Blar i forfatter "Maurstad, Anita"

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    • Barn Banter: An Exploration of Anthropomorphism and ‘Equine-o-morphism’ as Agency 

      Davis, Dona Lee; Maurstad, Anita; Dean, Sarah (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)
      Barn banter describes and analyzes the sardonic and whimsical verbal exchanges of humor as they function both to develop an elaborated sense of imaginative camaraderie, and to typify constructions of personhood, mutuality and community among horses and those who ride with them in three contemporary South Dakota boarding barns. Although a broad literature on the anthropomorphism of animals, including ...

    • Museumsaktivisme for hestevelferd. Om kunnskapsforbindelser mellom Weary Willie på sydpolekspedisjon i 1911 og Saint Boy i De olympiske leder i 2021 

      Maurstad, Anita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-08)
      The article argues that we legitimise the use of nature through cultural nature rationales. We adapt our understanding of nature to how we want to use it in a cultural sense. The material for the discussion is equine husbandry, using a past and contemporary perspective. The treatment of the horses that Robert Falcon Scott brought with him on his south pole expedition in 1910–1912, and the treatment ...

    • Sjarkfiske og ressursforvaltning 

      Maurstad, Anita (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 1997-11-07)
      <p>Med utgangspunkt i feltarbeid fra fiskevær i Troms, samt intervjuer med flere fiskere i Troms og Finnmark, drøfter jeg det nordnorske sjarkfisket i lys av to motstridende teorier om ressurshøsting og -regulering. Den ene sier at små enheter er mer ressursvennlige enn store. I småskalaproduksjon finnes innebygde begrensninger i produksjonsmåten, dels fordi vi står ovenfor husholdsbasert produksjon ...

    • Whips in Horse-Human Relations 

      Maurstad, Anita (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)
      Most people, and some animals, are familiar with the whip’s properties. As a material object, it is a little thin stick. In the hands of a human, it can inflict fear and pain. Knowledge about pain qualities is deeply embedded in most human cultures. Its bare presence is often enough to scare and raise concerns about abuse. As such, the whip has tremendous powers – human use through thousands of ...