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Nordic Reindeer Husbandry Conference 2025, 12-14 February, Alta, Norway: Reindeer Husbandry in an unpredictable future
No full textClimate change, increasing land use pressures on the use of land, challenges and necessary adaptation are factors that lead to uncertainty for reindeer husbandry in the future. In collaboration with NKJ (The Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research) and RUF (Reindriftens utviklingsfond), NIBIO (Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy) invites to a reindeer husbandry conference at Scandic Hotel Alta, 12th – 14th February 2025. The main topics of the conference are climate change and challenges of current and future land use. The conference will be divided into two parts: Part 1 (12th – 13th February) is mainly for researchers and is held in English but is also open to others. Part 2 (13th – 14th February) targets reindeer herders, administration/management and researchers, but others with an interest in reindeer husbandry can participate. Translation will be provided
Fictional games as parody: Analysing the fictional game of Box Peek as parody of the animated series of transmedial gaming franchises
No full textThis paper conducts a textual analysis of the animated comedic web miniseries Box Peek, analysing it as a general parody of transmedial gaming franchises, particularly the Pokémon TV series. The show features the fictional game of Box Peek, which is used as a device to not only provide drama and motivation for the show’s characters, but also to parody the games and associated conceits that are central to these franchises, often for the sake of humour. This discussion makes use of theories of fiction and parody, cultural analyses of Pokémon and children’s media, as well as Box Peek’s creator’s own commentary to understand how fictional[ised] games create meaning for an audience. It concludes having discussed two major threads of analysis. The first concerning the rules of the game, which implies questions of strategy and technology, which eventually concerns fictional world-building, exploiting the fictional and ludic inconsistencies that exist in transmedial game franchises for humour. The second is the way in which Box Peek, after formally parodying shows like Pokémon, then extends this parody by answering the questions it raises. In so doing it is argued that Box Peek is simultaneously imitating the childlike tone of Pokémon before progressing to a more reflective, adult perspective on the enjoyment of these series by the audience themselves. This leads the (presumed millennial) audience to a retrospective self-assessment of how, now in adulthood, they regard transmedial gaming franchises of their childhood in the late 1990s and early 2000s
Arkeologisk undersøkelse av heller på Sommerset Id. 214617: Sørfold k. Nordland
No full textArkeologisk undersøkelse av heller med to rom. Helleren hadde tydelig oppmuringer i form av stablede steiner på flere sider, samt heller som var lagt ut for å flate ut gulvet inne i helleren. Det var ingen funn av gjenstander eller daterbart materiale. Flere av steinene i oppmuringen lå på mose/vegetasjon som tilsier at den ikke er veldig gammel
Kokgropsfältet på Borg i Lofoten : Arkeologisk utgrävning 2009
No full textI 2009 så undersökte Tromsø museum ett antal kokgropar SV om det återuppbyggda vikingahuset på Borg. Ett större fält och fyra mindre områden öppnades och undersöktes 16 kokgropar med dateringer som spenner fra førromersk jernalder til merovingertid, och en ugn med ett antal mer eller mindre osäkra stolphål dokumenterades. Kokegropene kan ha inngåtti ett större kokgropsfält på lokaliteten vars utsträckning ännu är okänt.
Samlat så visar undersökningen ifrån 2009 att kokgropsaktivitet skett på Borgehöjden ifrån troligen något efter 500 fvt till i det minsta inledningen av 600-talet evt. Det begränsade utgrävningsområdet kan inte säga oss något om hur regelbunden eller stor denna aktivitet var, men dessa resultat pekar mot ett utökat bruk av dessa fält under 500 till början av 600-talet. Här föreslås det även att ugnen som identifierades vid undersökningen tillhör en senare fas av aktiviteten på fältet, något som kanske kronologiskt kan knytas upp mot byggandet av langhusene Borg 1:1a och 1:1b
Remembering ČSV – Saami nationalists or Saami political entrepreneurs
No full textČSV lea beaggán sámepolitihkas fargga moadde buolvva. Dá lea vuosttaš muitalus dan birra mot ČSV ilbmadii ja mot dat geasuhišgođii earenoamážit servodatberošteaddji oasi 1970-logu sámi nuorragearddis. Dát golbma bustáva ovddiduvvoje sámepolitihkalaš doaban álggos leaikkastallamiin. Das maŋŋel ČSV-doaba ahtanušai ja doaibmagođii lihkadussan mii geasuhii sámenuoraid oktasaš doaimmaide nanusmahttit sámevuođa. Dán artihkkalis guorahalan ČSV sámepolitihkalaš ja ‑kultuvrralaš lihkadussan. Das lei iežas doaibmavuogádat gaskadásis. Dutkandieđuid lean háhkan čállagiin ja olbmuid jearahallamiin. Mus leat alddan dieđut dan áiggi sámelihkadusa nuorragearddi doaimmain. Dat leat veahkehan doarjjan dan barggu álggaheamis.ČSV was a renowned idea in the Saami politics of the early 1970s, and soon became a set phrase, a movement. It began to attract Saami from the younger generation, who showed a keen interest in Saami affairs. I have looked into how and when the ČSV appeared. The main objective of my research is to find out how it became a slogan and what effect it had. The aim of my article is to compile information and knowledge on a central phenomenon in the Saami’s cultural and political struggle of the time. My theoretical base for understanding movements of this kind is collective action, acquisition by the participants of a common identity. I conduct qualitative research by collecting information both from written sources and interviews. Informants are chosen strategically.
ČSV appeared in the autumn of 1970, during the course of a Saami-political event in Máze, Norway, and the notion existed as a Saami-political slogan for some years thereafter. In the autumn of 1972, it also became linked to Saami literature, and from then on, ČSV continued as a two-pronged movement. It attracted the young, interested in Saami politics as well as artists and persons engaged in Saami culture, functioning as a process of awakening and of the formation of a common identity.
ČSV was an active, independent and self-determining body of Saami civil society between Saami organizations and institutions. ČSV established a dialogue between those on the i-net, making discussion of Saami affairs accessible. Though the ČSV had been born in the North-Saami regions, the movement also spread to Saami areas in the east and the south.
ČSV enhanced «Saaminess» in the public sphere, in meetings, conferences, festivals and newspaper articles. However, the mutuality of collective action within the Saami nation has not been maintained at the level it attained during the 1970s, and nation-building has, therefore, also come to standstill. Those developments have, in the new millennium, been replaced by discussion of the Saami parliaments, the authorities and of Acts and statutes. The new reality of Saami political life created by ČSV ought to be an appropriate subject for Saami research
Of young birch – duodji research and artistic work in a phenomenological perspective
No full textDát artihkal lea vuođđuduvvon duodjeovdánahttinprošektii, maid lean čađahan Sámi allaskuvllas jagiid 2010–2012, ja mii de lea oassi empiriijas. Báikkit, ávdnasat ja muđui vásáhusat mat bohtet muitui, leat gávnnadeamit mat buktet bohtosiid, ja dat sáhttet leat áibbas eará go dat maid lei álgoálggus jurddašan duddjot. Dát gávnnadeamit leat rumašlaččat. Artihkkala čuolbma lea mo duddjon ja duojára vásáhusat deaivvadit ja mii dan deaivvadeamis lea boađusin. Lean geavahan Merleau-Ponty (1994, 2012 (1962)) čállosiid rumašlaš fenomenologiija birra go lean geahččalan áddet mii lea su mielas rumašlaš vásáhus dahje eallinmáilmmi gamus dovdan, ja suokkardalan dan ektui mo iežan duddjonvásáhusaid sáhttá čilget fenomenologalaš lahkonanvugiin.This article is based on a research and development project conducted at the Sámi University College from 2010 to 2012. The artistic part of the project forms part of the empirical data in this article.
Production of knowledge is a crucial aspect of the discussion on a starting point for the development of indigenous methodologies. This article deals with the possible approaches to an artistic investment within duodji (Sámi arts and crafts). At the development stage, I started with the idea of using young birch trees in a design process. I examine this process employing a phenomenological approach which proves useful when discussing the Sámi and the indigenous perspective.
The challenge that researchers face is to consider that elements of the empirical material form part of the overall research material. Locations, materials and experiences are all crucial to the artistic result, which is often different from the initial idea.
The research deals with the question of how the creative process and the artist’s experiences meet and what this meeting leads to in terms of artistic outcome. Just like other research in artistic work, with emphasis on artistic activity and theoretical analysis, research on duodji can be a challenge, as researcher and practitioner are one and the same person. Research that includes artistic activity describes the researcher’s experience and understanding from first person point of view, and as such, the phenomenological approach provides a good basis.
When elaborating on the world of life and bodily experience, my basis is Merleau-Ponty’s interpretation of bodily phenomenology (Merleau-Ponty 1994, 2012 (1962)). This I transfer to my own creative experience
Refleksjoner rundt det kuratoriske arbeidet med utstillingen Rávdnji
No full textDenne teksten belyser hvordan vi har arbeidet med museumsutstillingen Rávdnji – den strie straumen. Samiske spor i Tromsøområdet. Vi ser nærmere på rammene som var veiledende for den kollektive, faglige innsatsen og bakgrunnen for de kunstneriske ambisjonene med utstillingen
Måleegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Hopkins Symptom Checklist-5 (HSCL-5)
No full textDescription: The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-5 (HSCL-5) is a brief measurement tool for psychological distress. HSCL-5 consists of five items addressing the respondent’s symptoms of anxiety and depression over the past two weeks. The instrument was developed by Tambs and Moum as a short version of HSCL-25. Originally, HSCL-5 was developed to assess symptoms in adults for research purposes, but it has also been used in studies on adolescents. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize findings from studies that have examined the psychometric properties of HSCL-5 when administered to children and adolescents.
A Literature search: A systematic literature search resulted in the inclusion of 26 scientific articles and one master’s thesis (from n = 8 unique data sources). All of these studies were based on Norwegian samples, with a predominant majority from the Ung-HUNT surveys of adolescents aged 13–19 years. No Swedish or Danish publications met the inclusion criteria.
Psychometrics: The findings show that HSCL-5 demonstrates sufficient to good internal consistency (Cronbach\u27s alpha values ranging from 0.79 to 0.84) in Norwegian adolescents and young adults. Several studies report mean scores and standard deviations for a general adolescent population and certain subgroups. The construct validity of the tool is insufficiently documented, and its criterion validity has only been examined in a student population.
Conclusion: In adolescent samples, the Norwegian version of HSCL-5 demonstrates sufficient to good internal consistency and appears to differentiate between groups expected to exhibit varying levels of psychological distress. However, the instrument’s construct validity, including its factor structure, convergent and criterion validity, as well as its measurement invariance across subgroups such as gender and age, has not been documented for children and adolescents. Overall, the review concludes that there is limited information on the psychometric properties of HSCL-5 when administered to adolescents and no available evidence regarding its properties when used with children.Beskrivelse: Hopkins Symptom Checklist-5 (HSCL-5) er et kortfattet måleverktøy for psykiske plager. HSCL-5 består av fem spørreledd som kartlegger respondentens angst- og depresjonssymptomer i løpet av de to siste ukene. Instrumentet ble utviklet av Tambs og Moum som en kortere versjon av HSCL-25. HSCL-5 er i utgangspunktet ment for forskere som vil måle symptomer hos voksne, men måleverktøyet har også vært brukt i studier av ungdom. Hensikten med denne systematiske oversikten var å oppsummere resultater fra studier som har undersøkt måleegenskaper til HSCL-5 når instrumentet er administrert til barn og ungdom.
Litteratursøk: Et systematisk litteratursøk resulterte i at 26 vitenskapelige artikler og en masteroppgave ble inkludert (fra n = 8 unike datakilder). Alle disse var basert på norske utvalg med en overveiende majoritet fra Ung-HUNT- undersøkelsene av ungdom i alderen 13–19 år. Ingen svenske eller danske publikasjoner oppfylte inklusjonskriteriene.
Psykometri: Resultatene viser at HSCL-5 har tilstrekkelig til god indre konsistens (Cronbach’s alpha verdier fra 0,79-0,84) for norske ungdommer og unge voksne. Flere studier rapporterer middelverdier og standardavvik for en generell ungdomspopulasjon og noen undergrupper. Målets begrepsvaliditet er mangelfullt dokumentert, og kriterievaliditeten til instrumentet er kun undersøkt i en studentpopulasjon.
Konklusjon: I ungdomsutvalg har den norske versjonen av HSCL-5 tilstrekkelig til god indre konsistens og virker å kunne skille mellom grupper som en skulle forvente har ulik grad av psykiske plager. Instrumentets begrepsvaliditet, inkludert faktorstruktur, konvergerende og kriterievaliditet, samt i hvilken grad instrumentet er måleinvariant på tvers av undergrupper som kjønn og alder, er imidlertid ikke dokumentert for barn og unge. Samlet, konkluderes det derfor med at det foreligger noe mangelfull informasjon om måleegenskapene til HSCL-5 når administrert i utvalg av ungdom, og at det ikke finnes informasjon om måleegenskapene til HSCL-5 når administrert til barn
Den frie viljens opphav hos Clemens av Alexandria
No full textI sitt siste verk, The Life of the Mind, hevder Hannah Arendt at Augustin må regnes som «the first philosopher of free will». I min doktoravhandling argumenterte jeg for at Arendt i stor grad hadde rett i sin påstand, selv om det også, slik Michael Frede har påvist, finnes spor av en konsepsjon om fri vilje hos Epiktet. I denne artikkelen argumenterer jeg imidlertid for at Arendts påstand er feil, da vi allerede hos Clemens av Alexandria finner et begrep om fri vilje. Clemens anvender nemlig Aristoteles’ term «prohairesis» på en ikke-aristotelisk måte, noe som legger grunnen for filosofihistoriens første konsepsjon om fri vilje; der Aristoteles tar til orde for at den «karaktersvake», som er kjennetegnet av å handle i tråd med begjæret og mot fornuften, også handler mot beslutningen (prohairesis), tar Clemens snarere som utgangspunkt at et slikt valg nettopp gjøres av beslutningen (prohairesis). Gitt at denne fortolkningen er riktig og at det er rett å betegne Athen-fødte Clemens av Alexandria som en ikke-vestlig filosof, må vi altså forlate vestlig filosofihistorie for å finne opphavet til et av historiens aller viktigste og mest debatterte begreper, nemlig «fri vilje».In her latest work, The Life of the Mind, Hannah Arendt claims that Augustine must be considered “the first philosopher of free will”. In my doctoral dissertation, I argued that Arendt was largely right in her claim, although there are also, as Michael Frede has demonstrated, traces of a conception of free will in Epictetus. In this article, however, I argue that Arendt’s claim is wrong, as we already find a concept of free will in Clemens of Alexandria. Clemens uses Aristotle\u27s term “prohairesis” in a non-Aristotelian way, which lays the foundation for the first conception of free will in the history of philosophy; where Aristotle advocates that the “weak character”, who is characterized by acting in line with desire and against reason, also acts against the decision (prohairesis), Clemens rather takes as a starting point that such a choice is precisely made by the decision (prohairesis). Given that this interpretation is correct and right to describe the Athens-born Clemens of Alexandria as a non-Western philosopher, we must therefore leave the history of Western philosophy behind to find the origin of one of history’s most important and most debated concepts, namely “free will”.DETTE FELTET FUNGERER IKKEDETTE FELTET FUNGERER IKK
50 years of Russian studies in Tromsø
No full textIn the fall semester of 1974, Associate Professor Ingvild Broch received the first four students of Russian at the University of Tromsø. In November 2024, we celebrated the first half century of Russian studies at our university, which is now known as UiT The Arctic University of Norway. In this article, I provide a brief historical sketch and a report from the anniversary seminar