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Map projections are often notoriously incapable of representing land masses correctly. This is the case with the Mercator Projection, the de facto standard projection in use globally, and has led us to gross misrepresentation of, among others, Africa.
Climate change discussions use a traditional development cooperation terminology, including "sustainable development". The ongoing COP26 actualizes this. Some arguments pro et contra.
www.academia.edu hosted an interesting and good discussion on my draft paper "Involuntary Resettlement in Nepal: A Portfolio Review". The paper was presented at the annual conference of International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), May 2021.
I worked with the Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) in the early 1980s. Here are some reminicenses and outlooks on NAFA then and today.
This article discusses hydropower development in Nepal, with a focus on involuntary resettlement. It is based on a paper that was presented at the 2021 conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).
This article is an ode to the Norwegian food speciality of "kompe", and specifically to the regional version of it found in Agder county in the country's most southern part
All articles on Devblog that focus on the ethnic group Roma. Several are outputs of projects in Bulgaria and Norway that were funded by the EEA and Norway Grants.
In the course of discussing a possible project partnership with a Polish NGO, to be submitted to the EEA and Norway Grants, I presented my views on the role of the Norwegian NGO CBNRM Networking, through focusing on transparency and trust.
Procrastination, that possibly universal trait of homo sapiens, deserves some comments. Indeed, it deserves to be decontextualized.
Kristiansand kommune vedtok å bevilge midler til en "sanitærbrakke" for Roma som oppholder seg i byen. Artikkelen argumenterer for at fokus og ressursbruk til Roma er feil prioritering av midler.
