"Optimism is prevailing now" : Analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the Vega island community in North Norway
This thesis presents the optimistic narrative produced at Vega, a small island community in North-Norway. Vega is one of Norway’s seven UNESCO world heritage sites. However, like many other small rural communities in North-Norway, the island municipality of Vega is experiencing severe economic stres...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/32621 2023-05-15T17:39:20+02:00 "Optimism is prevailing now" : Analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the Vega island community in North Norway Bergheim, Anette Hanne Svarstad 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/32621 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-28990 eng eng http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-28990 Bergheim, Anette. "Optimism is prevailing now". Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/32621 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Bergheim, Anette&rft.title="Optimism is prevailing now"&rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2011&rft.degree=Masteroppgave URN:NBN:no-28990 132036 121614026 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/32621/1/A.Bergheim-Master.pdf VDP::200 Master thesis Masteroppgave 2011 ftoslouniv 2020-06-21T08:46:15Z This thesis presents the optimistic narrative produced at Vega, a small island community in North-Norway. Vega is one of Norway’s seven UNESCO world heritage sites. However, like many other small rural communities in North-Norway, the island municipality of Vega is experiencing severe economic stress. Furthermore, the municipality’s population has decreased continuously since the 1950s and is today at a historically low level. Nonetheless, the narrative produced at Vega is of an optimistic character. The thesis analyzes this narrative production and strives to explain why it is of such an optimistic character. Several aspects could be seen as important for the development of the optimistic Vega narrative. The focus in this thesis is on local participation in the world heritage process. It is thus a partial explanation. However, the high degree of local participation in the world heritage process provides a necessary explanatory factor. Elements from narrative theory, discourse theory and participation theory have been applied in analyses. Master Thesis North Norway Vega Island Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Norway Vega Island ENVELOPE(-57.500,-57.500,-63.833,-63.833) |
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This thesis presents the optimistic narrative produced at Vega, a small island community in North-Norway. Vega is one of Norway’s seven UNESCO world heritage sites. However, like many other small rural communities in North-Norway, the island municipality of Vega is experiencing severe economic stress. Furthermore, the municipality’s population has decreased continuously since the 1950s and is today at a historically low level. Nonetheless, the narrative produced at Vega is of an optimistic character. The thesis analyzes this narrative production and strives to explain why it is of such an optimistic character. Several aspects could be seen as important for the development of the optimistic Vega narrative. The focus in this thesis is on local participation in the world heritage process. It is thus a partial explanation. However, the high degree of local participation in the world heritage process provides a necessary explanatory factor. Elements from narrative theory, discourse theory and participation theory have been applied in analyses. |
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"Optimism is prevailing now" : Analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the Vega island community in North Norway |
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"Optimism is prevailing now" : Analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the Vega island community in North Norway |
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"Optimism is prevailing now" : Analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the Vega island community in North Norway |
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"optimism is prevailing now" : analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the vega island community in north norway |
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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-28990 Bergheim, Anette. "Optimism is prevailing now". Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/32621 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Bergheim, Anette&rft.title="Optimism is prevailing now"&rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2011&rft.degree=Masteroppgave URN:NBN:no-28990 132036 121614026 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/32621/1/A.Bergheim-Master.pdf |
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