regulations in the form of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code). The Polar Code aims to enhance ship safety and environmental protection in Arctic and Antarctic waters. In so ...

Denne avhandlingen omhandler problemstillinger knyttet til salg av kultur i en urfolkskontekst. Det etnografiske materialet arbeides frem i bevegelser fra akademiske tekster om samisk turisme, gjennom reisen til – og samarbeidet med Senter for nordlige folk i Kåfjord i Nord-Troms, en fotoutstilling, og involvering i en studietur til New Zealand for samiske reiselivsaktører, en reise som skulle bygge ...

Næringshager er et populært konsept og redskap i regionalpolitikken. Samlokalisering av kunnskapsintensive virksomheter i distriktene motivert av befolknings og næringsmessige utfordringer mange distriktskommuner står overfor. Erfaringene etter 10-år med næringshager viser at dette er komplekse organisatoriske konstruksjoner hvor resultatene ikke er som forventet knyttet til innovasjon og entreprenørskap. ...

This dissertation is about norms of the outdoors and it is based in four publications. While the articles are about specific norms, the summary article focus on how these norms are negotiated between locals and tourists and how they in sum can be seen as a negotiable room – a moral landscape of the outdoors. Firstly, I set out to investigate how nature based tourism is affecting the normative ...

This dissertation investigates the interface of syntax and phonology in a fully modular view of language, deriving the effects of syntactic structure on prosodification without referring to that structure in the phonological computation. It explores the effects of the Multiple Spell-Out Hypothesis and ‘syntax-all-the-way-down approaches’, specifically Nanosyntax, on the phonological computation. The ...