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"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 ... -
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 ... -
Diversification and the Entrepreneurial Motivations of Farmers in Norway
(Journal article, 2011)A series of significant pressures but also new opportunities face the agricultural sector in developed economies. Farm diversification is presented as a political solution and a viable business strategy and highlights the ... -
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 ... -
Farm diversification into tourism - Implications for social identity?
(Journal article, 2011)This article deals with how diversification and transformation of farming into tourism may influence the social identity of farmers. Based on a study of 19 farms run by couples engaged with agritourism, it shows how the ... -
Creating culturally sustainable agri-environmental schemes
(Journal article, 2011)Evidence is emerging from across Europe that contemporary agri-environmental schemes are having only limited, if any, influence on farmers’ long-term attitudes towards the environment. In this theoretical paper we argue ... -
Flere kvinner i styrerom - katalysator for profesjonalisering av styrearbeid?
(Journal article, 2011)tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning 200 Innledning Da Stortinget i 2003 vedtok at det skulle være minimum 40 prosent kvinner i allmennaksjesel- skapenes (ASA) styrer innen 2008, vedtok styret i Norsk Landbrukssamvirke ... -
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 ... -
Rural residents' opinions about second home owners' pursuit of own interests in the host community
(Journal article, 2011)Many second home owners demand rights, benefits, and influence in their host community, and the article examines how second home owners in pursuit of their interests can gain acceptance among local residents. The analysis ... -
Fokus på genmodifisert mat : hva kan fem fokusgruppeintervjuer fortelle om den norske genmatdiskursen?
(Journal article, 2011)Mange vil hevde at vi lever i en stadig mer usikker og uforutsigbar verden. En konsekvens av dette er økt fokus på risiko innenfor de fleste områder av samfunnslivet. Også innenfor matproduksjon og matkonsum har risikobegrepet ... -
Factors influencing Norwegian small-scale private forest owners' ability to meet the political goals
(Journal article, 2011)Norwegian forest policy has high-level, complex objectives for the products and benefits from the forest, including increased contribution to the climate, preservation of biodiversity, and creation of economic values. In ... -
Farm Tourism: A Question of Gender and Competence
(Journal article, 2011)This article focuses on farm-tourist hosts and who they are in terms of education and competence. Gender is a central variable in the analysis. The analysis is based on an on-line survey of 448 farm tourist businesses ...