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Karin has defended her thesis

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On Friday 17 April 2026, Gardening’s PhD candidate, Karin Lillevold, excellently defended her thesis «Performing wilderness: Tensions of muskox attraction and reindeer protection in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park». The objective of Karin’s research has been to critically examine how the protective aims of Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park are enacted in practice through themanagement and valuation of wild reindeer and muskoxen, alongside the regulation ofvisitors. She did her fieldwork in the mountains of Dovrefjell between 2022 and 2024, Continue reading Karin has defended her thesis→

Breathe in, breathe out – and publish

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Project member Henrik Hovland Svensen participates in two recently published books: The beautiful art book Verdens navle  was launched on October 15, 2023, with literary readings, a panel discussion and of course, champagne. The book centers around a sculpture collection by Laila Kongevold and Stefan Christiansen at Aukra Care Center on the island Gossen. Through photos by Geir Dokken, combined with poetry, essays and literary fiction, the artwork initiates discussions of care – for humans Continue reading Breathe in, breathe out – and publish→

One book – two book launches

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Kyrre Kverndokk and Marit Ruge Bjærke have now launched their book Fremtiden er nå. Klimaendringenes tider – twice. First launch was on Wednesday 21 September, with the Environmental Humanities group at the University of Bergen. The Environmental Humanities group has been a wonderful research group for discussing climate issues as well as time and temporality. After a short presentation by Kyrre and Marit, Ida Vikøren Andersen from the ClimLife project gave an interesting comment on Continue reading One book – two book launches→

A new book – and a recent one

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This week, Marit Ruge Bjærke and Kyrre Kverndokk’s book Fremtiden er nå: Klimaendringenes tider (in Norwegian) is finally out. We are, of course, exceedingly happy to be finished (and quite proud of the result as well). Fremtiden er nå sums up and popularizes findings from our last research project “The future is now: Temporality and exemplarity in climate change discourses”. The book explores some of the timespans, time scales, rhythms and cycles of climate change. Continue reading A new book – and a recent one→