Inspirert av det faghistoriske skillet mellom funksjonalisme og konfliktteori introduserer og forsvarer denne artikkelen et rammeverk for en positiv sosiologi; en sosiologi om det som fungerer godt i samfunnet. Jeg presenterer og kritiserer først den positive sosiologiens hovedkonkurrent, den kritiske sosiologien, hvorpå jeg lanserer et rammeverk for positiv sosiologi basert på tre pilarer: ...

<p>Hvordan bidrar etnografisk film til antropologisk forståelse? Hva er likheter og forskjeller i perspektiver og metoder i etnografiske filmopptak og en mer konvensjonell antropologi? Film og tekst er to ulike representasjonsformer med ulike styrker og svakheter. Jeg vil her argumentere for at det i møtet mellom den i utgangspunktet tekstbaserte situasjonsanalysen, slik den formuleres av Manchesterskolen, ...

In this paper we explore how post-petroleum security is continually shaped by both the micropolitical practices of everyday life as well as the changing geopolitics of energy landscapes. We focus in particular on the two-decade long struggle over access to hydrocarbon deposits outside the Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja archipelago groups (LoVeSe), and show how local security perspectives permeate ...

I artikkelen undersøkes hvordan bruken av videokamera i feltarbeidssituasjonen kan bidra til å utforske og utvikle tilnærminger til relasjonsbyggingen mellom to ulike arter, menneske og fugl. Empirien er hentet fra ærfuglrøkt på Helgelandskysten, og til en kvinnes arbeid med å bygge opp et nedlagt egg- og dunvær. Hun skal venne ville ærfugler (<i>Somateria mollissima</i>) til mennesker, bygge opp ...

The International Maritime Organization's Polar Code aims at enhancing polar marine environmental protection from vessel‐source pollution. Russia, the largest Arctic coastal State will play an important role in the Code's implementation and further development. This article analyses Russia's positions and decision‐making mode during the negotiations of the Code's environmental measures. Looking at ...

Narratives of globalization, conceived of as large-scale political, economic, and cultural processes flowing from metropolitan centers, often emphasize the loss of tradition and cultural originality in the remote and wild peripheries. All three television programs filmed in the past 10 years in Krasnoshchel’e, a remote Arctic village in Northwest Russia where I did anthropological fieldwork, are ...

<i>Introduction</i>: The inaugural Fulbright Arctic Initiative (FAI) program is moving into its final phases, and FAI scholars are looking towards finding new and continued synergies between their research efforts. The articles in this issue of the Arctic and International Relations Series represent the excellent work done by scholars contributing to the theme of “energy” for the FAI project. ...

The Ju|’hoansi are one of the linguistic and cultural groups in southern Africa known collectively as the San. Like other indigenous groups, they have very low enrollment rates in the formal education system. This article describes one attempt to address these issues for the Ju|’hoansi: The Nyae Nyae Village Schools, in which children are educated in Ju|’hoansi language and live with their families ...

Abstract. Rural Central and Western Africa is losing its population to cities (Adepoju, 2005). The young men described in this article have left poor economic conditions in the Central African Republic for a better life in Cameroon. They are mostly orphans who left their homes before the age of 15 and, through various paths, found their way to Tongo, a Muslim neighbourhood in the centre of the ...

Many rural communities experience new growth through in-migration. In Herøy, Northern Norway, this is a result of increased labour migration in the fishing industry and a comprehensive effort by the municipality to encourage migrant workers to settle there. This paper addresses the ambiguities of creating stability through mobility. Through a case study from Herøy, we explore the complex relations ...