Roma
I worked on a project in Bulgaria that produced a number of short films about Roma. This taught me some lessons about the use of ethnographic films in education and advocacy. The project received funding from the EEA and Norwayn Grants.
Staff from Medical University Plovdiv in Bulgaria visited Kristiansand, Norway to discuss health awareness campaigns among Roma with local experts.
In this TEDx talk I adress how anthropology (or social anthropology) can teach us how to travel and through this understand other cultures. This is in comparison to the standard ways of traveling, specifically mass tourism.
A project in Bulgaria, with funding from the EEA and Norway Grants, provided information and training on health awareness issues to young members of the Roma ethnic group.
EEA and Norway Grants provide grants to countries in Eastern Europe. I have so far worked on eight projects in Bulgaria, Latvia, Romania, and Slovenia. This article presents my experiences.
En ny diskusjon om Roma, eller romfolk, er i gang i Norge. Den handler om kriminalitet blant Roma og har aktualisert spørsmålet om hvorvidt tigging bør forbyes.
On a project in Bulgaria that gave training to staff at penitentiaries on human rights, discrimination, and inclusion. The aim was to address how they deal with the inmates, which are almost all Roma..
Proverbs are an essential distillation of cultural knowledge, values, and mores, that is, of cultures writ large. They play a role in transmitting such values and mores within and between generations.
Liste over alle Devblog artikler som omhandler Agder, og mer konkret Kristiansand, sammen med korte omtaler og lenker.
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.
