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Interpreting the Sustainable Development Goals through the Perspectives of Utopia and Governance
2021
The article analyses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the perspective of their self-understanding of political sense expressed in key SDG documents, including both UN documents and reports produced by individual countries. Utopia and governance are presented as ideal-typical approaches and analytical tools for qualitative content analysis. This approach is argued to be particularly illuminating in the case of politics of international development, as international development is simultaneously highly utopian and deeply embedded in rationalities of governance. As this analytical framework is applied to the SDGs, it is shown that their utopian pronouncements are related to the id…
Standardized testing and the promise of progress
2017
Abstract In light of the constantly expanding use of standardized tests (STs) not only in industrialized countries but also in developing nations, this article seeks to offer some reflections on the assessment path that educational systems across the world are taking. In unpacking the STs we must not take for granted a number of aspects of standardized tests—from their construction and application to their unintended consequences. The article proceeds in four distinct but interrelated parts: (1) understanding the assumptions and process in the development of STs, (2) probing the assumptions underlying the use of STs, (3) recognizing that STs are limited in what they can tell teachers abou…
Ethical E-Participation
2014
The most recent forms of e-participation seem to provide new issues that need to be discussed. One such discussion involves the role of GIS. Can an ethically aware GIS be conceived? What does it mean for a GIS to be ethical at all? Throughout this paper, first the authors create a theoretical framework to encompass four key elements that lead us to the definition of ethical digital mapping: GIS ethics, social justice, power, and participation. Then they introduce the concept of PPGIS (Public Participation GIS), and argue that only a ‘qualitative turn' can enhance their importance in decision-making processes. Finally, the authors discuss an experiment that is currently taking place in Paler…
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Sharing Mobility: An Introduction
2020
This chapter introduces the book by explaining why a multidisciplinary approach is especially needed to appreciate the multifaceted impact of sharing mobility in contemporary urban areas. The spread of innovative mobility services based on sharing and digital technologies is deeply intertwined, inter alia, with environmental sustainability, urban organization and social inclusion, and it raises critical legal issues. The chapter ends with a short description of its constitutive sections and their respective achievements.
Towards an Assessment of Public Library Value
2010
PurposeThis paper aims to present a methodology, early findings, possible applications of results and lessons learned from the research study “Public libraries: value, trust and satisfaction”, which has been conducted within the public library development project ‘Father's Third Son’ in Latvia.Design/methodology/approachA combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used (although the findings reported here are largely drawn from the quantitative study) drawing on various theories of information behaviour and use‐oriented information service evaluation.FindingsThe study gives a good picture of user information needs in Latvia, the sources they use to fulfil them and the role of p…
Ecological Sensibility: Recovering Axel Honneth’s Philosophy of Nature in the Age of Climate Crisis
2020
What is “critical” about critical theory? I claim that, to be “critical enough”, critical theory’s future depends on being able to handle today’s planetary climate crisis, which presupposes a philo...
Dyrevelferd i endring : individ eller forbruksvare?
2007
Masteroppgave i kristendomskunnskap - Høgskolen i Agder, 2007 Denne oppgaven omhandler dyreetikk. Dyreetikken tar for seg menneskers behandling av dyr. Jeg ville fokusere på tilfeller der det ble utvist dårlig moral i forhold til dyr, for å sette dette problemet under lupen og diskutere det. Fordi mine kilder er skriftlige ble metoden hermeneutisk. Jeg har avgrenset min diskusjon om dyr til de grupper av dyr som bor sammen med, eller i umiddelbar nærhet av mennesker på Agder. Denne hovedgruppen av dyr har jeg delt inn i tre forskjellige undergrupper. 1. Kjæledyr – dyr som er tatt inn i en menneskefamilie uten noen annen funksjon enn selskap og glede for familien. 2. Produksjonsdyr – dyr som…
Når den gode samtalen bryt saman : ein fenomenologisk studie av netthets mot kvinnelege samfunnsdebattantar
2014
Masteroppgave religion- Universitetet i Agder, 2014
Barn og tilgivelse : hva er grunner til at barn tilgir?
2013
Masteroppgave i religion - Universitetet i Agder, 2013. Et av vedleggene er utelatt i den elektroniske versjonen av oppgaven. Dette er i samråd med forfatter og veileder og skyldes personvernhensyn
Post traumatic survival : a study of Cambodian resilience
2012
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Agder, Faculty of Humanities and Education - 2012 Among refugee survivors of war, torture and human rights abuses, the waiting lists for rehabilitation increase daily. How can war-refugees best be assisted? The experience of earlier refugee groups has remained a largely untapped resource in this work. This study sets out to discover what successful survivors of the Khmer Rouge have found instrumental for their survival and mental health. The aim is to make a contribution to the understanding of resilience, here understood as the ability to recover from misfortune or change, and to the psychosocial rehabilitation of survivors of war crimes and other traum…