Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, the international community, with the UN and NATO in the lead, embarked on an ambitious state-building project in Afghanistan. At the center of this effort was the construction of the Afghan National Army (ANA), envisioned as an all-volunteer, ethnically inclusive, and non-factional national force, dedicated to serving and protecting ...

Denne oppgaven diskuterer funn fra Avaldsnes, Karmøy k., med en «bricolage»-tilnærming. Det vil si at det teoretiske grunnlaget ble plukket fra forskjellige plasser. Fenomenlogi, objekt-orientert ontologi, filosofi, ting-teori og ikke-atroposentrisme er noen av de mest fremtredende vinklingene i den forbindelse. Istedenfor å kun gjøre en kulturhistorisk analyse av materialet fra Avaldsnes, blir det ...

Video games present a very distinct form of storytelling; while some games use the elements of interactivity and narrative as auxiliary features to one another, some of the greatest games blend these two facets to make interaction an intrinsic part of the narrative experience. This thesis focuses on how this is achieved through the controversial character Edelgard von Hresvelg in the video game Fire ...

This thesis investigates how chaos theory, as both scientific paradigm and literary metaphor, informs narrative structure, thematic development, and character formation in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Stephen King. Focusing primarily on The Crying of Lot 49 and “Entropy” by Pynchon and The Dark Tower series by King, the study traces the ways in which concepts such as entropy, strange attractors, ...

In this thesis I try to show that using poetry, especially E. E. Cummings’ poetry, to provide interdisciplinary value to classes on historical events, such as the World Wars, is productive. To support this claim I collected data from two groups of participants in lower secondary school. After two sessions, one for each World War, I distributed a questionnaire to gather their opinions on the sessions, ...

Geography and its territorial implications have increasingly shaped elections in Norway and internationally. This chapter explores whether Sami politics also exhibits a territorial dimension, drawing on Rokkan’s cleavage theory to analyze urban–rural and center–periphery divides, with a focus on how geography influences political trust and support for Sami self-determination. While overall geographical ...

From having been a significant force and the largest party in the Sami parliamentary election in 2009, the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) slipped during the 2021 election from its position among the largest parties and now stands as a medium-sized party with 15 percent of the vote. This chapter employs a combination of qualitative interviews with politicians and a larger survey to elucidate this ...

Den gjennomførte undersøkelsen omhandler mangfold og mangfoldsledelse. Undersøkelsen er gjennomført i den norske industri- og bygg- og anleggsbransjen, henholdsvis Hydro og Veidekke. Undersøkelsen er gjennomført som en kvalitativ undersøkelse hvor problemstillingen som søkes besvart er følgende: «Hvordan lede, attrahere og ivareta sine ansatte i en mangfoldig organisasjon?» Problemstillingen er ...

The Norwegian Sami Association (NSR) has dominated Sámi politics since the establishment of the Sámi Parliament in 1989. NSR has often been the leading party, shaping the political agenda and forming most of the Executive Councils of the Sámi Parliament (‘governments’). This dominance, characterized as the dominant party in a two-party system, has been challenged recently by the emergence of the ...

This thesis investigates the interplay between bilingualism, socioeconomic status (SES), and social language engagement, and their impact on neurocognitive adaptation and inhibitory control throughout life. By analyzing data from 169 adults in Northern Norway, it provides new insights into how these factors contribute to cognitive resilience and executive functions. The study's mixed-method approach, ...