“Fremmede Ting”. Om bondegårdens inventar og købmænds og markedsfolks varer i det 18. århundredes Nordvestsjælland.

Forfatteren, der er etnolog og var museumsinspektør på Stenstrup Museum, undersøger, om bøndernes forbrug af varer, de ikke selv kunne fremstille, konkret afspejler sig i gårdenes inventar.Derfor har han systematisk undersøgt skifterne fra landsbyen Hølkerup (Egebjerg sogn, Ods herred). Specielt med hensyn til beklædning (især kvindernes) er det tydeligt, at meget er fremstillet ikke alene uden for Ods Herred men også uden for Danmark, og altså må være betalt med varer eller penge. Han har også set på handelslivet i den nærliggende Købstad, Nykøbing SjællandKonklusionen bliver, at ”bondehusholdene i det gamle samfund ikke har været så isolerede, som eftertiden ofte har beskrevet dem.

Hotspot crowding and over-tourism: Antecedents of destination attractiveness

This study develops a unique model capturing antecedents of place attractiveness in tourism hotspot crowding contexts. A structural equation model reveals three density dimensions: one destination image variable and two avoidance versus approach reactions that influence assessments of crowding attitude and destination appraisals. Perceived density dimensions affect destination appraisals with varying intensities and valences. Both positive and negative sentiments are present – the former as excitement, fun and conviviality resulting from peoplewatching and socialising, and the latter as discomfort and resentment resulting from personal space violations and reduced feelings of uniqueness. Many tourist types are included in this study in historic town centres and villages in iconic fjord landscapes in Norway. Cruise passengers are more crowding tolerant than self-organised travellers.publishedVersio

Exploring length of stay: International tourism in south-western Norway

This article explored length of stay (LOS) in the context of tour planning, to assess as to whether LOS can be increased. LOS is an important parameter for tourism destination management, at the same time as evidence have suggested that LOS is declining on a global scale. The study was based on responses from 1592 foreign leisure travellers in south-western Norway, a region dominated by round-trips. The study uniquely explored aspects that influenced visitor planning of length of stay, finding that perceptions of time ‘needed’ for desired activities is the most important aspect of holiday duration planning, followed by limitations in the number of vacation days, holiday budgets and accommodation-related considerations. Visitors with a focus on the region, those with their own vehicles and those emphasising outdoor recreation and/or landscape sightseeing were likely to have longer stays. Findings suggested that destinations have potential to increase LOS. The paper additionally reflected on how identification of tourist segments with flexible time frames can contribute to destination management focused on LOS.publishedVersio

Traditional and professional birth attendants influence on womens decisions of birth place and type of birth assistance : a qualitative study in Tanga District, Tanzania

Author's version of an article in the journal: Nordisk Sygeplejeforskning. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.idunn.no/ts/nsf/2012/01/art02Almost half of all Tanzanian women deliver at home, alone, assisted by family members or traditional birth attendants. The aim of this article was to expand existing knowledge on how pregnant and laboring women's preferences and decisions of birth place and type of assistance are influenced. A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews, with two traditional birth attendants and one midwife, and a participatory observation was conducted at a health clinic in Tanga District, Tanzania. It was found that the interaction between pregnant women and birth attendants is significant to the womenZs preferences and choice of birth place and type of assistance during labor. The traditional birth attendants have a high social position and are available in the villages. The financial burden attached to a professionally attended birth is at the same time reduced with the choice of a home delivery. It appears that scarcity of recourses within the maternal care reinforces ethical dilemmas and negative behavior among health personnel, which influence women's preferences of birth place and assistance in labor and consequently maternal health and safety

Imagining post-fossil tourism mobilities with Norwegian tourists

Sustainable mobility has become a catch-all term to describe forms, modes, policies and practices of mobility that are thought to have a lower environmental footprint and/or fewer social exclusions than the contemporary mobility system which is reliant on fossil fuels and private ownership. As a result, its main application has been in urban mobility contexts, often focused on everyday commuting journeys. In this paper we re-visit sustainable mobilities through the lens of tourism sustainabilities, a concept that opens space for multiple, contingent operations of sustainability for tourism mobilities. We draw empirically from qualitative interviews with 26 residents from Oslo (Norway) undertaken in 2020 to answer two questions: (1) How are tourism sustainabilities imagined and enacted by residents of the Oslo region, Norway, and (2) What (re)imaginings of tourism sustainabilities are made possible? Attentive to the sociomaterial nature of tourism sustainabilities and drawing from critical sustainabilities scholarship, we present three enactments of tourism mobilities: Forming sustainabilities; Fragmenting sustainabilities; Fracturing sustainabilities, and three (re)imaginings: Stripped Back; Having a Go; Stuck in the Mud. The social geographies of tourism mobilities are made visible, and these open space for an expansive reading of sustainable mobilities which may enable deeper understandings of the possibilities for alternative forms of mobility in a climate constrained world

Travel discontinuities, enforced holidaying-at-home and alternative leisure travel futures after COVID-19

Jens Kr. Steen Jacobsen, Eivind Farstad, James Higham, Debbie Hopkins & Iratxe Landa-Mata (2023) Travel discontinuities, enforced holidaying-at-home and alternative leisure travel futures after COVID-19, Tourism Geographies, 25:2-3, 615-633, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2021.1943703The paralysis of global tourism caused by COVID-19 made it possible to conduct a unique and nearly real-time online survey to investigate adaptations and reactions to sudden severe leisure travel restrictions among residents in the Oslo metropolitan area of Norway during the 2020 Easter/spring holiday period. Stress relief, socialising, social bonds and discoveries of local recreation options were important home holiday experiences. Vacation challenges under lockdown included few opportunities for novelty and the chance of liminoid situations – reversal or bracketing of everyday routine existence. The enforced Easter staycation advanced reflections on impending leisure travel, indicating limited opportunities to boost future low-carbon near-home Easter holiday experiences. Path dependencies towards second homes and spatially stretched social obligations, as well as emphasis on freedom of movement, ostensibly constrain vacation travel habit discontinuities at this time of the year.publishedVersio

Squaring the energy efficiency circle: evaluating industry energy efficiency policy in a hybrid model setting

Improving energy efficiency within the industry will play a central role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels. Nevertheless, the ex-ante evaluation of energy-efficiency policies largely remains an unresolved challenge. Understood within a theoretical economic framework, the root of the challenge is the simultaneity and interaction between three primary effects: an activity, a price, and a technical effect. This paper demonstrates how the IntERACT model, a Danish hybrid model, captures each effect and their interactions endogenously. The paper finds that a specific energy efficiency policy leads to an additional reduction in industrial energy use of around 5% in the year 2030, of which a policy-induced reduction in the energy efficiency gap accounts for half. The results reflect a total rebound effect of 12.5% and an implied elasticity of energy service demand of 16 around 15% across industrial sectors