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Russiske kvinner i Nord-Norge: fortellinger om soppturer og Sovjettid
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10)
The article portrays and discusses various reorientation practices used by Russian women
who have migrated to the Finnmark region in Northern Norway. It draws on participant
observation, individual interviews and focus group interviews. The fieldwork revealed that
mushroom related activites picking, talking about, preparing and eating constitute an
important part of a shared Russian heritage ...
(Re)creating gender hierarchies within northern landscapes: a study of stories about nature and gender
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-05)
This article examines how gender hierarchies are (re)created within the
context of northern landscapes. We analyse data from fieldwork and
interviews with middle-class female Russians having settled in a small town
in northernmost Norway, most of them as marriage migrants. Inspired by the
phenomenology of the body, feminist phenomenology and gender theory,
the analysis shows how the participants ...
Naturen som rekreasjon og heteroseksuell romantikk: En studie av russiske kvinnelige migranters poetiske fortellinger om natur og kjønn
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2016-02-10)
Denne artikkelen undersøker forbindelser mellom natur og kjønn. Vi analyserer data fra feltarbeid
og intervjuer med kvinnelige russiske migranter som har bosatt seg i en liten by i Finnmark sammen
med en norsk mannlig partner. I artikkelen bygger vi på nyere antropologiske forståelser av
natur, samt studier om hvordan natur/sted, kultur og kjønn gjensidig konstituerer hverandre.
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Dressing down to fit in: Analyzing (re)orientation processes through stories about Norwegianization
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-09)
This article addresses the relation between gender and social change in the context of east-west migration. Using a feminist phenomenologist and interpretative approach, the analysis shows that Russian female migrants in Northern Norway, although well-educated and generally well-integrated in the local labor market, often felt that they were on display and judged through their bodies. Their bodily ...