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Når spiritualitet blir kroppslig: Personer i det norske alternativmiljøet forteller om oppvåkningsopplevelser og psykologisk transformasjon
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Spiritual awakening is becoming a common phenomenon in alternative spiritual communities and is no longer exclusive to a small elite of religious saints and disciples. There is limited research on spiritual experiences ... -
Norges første trykte bøker. Nidarosprovinsens siste
(Journal article, 2019)Bokåret 2019 har vært en nasjonal feiring av boken, lesingen og leserne. Årsaken til all denne bokoppmerksomheten er femhundreårsjubileet for to katolske bøker utgitt i 1519, de første trykte bøkene på norsk oppdrag. -
Norwegian Teacher Educators' Attentiveness to Democracy and their Practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The aim of the study is to gain insight into teacher educators‟ attentiveness to democracy, i.e. how they understand democracy and how they describe their own practices of instilling democratic competencies and values in ... -
Olav Haraldssons bilde i den moderne verden Gustav Vigeland's image of St Olaf
(Chapter, 2019)Arven etter Gustav Vigeland er mangfoldig og betydningsfull i både en nasjonal og internasjonal sammenheng. Men blant de mindre kjente elementene i produksjonen hans er arbeidene han utførte mens han var tilknyttet ... -
Olavian Traces in Post-Medieval England
(Chapter, 2020)In 1918 Sir James Bird, clerk to the London County Council, mournfully noted that if the church of St Olave, Southwark, was destroyed and its parish abolished, it would mark the end of an almost nine-hundred-year-long ... -
On dragons and elephants: Religion in domestic and international tourism in China and India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This introductory essay explores some of the commonalities and differences that emerge from reading this thematic issue on religion and tourism in China and India. Economic growth has led to an explosion in domestic tourism ... -
On the Coattails of Empire: Norway and Imperial Internationalism in the Time of the League of Nations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The popular perception concerning Norway's particular commitment to peace and impartiality in international politics has from time to time been bracketed by the fact that the country has no colonial past. Such an understanding ... -
Openness in Scandinavian Classrooms: Student Perceptions of Teaching Practices and High Achievers of Civic Knowledge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)In this paper, we explore how teaching practices in classrooms influence students’ civic knowledge achievement in three Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Using data from the 2009 International Civic and ... -
Oppfolging - Young peoples’ own stories about dropping out in Norway: An indirect qualitative approach.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Mye forskning om skoleavbrudd i videregående opplæring ser på risikofaktorer, som sosio-økonomisk bakgrunn, grunnskolepoeng og kjønn, og kan derfor sies å fokusere på individuelle og strukturelle faktorer. Artikkelen ... -
Outcomes from international teaching placements – what’s in it for the receiving side? A case of Norwegian preservice teachers in Indian schools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)International teaching placements are offered to students in many Initial Teacher Education institutions. The outcomes for preservice teachers in these international settings are widely researched and debated, but few ... -
Paradoxes of (In)security and Moral Regeneration in Vanuatu and Beyond
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article examines some paradoxical intersections of fear, security, and morality on Ahamb Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. I take as my ethnographic vantage point a child-led Christian revival movement that ... -
A phenomenology of intra-play for sustainability research within heritage landscapes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this article, we explore a phenomenology of intra-play for sustainability research, integral to the processes of transforming both cultural and natural heritage landscapes. Such processes are studied as active - always ... -
Pierre Bourdieu, #metoo og strukturperspektivets revansje
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Pierre Bourdieu, #metoo and the revanche of the structural perspective. Research on sexual harassment in the 1990s was not recognized. There was a lack of cultural resonance against sexual harassment. We discuss why there ... -
Policy Processes that led to Norway’s first Master in Career Guidance in 2014
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Artikkelen beskriver og forklarer hvordan et masterprogram i karriereveiledning ble igangsatt i Norge i 2014. Gjennom en kombinasjon av historisk metode og refleksiv tematisk analyse søker vi å belyse hvordan tre viktige ... -
Political-ideological normativity in Norwegian primary and lower secondary social studies education: An analysis of current learning objectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With some degree of regularity, Norwegian authorities revise the curricula across all subjects within primary and lower secondary education, including social studies. In 2019, the most recent revision of this subject was ... -
Polyhedron of Powers, Displacements, Socio-Spatial Negotiations and Residents’ Everyday Experiences in a “Pacified” Favela
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article discusses longitudinal ethnographic research conducted in Rio de Janeiro from 2011 to 2018. I draw on Foucault’s concept of dispositif and employ his term polyhedron to analyze three different facets of the ... -
Power, Vulnerability, and the Effects of COVID-19 on Migrants Held by the Detention Industry in the United States
(Chapter, 2022)Violations of the human rights of migrants start with a policy of widespread detention, followed by degrading conditions in detention centers, which are gravely impacted by COVID-19, adding to a picture of systemic breaches ... -
Preserving Churches for Future Generations: Central values in Swedish Policies on Church Heritage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Religious buildings in self-identified secular states are often treated as heritage objects within the context of a narrative of secularization, a narrative in which religion becomes a part of the past. In this paper, the ... -
Preventing harmful sexual behavior in primary schools: Barriers and solutions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Schools are recognized as crucial stakeholders in preventing and combating public health problems such as sexual violence and abuse. While prevention efforts have often focused on safeguarding children from ... -
Privacy in Early Childhood Education and Care: The Management of Family Information in Parent–Teacher Conferences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Families have a right to privacy, but we know little about how the public–private boundary is negotiated at the micro level in educational settings. Adopting ethnomethodology, the paper examines how talk about the home ...