RURALIS - Institutt for rural- og regionalforskning: Recent submissions
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The structural disempowerment of Eastern European migrant farm workers in Norwegian agriculture
(Journal article, 2010)Since the 2004 EU enlargement established one European common labour market, a large number of Eastern Europeans have taken up seasonal employment as hired farm workers in Norwegian agriculture. Much attention in the public ... -
Synergy or marginalisation? Narratives of farming and tourism in Geiranger, western Norway
(Journal article, 2010)Tourism is increasingly seen as a necessary income diversification strategy in rural Europe, especially in areas where traditional rural businesses are facing decreasing profitability. This view is clearly expressed in ... -
Books, Branding and Boundary Objects: On the Use of Image in Rural Development
(Journal article, 2010)This article addresses the use of image building in rural community development. We see rural image construction as taking place between the need for broadness and inclusiveness to mobilise locally, and the need for ... -
Innovative Processes in a Nature-Based Tourism Case: The Role of a Tour-operator as the Driver of Innovation
(Journal article, 2010)This paper develops four propositions for the role of a tour‐operator as the driver of innovations in a nature‐based tourism case. This system features small‐scale tourism firms that cooperate with a tour‐operator who holds ... -
Innovation and Diffusion - Different Roles in Developing Nature-Based Tourism
(Journal article, 2010)Tourism is a labour-intensive industry with the potential to contribute towards the creation of jobs and economic development in many rural areas. Innovation may be a driver of growth in tourism as well. However, there is ... -
Visitors to Farm Tourism Enterprises in Norway
(Journal article, 2010)In Norway, as in many other countries, rural and farm tourism is becoming an important activity for promoting the vitality and sustainability of rural communities. This paper focuses on the analysis of visitors to Norwegian ... -
Hvordan serveres genmodifisert mat til avisleserne?
(Journal article, 2010)The discourse on genetically modified food is open, situation-dependent and contradictory, and is positioned at the crossroads of nature, science and society. Through quantitative and qualitative content analysis, this ... -
"The Future can only be Imagined" - Innovation in Farm Tourism from a Phenomenological Perspective
(Journal article, 2010)This article relates to the fast growing research literature on innovation by adopting a phenomenological perspective of change and how change comes about. We visited nineteen farms in Norway in a project on farm-based tourism. ... -
Doing Farm Tourism: The Intertwining Practices of Gender and Work
(Journal article, 2010)Drawing on the perspective of doing gender, Berit Brandth and Marit S. Haugen explore how women and men do gender in farm tourist work. On the basis of five case studies of farms that have shifted from farm production to ... -
Innovation in the Norwegian Rural Tourism Industry: Results from a Norwegian Survey
(Journal article, 2010)This paper focuses on innovation in the rural tourism industry. The data is a survey including 133 Norwegian rural tourism enterprises. The operational definition of innovation in this study is quite similar to the one ... -
Defining terms for integrated (multi-inter-trans-disciplinary)sustainability research
(Journal article, 2011)Our contemporary social and ecological problems, including climate change, peak oil and food security, necessitate solutions informed by multiple backgrounds that singular disciplines seem unable to provide, and possibly, ... -
The Norwegian coastal employment system: What It Was and What It Is
(Journal article, 2011)Norwegian fisheries have undergone tremendous changes, due to tech- nological developments and the introduction of resource management. In addi- tion, societal changes and in particular the introduction of formal ... -
Youth migration, rurality and class: a Bourdieusian approach
(Journal article, 2011)Drawing on Bourdieusian social theory, the paper combines class and social constructionist perspectives to reconceptualize youth’s rural-to-urban migration. It discusses how structural properties of everyday lives, e.g. ... -
Towards the production of genetically modified strawberries which are acceptable to consumers
(Journal article, 2011)This manuscript discusses different aspects that are relevant to genetically modified strawberry plants with improved characteristics and ‘acceptable’ to consumers and growers of strawberry. It starts with a consumer ... -
Conflicts and contestations. Rural populations’ perspectives on the second homes phenomenon
(Journal article, 2011)In response to demands to restructure and diversify their economies, many rural communities have welcomed the expanding phenomenon of second homes. However, while the second home owners bring new resources to the host ... -
Finanskrisens bakteppe - De nyliberale ideene og liberaliseringen på Island
(Journal article, 2011)Denne artikkelen forklarer den drastiske endringen i økonomisk politikk på Island i de to tiårene forut for finanskrisen i 2008, som bidro til at Island ble så hardt rammet av finanskrisen. Artikkelen fokuserer på forholdet ... -
The second home phenomenon and Norwegian rurality
(Journal article, 2011)The article analyses how recent developments relating to the second homes phenomenon are intertwined with fundamental changes in the character of rurality in Norwegian society. Building on Halfacree's three-dimensional ... -
The Uplands after neoliberalism? - The role of the small farm in rural sustainability
(Journal article, 2011)The modernist project foresaw no role for small farms, but this can no longer be regarded as axiomatic as neoliberalism enters what Peck et al. call its “zombie phase”. This paper asks what contribution small farms in the ... -
Good Farmers, Good Neighbours? The Role of Cultural Capital in Social Capital Development in a Scottish Farming Community
(Journal article, 2011)Recent decades have seen a gradual erosion of farming incomes across the UK due to falling commodity prices and changes to the subsidy regime. This study examines what resources farmers are able to access informally and ... -
Local small-scale food enterprises: ambitions and initiatives for achieving business growth among male and female owners and managers
(Journal article, 2011)Since 1990 close to 2000 small-scale food enterprises have been established in Norway. This can be seen as a result of a proactive policy promoting diversification in rural areas. Part of the funding has been dedicated to ...