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Realisering av utdanning for bærekraftig utvikling (UBU) – slik erfart av et utvalg naturfagslærere i videregående skole
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-09)
Education for sustainable development has been implemented in the Norwegian teaching curriculum since 2005. The goal was initially to give the students knowledge in order for them to live more sustainable lives. We conducted interviews and a questionnaire survey to investigate how science teachers in upper secondary school teach this subject, and what they considered to be the challenges. Results ...
Re-politicisation as post-NPM response? Municipal companies in a Norwegian context
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-17)
This is an exploratory study of re-politicisation of municipal companies in one Norwegian municipality. Unlike re-municipalisation, which seems to imply the reversal of privatisation and out-contracting, and the reinstitution of municipal ownership, the Norwegian case demonstrates a continued adherence to the provision of certain public services through municipal companies. However, our study reveals ...
Contexts of John Stuart Mill's liberalism - politics and the science of society in Victorian Britain
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-02)
<i>Introduction</i>: This book, hereafter referred to as <i>Contexts</i>, is the fourth volume in the series <i>Politics-Debates-Concepts</i> by Nomos. The series publishes interdisciplinary studies of politics, focused on the history of political concepts, conceptual change, and the interplay between ‘political theories and political practices’. López’s work squares perfectly within this setting. ...
Om Norske krigsdekorasjoner
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
<i>Innledning</i>: Formålet med dekorasjonsprosjektet og med boka Norske krigsdekorasjoner, er å undersøke om det er grupper eller personer som ikke er dekorert som fortjent på bakgrunn av hemmelighold, manglende kunnskap eller politiske forhold. Boka gir ingen oppsummerende eller syntetiserende konklusjon om dette hovedspørsmålet, men i forordet slås det fast: «Prosjektgruppens anbefaling er at ...
Introduction to the Special Issue on Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-06)
The treatment of colonialism in video games, barring a few notable exceptions, is marked by a Western and, specifically, late 19th-century imperialist bias. Simultaneously, in the past two decades of multifaceted research and the development of robust theoretical frameworks in the still fledgling discipline of game studies, postcolonial discourses, whether they comprise critiques of imperialism or ...
Parabolantenner og lyskastere etterligner blomster-design
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016)
When We Went Digital and Seven Other Stories about Slavic Historical Linguistics in the 21st Century
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-22)
In this overview article, I seek to identify and discuss some tendencies in Slavic historical linguistics in recent years. Rather than presenting an extensive catalogue of studies on miscellaneous topics, I focus on three general issues, viz., how Slavic historical linguistics is developing in response to new theoretical ideas, methodological innovation, and "new" data. The article explores case ...
"La elva leve": Alta-saken som rollespill i historieundervisninga
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-13)
The annual staging of a role play for school pupils called “La elva
leve” (‘Let the River Live’) at Alta museum addresses the conflict over the
building of a hydroelectric power plant in the Alta-Kautokeino watercourse
between 1978-82. The confrontation has an important legacy, not least by
bringing the issue of Sámi Indigenous rights into the national limelight. This
article discusses how the ...
Becoming Spatially Embedded: Findings from a Study on Rural Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Objective: The purpose of this article is to offer a nuanced understanding of (immigrant)entrepreneurship as a socio-economic and spatially embedded practice by
analysing data from a qualitative study in Finnmark, in northernmost Norway.
Research Design & Methods: The article is based on a qualitative fieldwork including business visits and in-depth interviews. The transcripts from the interviews ...
Tracing Shintoism in Japanese nature-based domestic tourism experiences
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-12)
This study explores into Japanese cultural meaning of nature. The paper
studies Japanese domestic tourists to a mountain trail near Tokyo. East Asian concept
of nature distinctively identifies itself as a unity between nature and humanity.
To gain a more defining understanding of Shintoism-inspired meaning of nature,
we surveyed on the meaning of nature, experiences and benefits sought and ...