• The power of ethnography in the public sphere 

      Kolshus, Thorgeir Storesund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      A number of anthropology’s most emblematic innovations have caught on elsewhere. Yet anthropologists seem almost distressed by the success of concepts like “culture” and “ethnicity” and too readily dispose of them in the ...
    • Sugar dating: Unge kvinners dilemmaer i Otjiwarango, Namibia 

      Fazlinovic, Elma; Vestergaard, Mai-Britt; Guttormsen, Mari Robstad; Løken, Veronica (Student paper, others, 2017)
      At påbegynde et projekt der omhandler et intimt felt, såsom sugar dating, kræver at man gør sig store overvejelser om hvilken indgangsvinkel man vil tage. Hver gang man gør sig et valg gør man samtidig massevis af fravalg. ...
    • Uformell økonomi 

      Skatland, Sebastian Blystad; Andersen, Anton Pettersen; Myklebust, Henrik Dypvik; Romundstad, Lars Nesset; Gøtestam, Benjamin (Student paper, others, 2017)
      Til vårt feltarbeid i Otjiwarongo, Namibia valgte vi temaet uformell økonomi. Vi visste på forhånd at den uformelle sektoren i regionen var stor. Mer presist hadde vi et ønske om å se nærmere på hvordan arbeidsforholdene ...
    • Ungdom og HIV: En studie av skoleungdom i Tsumeb, Namibia 

      Svalastog, Anne Saua; Mørk, Julia Jeanette; Klausmark, Kristina Helberg; Yussuf, Hussein Aden (Student paper, others, 2017)
      Namibia er et av landene i Afrika som har hatt svært høy utbredelse av HIV over lengre tid (WHO-AFRO, 2011). Epidemien er utfordrende for landets sosiale og økonomiske utvikling og har vært et faktum siden det første ...
    • Au pair-ordningen - maktutnyttelse eller empowerment? - En studie av au pairenes situasjon i Oslo 

      Thune, Bianca N. R. (Student paper, others, 2017)
      Denne undersøkelsens formål er å undersøke hvordan au pair-ordningen foregår i Norge i praksis, hovedsakelig sett gjennom au pairenes ståsted. Tall fra UDI viser at det har vært en eksplosiv økning i au pair-migranter til ...
    • Tradisjonelle praksiser hos maasaier i Tanzania 

      Hansen, Maiken Røed; Augland, Ingrid Amalie; Sirwan, Trisia; Magnussen, Nina (Student paper, others, 2017)
      Maasaier er en etnisk gruppe som lever i både Tanzania og Kenya (28toomany, 2013, s. 37). De lever med sterke kulturelle tradisjoner, som står overfor stort press fra en stat som stadig er i utvikling (Pharam, s. 5). For ...
    • Why does Norway give emergency aid? 

      Rossehaug, Ida Helen; Babayev, Piri (Student paper, others, 2017)
      We are two students at the first year of Development Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. Since both of us were interested in aid, we decided to write our fieldwork report on emergency ...
    • Hvordan lever en småbonde i Mothakkara av jordbruket? 

      Hagen, Hilde S.; Moldsvor, Anne Berit W.; Rosted, Hanna S. (Student paper, others, 2017)
      In our summary we will give an overview of our five weeks field trip to India from end of January till the beginning of March 2017. We were positioned in Kerala in Wayanad district and lived in a village called Mothakkara. ...
    • Småbønders økonomiske bærekraft og matsikkerhet - Feltarbeidsrapport fra Volta-regionen, Ghana 

      Håheim, Kari B.; Magnussen, Helene R.; Løvold, Maren Sofie A. (Student paper, others, 2017)
      Jordbruk har alltid vært et av de viktigste livsgrunnlagene for jordens befolkning, først og fremst for å produsere mat, men i senere tid også i form av sysselsetting og tilhørende industri. Det siste århundret har jordbruket ...
    • Power theories in political ecology 

      Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Overå, Ragnhild (Journal of political ecology;Vol 25, No 1 (2018), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Power plays a key role in definitions of political ecology. Likewise, empirical studies within this field tend to provide detailed presentations of various uses of power, involving corporate and conservation interventions ...
    • The Double Meaning Making of the Term Cultural Diversity in Teacher Educator Discourses 

      Fylkesnes, Sandra; Mausethagen, Sølvi; Nilsen, Anne Birgitta (Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education;Vol. 2 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Cultural diversity is assumed to be a central component of Western education and even though it has been extensively investigated in international research on teacher education, little knowledge exists about its usage and ...
    • Nordic discourses on marginalisation through education 

      Pihl, Joron; Holm, Gunilla; Riitaoja, Anna-Leena; Jón Ingvar, Kjaran; Carlson, Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The purpose of this article is analysis of discursive marginalisation through education in Nordic welfare states. What knowledge do Nordic research discourses produce about marginalisation through education in Nordic welfare ...
    • SoGo Survey, una herramienta online de recogida de datos adecuada para el trabajo de campo 

      Abad Colom, Maria (Conference object, 2018)
      Las encuestas en papel están quedando obsoletas en investigación doctoral, y se impone el uso de un medio electrónico que permita recoger datos de manera sencilla, precisa, y sobre todo rápida. La aplicación SoGo Survey ...
    • The Lamer Social Competence in Preschool scale (LSCIP): Structural validity in a large Norwegian community sample 

      Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Janson, Harald; Lamer, Kari (Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-01)
      There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of social competence for children’s development, well-being, and learning. Thus age- and context-appropriate measures are needed. This study addresses the structural validity ...
    • Exploring a third space for sustainable educational development-HIV/AIDS prevention, Zambia 

      Carm, Ellen (Sustainability;Volume 10, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-23)
      This study was conducted in Zambia from 2002 to 2008, a country greatly affected by the HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)/AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) epidemic. The global, national, as well as local discourses ...
    • REDD og norsk klimakolonialisme i Tanzania 

      Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne (Internasjonal Politikk;Årgang 76, Nummer 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04)
      Finansiering av internasjonalt skogvern som klimatiltak (REDD) har det siste tiåret spilt en viktig rolle i Norges internasjonale profilering. Dette er et tiltak det i Norge har vært tverrpolitisk enighet om, og som ...
    • Getting Behind the Walls and Fences: Methodological Considerations of Gaining Access to Middle-class Women in Urban India 

      Waldrop, Anne; Egden, Sissel (Forum for Development Studies;Vol. 45, No. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-27)
      This article presents and analyzes two cases of ethnographic, topic-driven, fieldwork among upper caste, middle-class women in urban India, which is a field dominated by hierarchical social relations of class, caste and ...
    • South African Science Teachers’ Strategies for Integrating  Indigenous and Western Knowledges in Their Classes: Practical  Lessons in Decolonisation 

      Seehawer, Maren (Educational Research for Social Change;Volume: 7 Special Issue June 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06)
      Framed within the broader discourse on decolonising African education, this article aims to contribute to the project of integrating indigenous and Western knowledges in southern African education. Following a participatory ...
    • Fra grobunn til stengrunn: Kulturrelativismens skjebne i norsk offentlighet 

      Kolshus, Thorgeir (Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift;Årgang 29, nr. 1–2-2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-28)
      For antropologer med anlegg for nostalgi vil årene mellom Berlinmurens og Twin Towers’ fall lett fortone seg som fagets gullalder hva samfunnsinnflytelse angår. Gjennom Arne Martin Klausens og Fredrik Barths formidlingstrang, ...