Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Subject "Identity"
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Accessibility and diversity: Deaf space in action
(Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research;16(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-20)How disabled people gather and share common experiences is empirically not a well-addressed issue in discussions about disability identity and unity. Among Deaf people, there is a long tradition for meeting in transnational ... -
Ambiguity as a Strategy for Negotiating Identity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The article explores the relationship of ambiguity to identity in societal contexts dominated by discourses of fixed, essentialist and hierarchic sexual and ethnic dichotomies. Rather than accept hegemonic definitions of ... -
Cooking as identity work
(Project Note;6-2003, Conference object, 2003)What kind of activity is cooking? In the Norwegian food discourse the domestic cook is described as a scientist, an artist, an expert, a perfectionist, a patriot, a protector of nature, a politician, a gourmet, a good ... -
The creation of a common identity: A comparative study of the discourse in the standardized free textbooks in Mexico
(Master thesis, 2021)In 1960, the Mexican government, through the Secretary of Public Education (SEP), implemented a policy of standardized textbooks for all. Every school student in the country, be they in public or private education, would ... -
Education and the Karen people´s struggle for freedom: The impact of the 2015 Myanmar Ceasefire agreement
(Master thesis, 2021)After a long history of ethnic conflict in Myanmar, a nationwide ceasefire agreement was signed on 15th October 2015 between the national government and representatives of Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs). Among of the ... -
Elevers komplekse identitetskrav som utfordring i religions- og livssynsundervisning
(Nordidactica;2015(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In Religious Education (RE), religious identity is usually considered to be important. When the common mandatory Norwegian RE subject was implemented in 1997, an aim was to support the identities of the children, based on ... -
Fremmedgjort på hjemmekontor?
(Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift;Årgang 6, nr. 5-2022, Journal article, 2022-11-10)Under koronapandemien har nær halvparten av alle ansatte i Norge jobbet fra hjemmekontor. Hva skjer i en situasjon hvor mange arbeidstakere, som kanskje har lite erfaring med det å jobbe hjemmefra, sendes hjem med en ... -
From identity politics to dismodernism? Changes in the social meaning of disability art
(Alter: European Journal of Disability Research;6 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-06-15)Art has gained an important position in the identity politics of the disability movement. The article sheds light on how disabled artists enact their positions as disabled and as artists. In a qualitative survey, a total ... -
The green shift? Narratives of changing cannabis policies and identity-work among Norwegian adolescents
(Drugs: education prevention and policy;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-05)Recent years have seen a growing public debate concerning the political regulation of cannabis products, substantiated by a multitude of competing narratives about the effects of various policies. However, little is known ... -
How individuals with dementia in nursing homes maintain their dignity through life storytelling - A case study
(Journal of Clinical Nursing;24(15-16), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-20)Aims and Objectives The aim of this article is to present and discuss findings on what individuals with dementia do themselves to maintain or promote their dignity of identity when they live in a nursing home. Background ... -
If I speak the language, am I Norwegian? The role of activities and cultural experiences on perceived identities of minority youth in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)The main focus of my research was to find out if and how activities and cultural experiences of minority youth in Norway tend to influence the formation of their perceived identities. Minority youth were in this context ... -
Inescapably Les Misérables? Understanding the sensemaking of the artistic precariat
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Performing artists seem to remain in the culture sector despite the challenges with sustaining an artistic practice. Our research question is why the occupational commitment of the artistic precariat survives an external ... -
“It did not come with Hitler and did not die with Hitler.” The Uses of the Holocaust by Disability Activists in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-10-04)When discussing present issues, vulnerable groups often compare such issues to historical atrocities, thereby injecting histories of vulnerability and oppression into contemporary debate. In 2006, the Norwegian health ... -
'Keeping up appearances' - Negotiating identities of being fit in older age: A multi-site ethnographic study of daily life in contemporary day centres
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Abstract As governments adapt to ‘active ageing’ policies, care services are increasingly oriented towards helping older adults to stay active in order to maintain their physiological and cognitive capacity. Day centres ... -
Mobile subjects: Power relations and tactics for survival
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)Through a series of case studies from Southern and Eastern Africa, Oceania, and Europe, Movement and Connectivity: Configurations of Belonging explores the analytical usefulness of the concept of «mobility» for anthropological ... -
Models of intercultural communication: identities, styles of acculturation, and premises for enjoying the company of one another—empirical data from the public sector in Norway
(Sage Open;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The research question addressed in this article is, “To which extent does intercultural communication depend on selfunderstanding, accumulated during the process of socialization, as well as the feeling of safety?” This ... -
Perceived Discrimination, Its Impact on Health, and the Influence of Identity Among Western Muslims
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this literature review is to contribute to a better understanding of the role played by perceived ethnic and religious discrimination on health among Muslims living in the West. It is also an important goal ... -
Realizations and functions of impoliteness in discourse about language and identity in Croatian and Montenegrin media
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)This chapter addresses realizations of impoliteness in written discourse thematizing language and identity in Croatian and Montenegrin media (online and print newspapers, and internet forums) in 2010 and 2011. The main ... -
Service Users' Self-Narratives on Their Journey from Shame to Pride: Tales of transition
(Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work;12(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-13)As part of a course on changing attitudes developed by KREM, a Norwegian service user organization, narratives are used to explore and understand identity formation. The process is based on the role of shame in the lives ... -
Transnational orientations in a global media landscape: Youth, media, war and conflict
(Conflict & Communication;13(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article reflects on the role of media in the re-imagination and reproduction (reconstruction) of Norwegian identities and communities with a particular focus on how young people within diasporas follow news on war and ...