Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning: Recent submissions
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«Vi er jo kommet mye nærmere politikerne, og det var jo ikke slik i Vegvesenet». En eksplorativ casestudie: Betydning av verdier for lederrollen i samferdselsforvaltningen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)Ved å utforske betydninger av verdier for fylkeskommunal lederrolle i samferdselsforvaltningen, søker denne eksplorerende casestudie å identifisere relevante verdier. Samt diskutere en forestilling om en endring av verdisettet i samferdselssektoren - fra et sett enkle verdier til nyere verdier. Samferdselssektoren har vært utsatt for betydelige endringer gjennom ulike reformer og markedsutsettinger. ... -
THE YOUNG EYES ON DOG SLEDDING EVENTS – Themes that contribute to the event experiences of young dog mushers attending Finnmarksløpet 2024
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-08)This qualitative study aims to highlight the themes that contribute to the event experiences of young dog mushers attending dog-sled events. Finnmarksløpet, the longest dog-sledding race in Europe, serves as the focus event and underpins the theory of event experience with real-life examples. Dog mushing is a popular sport in the Arctic, especially in Norway. The associated community is very close-knit ... -
Laughing through the unknown: Implementing humor into guiding work by international students in Alta, Norway
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-14)There can be different views and opinions about what it takes to be a newcomer when travelling for educational or work purposes. Some people can find it fairly uncomfortable when faced with new social norms, languages, rules, and regulations; while others are eager to embrace all challenges and immerse themselves into the new environment. In some sense, I believe, it’s the kernel of exchange students’ ... -
SØR-VARANGER MUNICIPALITY: Security and trust in limbo following the Ukraine war.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)With Russia`s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the bilateral relationship between Norway and Russia reached a new low. Russia is increasingly described as an existential threat. To protect Norwegian national security, sanctions were imposed, cooperation halted, and surveillance capacities strengthened. These measures significantly affected the Norwegian border community of ... -
Why do some quit while others stay? Disengagement from collective action: People's perspectives from the Sri Lankan Uprising of 2022
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Sri Lanka as a post-war developing country within a post-colonial context has been the ground for numerous collective action initiatives such as social movements, protests, and civil disobediences while individuals taking part in different capacities including activism and volunteerism. The 2022 Uprising or ‘Aragalaya’ as known in the local language can be identified as a unique people-led collective ... -
Generational Divides in Okinawa: Perspectives on U.S. Military Presence
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)In the southernmost part of Japan, only 750 kilometres away from Taiwan, Okinawa Island holds approximately 70% of the U.S. military installations in Japan. Okinawans’ antipathy towards the U.S. military bases that have continued to exist from the end of WW2 to the present day, as well as base-related incidents and accidents, continue to be serious problems in the region, even more than 50 years ... -
Singing the Song of Conservation; Influence of Biosecurity on the Indigenous Ngāi Tahu Land within the Mt Aspiring Region
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis is braiding the disciplines of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences, and Environmental Studies by investigating the extent to which the currently implemented biosecurity measures interact with Indigenous peoples’ fundamental rights to self determination and rights to traditional lands. That is done in the context of Ngāi Tahu Tino rangatiratanga within Tititea area (Mt Aspiring ... -
From Empire to Nation? Nationalist Waves and Colonialism in China: A Case Study of Chinese Policies in Xinjiang in Connection to Internal Colonialism
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)The Uyghurs, who are one of the 55 minority groups of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), have for decades experienced strict policies in the region of Xinjiang, in which they are the majority pop- ulation. These policies have focused heavily on encouraged migration of the Chinese ethnic majority, the Han, to Xinjiang where the percentage of the Han in the region rose from 6.2% in 1945 to 39.2% ... -
Exploring the Exceptional Corrections Paradigm: An Analytical Case-Study of the Norwegian Model of Criminal Justice
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-13)The Norwegian model of criminal justice— a facet of the Scandinavian paradigm of alleged exceptionalism, is one of the unique attributes of this Nordic approach to social welfare, with a focus on aspects of normalization and rehabilitation as apparent fundamental principles and guiding philosophies. This study walks the reader through an outsider’s exploration of a case study in Norway, on the premise ... -
‘ Ughą jesedǔdla k’e’ - We work together : The impact of modern treaty First Nations in the Yukon working together on the implementation of the Final and Self-government Agreements
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-12)This master’s thesis examines how modern treaty First Nations in the Yukon (MTFNYs) currently collaborate, and the potential impact of MTFNYs collaborating more on the implementation of the Final and Self-government agreements. It explores how MTFNYs, and non-Indigenous governments (Canada and Yukon) describe the implementation of the agreements; the benefits and obstacles to collaboration according ... -
“Saying You Will Help Is Not Enough” : Exploring Capacity-building Efforts Among San Community-Based Organizations in Botswana
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)The Indigenous San in Botswana, frequently encounter development projects aiming to alleviate socio-economic disparities, often through a conservation-focused framework called Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). However, this framework imposes Western notions of conservation and governance, thereby neglecting the Indigenous knowledge system of the San and their traditional conservation ... -
Impact Assessments and Sámi Self-determination in the Násávárre case: a right or a privilege?
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-11)In 2004 the Chinese company Elkem proposed the construction of a quartz quarry on Násávárre in Rana Municipality, Norway. Their proposition entails severe implications for Norwegian and Swedish Sámi reindeer herding communities, who use the area of the mountain throughout the year. The conflicting interests required an evaluation of said implications. Commissioned by Elkem, Sweco Norway AS conducted ... -
Decolonising Indigenous-state democratic dialogue. An analysis of the Sámi consultation process on the Norwegian Education Act
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-13)This thesis examines the consultation process between the Sámediggi and the Norwegian government regarding the Education Act approved in 2023, adopting the Sámediggi’s perspective. Consultations are a central mechanism in international law for Indigenous peoples to influence decision-making processes and outcomes on matters that may affect their interests and cultures. However, there is a gap between ... -
Samisk i kjernen av norskfaget – dekolonisering gjennom solidarisk lytting
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)I den siste læreplanrevisjonen i det norske læreplanverket som kom i 2020, har samiske tema og perspektiv fått en sentral plass. Gjennom opplæringa skal alle elever få innsikt i samenes historie, språk, kultur, samfunnsliv og rettigheter. Denne vektlegginga har også betydning for norskfaget, og i beskrivelsen av fagets relevans og sentrale verdier står det at faget “skal gi elevene innsikt i den ... -
The effect of perception training on production and perception of English back vowels by German learners
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-30)The present study investigates whether perception training with feedback can improve the production and perception of German native speakers, when they speak English. An online experiment with three training rounds was created, which all participants had to complete. Perception and production performance were tested before and after the training. The quantitative analysis showed no significant ... -
Opplevelsesprodukter. En undersøkelse av hvorvidt opplevelsesprodukter blir bruk av nærområdet
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-11-15)I mars 2020 ble hele Norge snudd på hodet da koronapandemien slo ut og det ble satt i gang en rekke tiltak og nedstenging av landet. Dette førte til at reiselivsnæringen, nesten over natten, ble lagt øde. Alle kultur- og idrettsarrangement ble avlyst, 2 ukers karantene ved innreise til landet, barer, utesteder, og restauranter ble stengt. Titusener av reiser ble avlyst og hotellrom ble brukt til ... -
En studie av gákti. En undersøkelse å se, sy, bære, og tolke gákti i duodji og dáidda
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)Gákti er en sentral rolle i samisk identitet og tilhørighet. Med røtter dypt forankret i samisk kultur og historie formidler gákti samisk stolthet og tradisjon gjennom generasjoner. I tillegg til sin betydning som klesplagg har gákti også funnet veien inn i samtidskunsten, hvor kunstnere som Gjert Rognli og Outi Pieski utforsker gákti sin rolle som et utrykk på identitet og kulturell arv. Tematisk ... -
Samer langs Skagerrak. Frem til 1860-tallet, Oluf Rygh og kulturnasjonalismens inntog: En arkeologisk revurdering av tradisjon og metode i historiefagene i Norge
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-06-02)Denne oppgaven er en arkeologisk (dog tverrfaglig) kritikk og revurdering av stående historiefaglige metoder og tradisjoner, særlig knyttet stedsnavnsgranskning og historisk-/komparativ lingvistikk. Etter 50-år med nye funn, diskusjoner og tolkninger i arkeologifaget (i kombinasjon med en post-kolonialistisk avkledning av tidligere kulturnasjonalistiske utsagn og postulater i forskningslitteraturen) ... -
Mellom dåpsbarn og konfirmant: Hva kan Den norske kirke gjøre for å gjøre dens tilbud mer attraktivt overfor dåpsbarn og deres familier i perioden mellom disse to milepælene?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)Målsetningen med oppgaven har vært: Gjennom å forstå hvordan barnefamilier som velger kirkelig barnedåp tenker om kirken og dens tilbud, identifisere tiltak som kan bidra til at dåpsfamilier i større grad benytter seg av kirkelige tilbud og aktiviteter etter gjennomført dåp. Dette er spesifisert nærmere i to forskningsspørsmål: 1. Hvordan ser foreldre som velger å døpe sine barn i Dnk på kirken, ... -
Med blikk på inkludering: Samtaletrekk og læringsmuligheter i den matematiske samtalen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)Sammendrag Vårt fokus i masteroppgaven er hvordan læreres bruk av samtaletrekk i matematikksamtalen kan bidra til læringsmuligheter for alle. Vi ser på hva som kjennetegner elevenes læringsmuligheter og undersøker elevenes opplevelse av å være inkludert i matematikksamtalen når samtaletrekk benyttes. I det teoretiske rammeverket presenterer vi teori om matematiske samtaler og samtaletrekk, samt ...