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Professionssociologi: Nyere tilgange og diskussioner
Full text linkHos de klassiske europæiske sociologer som Max Weber og Emile Durkheim spillede professionerne en stor rolle som vigtige sociale og politiske organisationer; og i den amerikanske sociologi har særligt Chicago-skolen teoretiseret og analyseret professionerne på original vis
Frihed som økologisk sensibilitet: mod et nyt begreb om forholdet mellem menneske og natur
No full textDenne artikel undersøger forholdet mellem menneske og natur i lyset af den økologiske krise og tesen om ’det antropocæne’. Artiklen argumenterer for, at eksisterende sociologiske frihedsbegreber ikke levner tilstrækkeligt plads til naturen som et meningsgivende og selvberoende værdifuldt Andet, og at der for at kunne etablere en bæredygtig social orden, som svarer på klimakrisen, er brug for et nyt og naturinkluderende frihedsbegreb, som korresponderer med og legitimerer denne orden.Artiklen består af fire dele. Artiklens første del indkredser gennem filosofiske og samfundsdiagnostiske bidrag, hvordan naturen i moderniteten er forsvundet eller blevet konstrueret som død materie og forbinder denne bevægelse med et subjektivt naturtab og en svigtende natursensibilitet. Artiklens anden del undersøger naturens status i eksisterende sociologiske frihedsbegreber. I tredje del introduceres tre teoretiske perspektiver fra tre forskellige teoretiske traditioner – fænomenologi, kritisk teori og nymaterialisme – som bruges til at pege på en ny forståelse af relationen mellem menneske og natur, som i artiklens sidste del bringes i dialog med de traditionelle sociologiske frihedsbegreber med henblik på at formulere et nyt frihedsbegreb, som betegnes frihed som økologisk sensibilitet
When God Spoke American: Norwegian Pentecostalism and the North American Healing Revival, 1947-57
Full text linkThis article tells the story of the Norwegian reception of the North-American postwar pentecostal healing revival. The 1950 visit by two American faith healers was a major media event. Although the healing revival was perceived as “too American” by many, including many pentecostal believers in Norway, the article shows that Nordic-American pentecostal groups played a role in launching the movement in the first place. Moreover, it argues that the American faith healers visiting Norway in 1950 shaped Norwegian public debate and understanding of religious freedom
Filipino Dreaming: The Powers of Death and the Limits of Diagnostic Narratives
No full textThis article provides a transnational perspective on the Filipino American novel Leche (2011) and its depiction of both tsismis (“gossip”) and the fatal Filipino medical phenomenon bangungot (“nightmare”). I pay particular attention to the unpredictability of bangungot—its ability to paralyze and kill during sleep without warning—which is precisely why it becomes an object of speculation and gossip. Through Leche, I examine how bangungot kills, but also how it lives on through tsismis, and how tsismis provides not a medical diagnosis, but an unofficial and insurgent narrative through which to understand bangungot, and queer Filipino fantasies and desires, differently. By going against postmodernist and poststructuralist discourses on narrative, I highlight how bangungot’s haunting quality and refusal to be medically diagnoseable disrupt Western diagnostic traditions, which are novelistic. My use of tsismis also highlights subaltern forms of documentation that run counter to imperial narratives of development, enlightenment, and modernity. Throughout the article, I incorporate personal narrative, speculations, alternative sources, and fantasies to challenge imperial notions of theorizing and knowledge-making. Bangungot quietly and violently kills, but it also continues to live on, not in scientific certainty or in the developmental depths of the novel, but in the fleeting and evasive speculations, experiences, and fantasies of Filipinos
From Residues to Revenues: Unlocking the Value Chain of Green Charcoal in Uganda
No full textIn Uganda, green charcoal – briquettes made of carbonized biochar from agricultural residues – has the potential to replace wood charcoal. This can contribute to halting deforestation and reducing national carbon emissions. Yet, the acceptance of green charcoal by consumers is very slow. In this article, using Michael Porter’s value chain model, we present a comprehensive and holistic model describing the conditions for successful production and marketing of briquettes by private businesses. Based primarily on observations of production and interviews conducted with Ugandan enterprises producing green charcoal, green finance organizations, green charcoal consumers, and wood charcoal producers, we describe barriers impeding access to capital, the production of a competitive product, and the marketing of green charcoal briquettes. Since one barrier has an impact on the entire production and marketing chain, we argue that all aspects of the green charcoal enterprise must work simultaneously to successfully compete with wood charcoal. Financial institutions and governmental policies must also support the green charcoal value chain.
