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Expose an exhibition : How Norse religion and early Christianization is exhibited [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis is a study of how Norse religion and early Christianization is presented in three Swedish museum contexts. Empirical studies of the exhibitions relating to religion have been conducted at The Historical Museum in Stockholm, The Museum of ...
Eklind Schultz, Frida
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma +2 more
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Collegium Medievale, 2016 The present anthology is rooted in collaboration that began at the 14th International Saga Conference in Uppsala in 2009, where Eldar Heide discussed the need for greater methodological awareness in studies dealing with the use of post-medieval material ...
Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir
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'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry [PDF]
, 2012 In the eddic poem Hávamál, the god Óðinn gives advice, including a warning about the fickleness of human, and divine, nature. He cites his own flagrant deception of giants who trusted him in order to win the mead of poetry as evidence for this deep ...
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Syncretism in Nordic folk medicine: critical periods during pregnancy
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1969 This article explores the traditions concerning the critical periods during pregnancy when the foetus is exposed to the risk of suffering serious injuries. There is a good deal of such traditions in more recent Nordic and European folklore.
Lily Weiser-Aall
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Ricœur’s Historical Intentionality and the Great Goddess Freyja
Temenos, 2020 The main question in this article concerns whether hermeneutic phenomenology as a methodology can address some of the problems and critiques raised in the study of religions. Inspired by Gilhus’s proposal in her article ‘The Phenomenology of Religion and
Ane Faugstad Aaro
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz +13 more
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Religion and Humour: Comical Layers in Old Norse Religious Texts and Their Relationship to the Offical Religion [PDF]
, 2014 This paper focuses on the comic layers in Eddic mythological poetry, namely in Lokasenna, Hárbarðsljóð and Ϸrymskviða, and on their relation to the Old Norse religion.
Michalíková, Jana
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga +1 more
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Scandinavian-Saami religious connections in the history of research
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1990 The religions of Scandinavians and Saamis have, for decades of scholarship, functioned as sources of analogies to explain elements in one another. For the study of Saami religion answers to questions about origins were sought in Scandinavian religion ...
Håkan Rydving
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