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The Dynamics of changing perspectives: Identity politics, citizen rights and language among the deaf in Norway
(The University of Bergen, 2013-05-30)
This thesis is centered around the two conflicting discourses on deafness. Deafness can be understood as both a medical and cultural terms. However, both these discourses are highly contested. This thesis aims at exploring ...
"En må få hodet inn i soningen" Mestring og motstand i Bergen fengsel
(The University of Bergen, 2011-12-19)
Denne avhandlingen omhandler menneskers relasjon til makt. Under et 6 måneders langt feltarbeid i Bergen fengsel undersøkte jeg informantenes hverdag ved å benytte meg av en kombinasjon av deltakende observasjon og intervjuer. ...
Seeing like a state vs. seeing like a local community: the case of dam construction in Nubian homeland, Sudan
(The University of Bergen, 2010-06-18)
The Current research focuses on issue of proposed Kajbar Dam in the context of the Nile in the Sudan. The government of the country is involved in building dam on the part of the Nile that passes through the very north of ...
Kvinners liv og hverdag i Damaskus
(The University of Bergen, 2009)
Denne avhandlingen utforsker hvordan syriske kvinners livssituasjon og hverdag fortoner seg. Under et 6 måneders langt feltarbeid i Damaskus undersøkte jeg informantenes hverdag ved å benytte meg av en kombinasjon av ...
Bløming: stedstilhørighet og tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger
(The University of Bergen, 2013-06-24)
Abstrakt
I denne masteroppgaven har jeg studert stedstilhørighet og reproduksjon av tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger. Ved å kontekstualisere bøndenes arv av odelsgård og overføringen av gården til neste generasjon, viser ...
Christian Charity Work in the Contemporary United States -Volunteering as a practice in Houston, Texas
(The University of Bergen, 2009-06-19)
In my thesis I have looked at the challenges and dilemmas facing volunteers at a Christian charity organizations located in Houston, Texas. Philanthropy and volunteerism, or the non-profit sector, are often used as an ...
Identity, migration and diaspora from the perspectives of French speaking West Africans in Bergen and Oslo – their thoughts and their stories.
(The University of Bergen, 2009)
Identity, migration and diaspora from the perspectives of French speaking West Africans in Bergen and Oslo - their thoughts and their stories.
The research for this thesis has been conducted among the French-speaking ...
To be unemployed is not to be dependent. The politics of narratives surrounding unemployment
(Universitetet i Bergen (UiB), 2013-06-18)
Based on six months of fieldwork in London in the first half of 2012, this thesis aims to understand how unemployment is a situation that is understood in different ways based on political understanding and moral categories. ...
Verdiuttrykk i den tredje alder; selvstendighet, likhet, ansvarlighet og anerkjennelse i de sosiale fellesskapene
(The University of Bergen, 2014-06-20)
Sammendrag
Dette er en antropologisk studie, basert på mitt feltarbeid i Norge, av alderdom og hvilke verdier de eldre har i det jeg kaller den tredje alder; de «unge eldre». Fokuset i min studie har vært å studere hva ...
Rural - Urban Differentiation, Migration and Emerging Educational Inequalities.A case Study of Left-behind Children in Ganqiu Village, Yunnan
(The University of Bergen, 2010-06-28)
Abstract
After China's policy of reform and opening up to the outside world was carried out in the late 1970s, millions of farmers are flocking to China's cities, seeking work with a hope of improving the living standard ...