• Books, Branding and Boundary Objects: On the Use of Image in Rural Development 

      Vik, Jostein; Villa, Mariann (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 ...
    • Dreaming of a Smallholding 

      Blekesaune, Arild; Haugen, Marit Synnøve; Villa, Mariann (Journal article, 2010)
      The article examines a phenomenon associated with the rural idyll – the dream of becoming the owner of a smallholding in the countryside. Much research and policy concern in Norway have focused upon rural–urban migration ...
    • Dreaming of a Smallholding 

      Blekesaune, Arild; Haugen, Marit Synnøve; Villa, Mariann (Journal article, 2010)
      The article examines a phenomenon associated with the rural idyll – the dream of becoming the owner of a smallholding in the countryside. Much research and policy concern in Norway have focused upon rural–urban migration ...
    • Dreaming of a Smallholding 

      Blekesaune, Arild; Haugen, Marit Synnøve; Villa, Mariann (Journal article, 2010)
      The article examines a phenomenon associated with the rural idyll – the dream of becoming the owner of a smallholding in the countryside. Much research and policy concern in Norway have focused upon rural–urban migration ...
    • Local ambivalence to diverse mobilities - the case of a Norwegian rural village 

      Villa, Mariann (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    • Rural communities and schools-valuing and reproducing local culture 

      Villa, Mariann; Knutas, Kerstin Agneta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      School closures are frequently and widely discussed and provoke debates both at the local community level and in national arenas. Our study was inspired by the local resistance to school closures in Norwegian rural areas, ...