Nordic Master in Friluftsliv Studies: Recent submissions
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“Dancing with the land”: Perspectives on teaching and learning with the land in Nordic education
(Master thesis, 2024)This master thesis aims to explore a land-responsive educational approach that combines traditional and modern knowledge within a Nordic context. From the perspective of teacher educators, the research project focuses on ... -
Understanding Contemporary Pilgrimage as a Social Practice: A Camino de Santiago Case Study
(Master thesis, 2024)This paper examines the increasingly popular pilgrimage, Camino de Santiago de Compostela, through a social practice theoretical lens. The surging popularity has changed what it means to do the Camino and the way people ... -
Becoming-climbed-rock (A relational materialist reading of outdoor rock climbing)
(Master thesis, 2024)Outdoor rock climbing – a human practice aimed at mastering the rock face? A battle? An embodied practice in conversation with the landscape? A relationship between climber and rock? A practice deeply embedded in an agentic ... -
Pupils and their Places
(Master thesis, 2024)In an age characterized by industrialization, globalization and accelerated travel, the importance of our immediate surroundings often goes unnoticed. The local environment in which we live and with which we interact on a ... -
The sublime, ecocentrism & friluftsliv
(Master thesis, 2024)The anthropogenic effects of climate change and environmental degradation are well-known, and the trajectory of ways of living responsible for this decline must evolve to avoid destruction of the hapless – human and non-human ... -
“And it’s just to you, it’s not to him, right?”
(Master thesis, 2023)The outdoor leadership field has historically been male-dominated; while there have been positive developments over the past decades, women still face gender-related challenges. This research project explores the challenges ... -
A qualitative study on Greek immigrants' perceptions of Friluftsliv and the factors affecting their participation in it
(Master thesis, 2023)Immigration and outdoor engagement have received a lot of attention in recent years. Participation in the outdoors, especially in Norway, is essential for all people. It improves their physical, mental, and to a greater ... -
It is all about (re)production. A study about eight teachers' perception of the knowledge mission of friluftsliv in compulsory school in Sweden
(Master thesis, 2023)The teaching of friluftsliv in Swedish schools is being questioned by both the Swedish School Inspectorate and researchers. Friluftsliv education within Swedish compulsory schools seems to either be under-represented, where ... -
Storytelling and connection to nature. Storytelling as way for a deep and meaningful connection to nature
(Master thesis, 2023)In a world where success is measured by how much material someone owns, and how much more they can make. It Has become rare that People have any time to stop and enjoy nature around them. And if it does happen and people ... -
Guiding tourism on Svalbard: A place-responsive pedagogical approach
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis explores the potential of applying a place-responsive pedagogy to the tourism sector on Svalbard. It addresses the need for a guiding framework which shapes how tourists engage and interact with the ... -
Educating Place-Responsive Pedagogical Assistants
(Master thesis, 2023)Background: The development of outdoor education has been moving in a questionable direction for a long time. A focus on technical skills and elements of risk, where the landscape becomes a backdrop for human activities, ... -
Sauna and Ice-bathing in Enabling and Disabling 'Blue spaces'
(Master thesis, 2023)This study contributes to a body of research on health-enhancing 'blue spaces' by elaborating on the optimal conditions for promoting physical activity at the coast, what makes 'blue spaces' attractive for spending leisure ... -
The mojo of microadventures
(Master thesis, 2023)Overnight microadventure! Sounds exciting? Tiny? Fun? Wild? What are the mental images popping up in your mind? Microadventure is a new term for a phenomenon that has existed for a long time but has gained momentum again ... -
Elements of nature: Exploring Energiverket participants’ outdoors experiences from an Actor–Network theory perspective
(Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis, the outdoor experiences of participants at Energiverket were explored. The data collected underwent analysis through the lens of Bruno Latour's Actor-Network theory (ANT) and was subsequently connected to ... -
Greenlandic seasonal knowledge as outdoor education
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis aims to gain insight into outdoor education in Greenland and how seasonal knowledge is implemented through outdoor activities at a Greenlandic folk high school. In the context of globalization and a ... -
“Care for nature doesn’t just happen” - Perspectives on care for nature in Norwegian teacher education
(Master thesis, 2022)This master thesis explores how teacher educators with a background in nature- and friluftsliv-based education work to nurture care for nature in Norwegian programs. It responds to previous research pointing to the important ... -
The Friluftsliv Experience - Combining sociocultural and phenomenological analysis in outdoor research
(Master thesis, 2022)As the conclusive thesis of the Nordic Friluftsliv master at the University of South-Eastern Norway, this paper aims at combining two different basic understandings of the friluftsliv experience. Following a group of five ... -
“Legitimised by risk” - A qualitative study of mountaineering-parents justification of risk
(Master thesis, 2022)This master’s thesis sought to explore the personal justifications of parents in high-risk mountain-based jobs, the factors that influence this justification, and whether risk willingness changes when becoming a parent. ... -
Why hiking solo?
(Master thesis, 2022)This master´s thesis explores the rationales of why people hike solo, why it gives meaning to practitioners, and which key drivers there are for solo hiking? Previous finding suggests categories of meaning constructions ... -
“Open the doors” A study of teachers' experiences after participating in a place-based education course
(Master thesis, 2022)Outdoor education is not compulsory in school education in Iceland and outdoor settings are used to a small extent as part of teaching and learning methods. The aim of this study has been to explore teachers' experiences ...