A-13/18 Norway
I Renewable Energy and Landscape Quality, (eds.) Roth et al. S. 68-71
Les merA-12/18 The beat of the mountain: a transdisciplinary rhythmanalysis of temporal landscapes
This article discusses how studying rhythms can help us better understand and manage spatiotemporal tensions in social-ecological landscapes, highlighting the potential of rhythmanalysis as a tool for crossing scientific and methodological borders. The empirical material is from a study of human and non-human users and uses of the highly valued Dovrefjell mountain area in Norway,…
Les merA-11/18 Contested wind energy: Discourses on energy impacts and their significance for energy justice in Fosen
I Szolucha, A. (ed.) Energy, Resource Extraction and Society. Impacts and Contested Futures. Routledge 2018: 140-158.
Les merA-10/18 Adaptive biodiversity management of semi-natural hay meadows: The case of West-Norway
Worldwide semi-natural habitats of high biological value are in decline. Consequently, numerous AgriEnvironment Schemes (AESs) intended to halt biodiversity loss within these habitats have been implemented. One approach has been the application of “adaptive management”, where scientific knowledge is applied alongside the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of stakeholders in order to establish an integrated approach…
Les merA-19/17 Prosjekt ENGKALL: Tilpasset skjøtsel av verdifulle slåtteenger
Blyttia : Norsk botanisk forenings tidsskrift Volume 75 Hefte 4, s.209-216
Les merA-9/18 Farmland conversion to fight climate change? Resource hierarchies, discursive power and ulterior motives in land use politics
In December 2013, local politicians celebrated with a champagne toast as the municipality of Trondheim received permission from the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation to develop 110 ha (272 acres) of high quality farmland for housing and business. The primary reason for this decision was the promotion of a more climate-friendly city. The land in…
Les merA-8/18 Gøy på landet? Betydningen av lokale trekk for innvandreres bosetting i rurale kommuner
Sterk konsentrasjon av innvandrere i lukkede byområder ses som en stor utfordring for integrering i Europa og Norge. Segregering og radikalisering framholdes ofte som mulige konsekvenser av en slik utvikling. I tillegg vil en mer spredt bosetting av innvandrere gi muligheter til å bevare bosetting og å styrke distriktene. Med dette som bakteppe undersøker denne…
Les merA-7/18 Making occupational health and safety training relevant for farmers: Evaluation of an introductory course in occupational health and safety in Norway
Agriculture is a hazardous industry, with a high frequency of injuries. As agriculture is an industry mostly consisting of small enterprises, it may be difficult to prevent injuries. In Norway, an OHS course is available for farmers. This study aims to evaluate this course. The evaluation is a prospective exploratory case study evaluation using qualitative…
Les merA-6/18 Ageing in Norwegian rural and urban communities
I denne artikkelen sammenlignes eldres levekår og livskvalitet i bygd og by. Den undersøker hvor tilfredse de eldre er med tilgang til ulike tjenester og deres sosiale deltakelse i lokalsamfunnet. Artikkelen bygger på data fra to nasjonale undersøkelser av innbyggerne i norske kommuner. Den fokuserer på eldres levekår og ulike velferdsindikatorer; tilgang til ulike ressurser…
Les merA-5/18 Zwischen Überfluss und Mangel: Einblicke in die Reparatur städtischer Infrastrukturen am Beispiel der Wasserversorgung in Dar es Salaam
I Stefan Krebs, Gabriele Schabacher & Heike Weber (red.) Kulturen des Reparierens Dinge – Wissen – Praktiken. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, s. 121-140
Les merA-4/18 The importance of the advisor’s relational and professional competence and formal power in meetings with farmers
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore how advisors’ relational and professional competence influences inter-subjectivity and farmers’ perceptions of farm visits in a setting where advisors have formal power. Methodology: Advisors from the dairy company Tine, which is owned by farmers in collaboration, visit farmers at least once a year. The aim of…
Les merA-3/18 The importance of gender roles and relations in rural agricultural technology development: a case study on solar fruit drying in Mozambique
Many agricultural technology interventions that aim to improve farmers’ livelihoods focus on households as the unit of analysis and ignore gender roles that entail different benefits and costs for different household members. Agricultural projects have shown limited success where gender roles and relations were ignored and thus more gender sensitive research is needed in agricultural…
Les merA-2/18 Facilitating integrated agricultural technology development through participatory research
Purpose: In this paper, we discuss the role of participatory research in integrated agricultural technology development using the example of a solar fruit drying project in Mozambique. Design/methodology/approach: We engage in seven participatory exercises with groups of farmers from two farmers’ associations in Inharrime district in Mozambique to identify their needs for solar fruit drying…
Les merA-18/17 It’s Not Always about Growth! Development Dynamics and Management in Food Businesses and Chains
Growing small and medium-sized food enterprises (SMEs) face specific challenges, especially when they aim to maintain a higher quality of products and processes. While growing, they tend to converge either towards niche markets or mainstream commodity markets, and as a result sacrifice higher quality and value.
Les merA-20/17 Introduction Contemporary food practices. Spaces of food production and consumption
International Review of Social Research. Volume 7: Issue 2
Les merA-1/18 Traditional Ecological Knowledge from the internet? The case of hay meadows in Europe
Within Europe concerns are rising for the loss of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) as agricultural communities continue to abandon traditional practices. TEK consists of a cumulative body of knowledge, practice and belief concerning environmental management (specifically agricultural management in Europe) that supposedly developed through generations of interaction between local communities and their environment. However, being…
Les merA-17/17 The Role of Public Land Use Planning in Facilitating Conservation on Private Land
The provision of landscape-level public goods, such as scenery or adequate wildlife habitat, requires coordination amongst many landowners whose private decisions can, in the aggregate, produce outcomes with which they themselves are unhappy. This has certainly been the case in the US state of Vermont, where a strong public preference for landscape conservation has been…
Les merA-16/17 Agricultural modernization and sustainable agriculture: contradictions and complementarities
This paper explores the relations between agricultural modernization and sustainable agriculture. The point of departure is the observable decrease in the sustainability and social–ecological resilience of agricultural and food systems. We ask where, precisely, the notions of agricultural modernization and agricultural sustainability contradict each other. In more concrete terms we ask what forms of modernization…
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