Background: Yoik is an old vocal music tradition of Sami, the indigenous people inhabiting Northern Fennoscandia and Kola peninsula in Russia. Studies of music therapy (MT) and especially singing have documented improvements in social and overall functioning in people With severe mental disorders and positive effect on depressive symptoms and sleep quality. Possible connections between yoik and ...

In this article, we discuss the perceptions of researchers who work on heritage language bilingualism (HLB), educators who teach heritage speakers (HSs), and, crucially, HSs themselves regarding the nature of bilingualism in general as well as HLB specifically. Despite the fact that all groups are invested in HLB and that researchers and educators tend to have a similar basic understanding of HLB ...

This thesis explores whether teaching a group of 9th grade pupils basic film-related theory and vocabulary has any impact on their written reflections about films. The thesis question is “Does pupil reflection of visual narratives evolve with short-term teaching?”. To answer this question, I initiated a qualitative intervention in a classroom, where I conducted three lessons about various ...

The thesis focuses on the role of youth members in political opposition parties in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The parties, as well as the state, are authoritarian in structure. The thesis discusses possibilities for youth participation in the upper-levels of political parties, and their subjective opinions of being included or excluded in internal debates and decision-making processes. In particular, ...

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. However, a large young and fast-growing population also poses immense challenges in the form of widespread youth unemployment. Statistics shows that youth faces a higher ...

Ytre-Tysse er ein liten tettstad i Samnanger kommune, like aust for Bergen. Staden er i endring frå å vere kommunesenter og viktig industristad, til å kanskje miste begge desse funksjonane. Fabrikken har flytta mykje av produksjonen til lågkostland og mange av funksjonane som naturleg høyrer heime i eit kommunesenter er flytta, eller det føreligg planar om å flytta, til Bjørkheim. I denne masteroppgåva ...

This paper presents new osteometric and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings. Previous archaeological studies have shown that reindeer domestication and intensification of reindeer herding transformed Sámi indigenous religion. However, because of the methodological challenges in the identification of wild and domesticated reindeer in the archaeological record, the exact nature of the ...