Kenyon Collegian - December 8, 1936

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The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami

This open access book is a novel contribution in two ways: It is a multi-disciplinary examination of the indigenous South Saami people in Fennoscandia, a social and cultural group that often is overlooked as it is a minority within the Saami minority. Based on both historical material such as archaeological evidence, 20th century newspapers, and postcard motives as well as current sources such as ongoing land-right trials and recent works of historiography, the articles highlight the culture and living conditions of this indigenous group, mapping the negotiations of different identities through the interaction of Saami and non-Saami people through the ages. By illuminating this under-researched field, the volume also enriches the more general debate on global indigenous history, and sheds light on the construction of a Scandinavian identity and the limits of the welfare state and the myth of heterogeneity and equality

Sources to the history of gardening

The aim of the Nordic Network for the Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Gardening (NTAA), as it was phrased those first days in Alnarp in the beginning of March 2010, is to: ”bring researchers together from different disciplines to discuss the history, archaeology, archaeobotany and cultivation of gardens and plants”. We had no idea, then, how widely appreciated this initiative would become. The fifth seminar in five years was held on Visingsö June 1-3, 2014 and the sixth seminar will take place in Kristiansand, Norway, June 12-14, 2015. We are very pleased to be able to publish this report, Sources to the History of Gardening: Four Interdisciplinary Seminars 2010–2013, Arranged By the Nordic Network for the Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Gardening (NTAA), based on the first four themes and seminars, in total 26 articles. Most of them origins from one of the seminar contributions 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively. However, the editorial group has taken the opportunity, with the aim of the network in mind, to add supplementing contributions on some subjects. The articles are arranged in four themes according to the themes of the seminars. The first theme Archaeological Sources to the History of Gardens and the Cultural Landscape is linked to the first seminar in Alnarp, Sweden, 2010 which had a focus on method, the important connections between archaeology and archaeobotany and the interesting progress within garden archaeology during the last decade. The second theme Cabbage Patches and Kitchen Gardens deals with the second seminar in Norrköping, Sweden, 2011. Its focus was on historical, cultural geographical, archaeological and archaeobotanical research concerning utility gardens or kitchen gardens as well as the concept ‘kålgård’ (cabbage patch or kale yard), its shape and content over time. The third theme Cultural and Garden plants: Under Ground, Above Ground, In Herbariums and Archives connects to the third seminar in Uppsala, Sweden, 2012. It focused on sources, source criticism and interdisciplinary research to gain knowledge on the history of garden cultivation and cultural plants. The articles discuss, among other things, herbariums, written sources, DNA and molecular markers, pollen analysis and georadar. The fourth theme for NTAA’s annual seminar was Cultural Relict Plants and was held on Bornholm, Denmark, 2013. The focus on the seminar was on research and conservation of cultural relict plants, that is cultural plants which have survived in the same place for a long time after the actual cultivation has ceased. We dedicate this report to Kjell Lundquist (1955-2011) who were one of the initiators to this network and we hope it will inspire continuous research and new methodological discussions

Källor till trädgårdsodlingens historia

Syftet med Nordiskt nätverk för Trädgårdens Arkeologi och Arkeobotanik (NTAA), som det formulerades de där första dagarna på Alnarp i början på mars 2010, är att: ”sammanföra forskare från olika ämnesområden för att tvärvetenskapligt diskutera växternas och trädgårdsodlingens historia, arkeologi och arkeobotanik”. Ingen av oss anade då hur uppskattat nätverket skulle bli, men faktum är att 2014 hölls det femte seminariet i NTAA på lika många år, den gången på Visingsö, 1-3 juni och 12-14 juni 2015 äger det sjätte seminariet rum i Kristiansand i Norge. Särskilt glädjande är det att vi nu kan publicera en rapport, Källor till trädgårdsodlingens historia: fyra tvärvetenskapliga seminarier 2010–2013 arrangerade av Nordiskt Nätverk för Trädgårdens Arkeologi och Arkeobotanik (NTAA), som baseras på de fyra första årens teman och bidrag. Inte mindre än 26 artiklar har det blivit. De flesta har sitt ursprung i ett föredrag på något av seminarierna 2010, 2011, 2012 respektive 2013, men redaktionsgruppen har även tagit sig friheten att med nätverkets syfte i minnet be ytterligare några forskare om bidrag i några ämnen som vi gärna ville också skulle behandlas. Artiklarna i skriften är indelade efter fyra teman som i princip är knutna till de olika årens seminarier. Det första temat Arkeologins källor till trädgårdarnas och kulturlandskapets historia har anknytning till det första seminariet på Alnarp 2010 och fokuserar framförallt på metod, på det viktiga samarbetet mellan arkeologi och arkeobotanik, och på de intressanta framsteg som gjorts inom ämnet trädgårdsarkeologi under det senaste decenniet. Det andra temat Kålgårdar och Köksträdgårdar har anknytning till det andra seminariet i Norrköping 2011 och fokus ligger här på historisk, kulturgeografisk, arkeologisk och arkeobotanisk forskning kring nyttoträdgårdar, samt på benämningen kålgård och dess innehåll och former genom tiderna. Det tredje temat Kultur- och trädgårdsväxter: under mark, på mark, i herbarier och arkiv är knutet till det tredje seminariet i Uppsala 2012. Artiklarna är återigen fokuserade på källor, källkritik, tvärvetenskaplighet och olika forskningsmetoder att komma åt trädgårdsodlingens och kulturväxternas historia. Bland annat diskuteras herbarier, skriftliga källor, DNA och molekylära markörer, pollenanalys och georadar. Det fjärde temat för NTAAs årliga seminarium var kulturreliktväxter och hölls på Bornholm 2013. Seminariets fokus låg på forskning om och bevarande av kulturreliktväxter, det vill säga kvarstående kulturväxter som under speciellt gynnsamma omständigheter kan leva kvar på en plats långt efter att den egentliga odlingen upphört. Vi tillägnar denna rapport Kjell Lundquist (1955-2011) som var en av initiativtagarna till nätverket och vi hoppas att den skall inspirera till fortsatt forskning och nya metoddiskussioner

Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway

This book compares perspectives on gender equality in Norway and Japan, focusing on family, education, media, and sexuality and reproduction as seen through a gendered lens. What can we learn from a comparison between two countries who stand in significant contrast to each other with respect to gender equality? Norway and Japan differ in terms of historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Most importantly, Japan lags far behind Norway when it comes to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report. Rather than taking a narrow approach that takes as its starting point the assumption that Norway has so much ‘more’ to offer in terms of gender equality, the authors attempt to show that a comparative perspective of two countries in the West and East can be of mutually benefit to both contexts in the advancement of gender equality. The interdisciplinary team of researchers contributing to this book cover a range of contemporary topics in gender equality, including fatherhood and masculinity, teaching and learning in gender studies education, cultural depictions of gender, trans experiences and feminism. This unique collection is suitable for researchers and students of gender studies, sociology, anthropology, Japan studies and European studies

Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway

This book compares perspectives on gender equality in Norway and Japan, focusing on family, education, media, and sexuality and reproduction as seen through a gendered lens. What can we learn from a comparison between two countries who stand in significant contrast to each other with respect to gender equality? Norway and Japan differ in terms of historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Most importantly, Japan lags far behind Norway when it comes to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report. Rather than taking a narrow approach that takes as its starting point the assumption that Norway has so much ‘more’ to offer in terms of gender equality, the authors attempt to show that a comparative perspective of two countries in the West and East can be of mutually benefit to both contexts in the advancement of gender equality. The interdisciplinary team of researchers contributing to this book cover a range of contemporary topics in gender equality, including fatherhood and masculinity, teaching and learning in gender studies education, cultural depictions of gender, trans experiences and feminism. This unique collection is suitable for researchers and students of gender studies, sociology, anthropology, Japan studies and European studies

Vondt, valdsamt, vedvarande. Teoretiske perspektiv på traume og traumelitteratur, og litterære analysar av Herbjørg Wassmos Huset med den blinde glassveranda, Per Pettersons I kjølvannet og Brit Bildøens Sju dagar i august

Painful, violent, insidious. Theoretical perspectives on trauma and trauma literature, and literary analyses of Herbjørg Wassmo’s House with the blind glass windows, Per Petterson’s In the wake and Brit Bildøen’s Seven days in August Literary trauma studies examine how literature deals with different aspects of trauma and is characterized by a theoretical and thematical orientation towards trauma as a complex phenomenon and concept. Researchers within the field have a shared focus on questions of how various traumatic experiences, individual and collective, challenge language and how literature depict traumatic events and the effects of trauma. The field is developing rapidly and it is characterized by theoretical tensions, allowing a number of potential theoretical positions. Thus, this thesis follows a dual path. In the theoretical section, I discuss and define the concept of trauma, and questions regarding the relationship between trauma, language and literature, and I reflect on how cultural context influences how trauma is understood and interpreted. This theoretical discussion concludes in favour of an adoption of a flexible definition of trauma, to include a multitude of aesthetic forms, and to take the cultural context into consideration when analyzing trauma literature. This argument forms the theoretical foundation for my reading of trauma literature in this thesis, which I have used to analyze three contemporary Norwegian novels: Herbjørg Wassmo’s House with the blind glass windows, Per Petterson’s In the wake and Brit Bildøen’s Seven days in August. The central aim of the thesis is to contribute to new insights into the knowledge on the three novels, through three literary analyses in light of the forementioned theoretical discussions. The main focus of my literary analyses is on the literary depiction of the different traumas, both individual and collective, and on how collective traumas – the German occupation of Norway (in Wassmo’s novel), the arson fire on board the ship Scandinavian Star (in Petterson’s novel) and the terror attack on Oslo and Utøya (in Bildøen’s novel) – impact the individual and the collective. In addition, I have analyzed how the novels create literary configurations of these collective traumatic events of the past. This last approach, inspired by cultural memory studies, enables a comparison of how the three novels combine different modes of configuration, and how they challenge dominant narratives about the events.publishedVersio

Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway

This book compares perspectives on gender equality in Norway and Japan, focusing on family, education, media, and sexuality and reproduction as seen through a gendered lens. What can we learn from a comparison between two countries who stand in significant contrast to each other with respect to gender equality? Norway and Japan differ in terms of historical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Most importantly, Japan lags far behind Norway when it comes to the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report. Rather than taking a narrow approach that takes as its starting point the assumption that Norway has so much ‘more’ to offer in terms of gender equality, the authors attempt to show that a comparative perspective of two countries in the West and East can be of mutually benefit to both contexts in the advancement of gender equality. The interdisciplinary team of researchers contributing to this book cover a range of contemporary topics in gender equality, including fatherhood and masculinity, teaching and learning in gender studies education, cultural depictions of gender, trans experiences and feminism. This unique collection is suitable for researchers and students of gender studies, sociology, anthropology, Japan studies and European studies