"Optimism is prevailing now" : Analysis and partial explanation of a narrative production in the Vega island community in North Norway

• Main Author: Bergheim, Anette
• Other Authors: Hanne Svarstad
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: VDP::200; Norway; Vega Island; North Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/32621; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-28990

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...