Articles by theme: Arts, Culture and Religion

Holy River Running Dry

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2009)

The Himalayan glaciers that feed the River Ganges may disappear by 2030, according to a UN climate report.

(Re)building a Sámi nation

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2004)

Indigenous people and democracy

Å bygga tillit

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2009)

– I Belgia er ’normalisering’ i fengselet det å ha kvinnelege vaktar. I Danmark tyder det også til dømes å gå på butikken og læra å laga mat til seg sjølv, seier Frederik Janssens frå Belgia.

A Fair Share

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2008)

In an economic experiment, students from Norway, Germany, Tanzania and Uganda played a game with money to find out how wealth impacts on the idea of fairness.

A Magnet for Students of Gender Equality

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2006)

Foreign students learn more about gender equality

A View from the East: Sadik al-Azm

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2006)

An interview with Sadik al-Azm

An Army Man Turns to Education

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2006)

Profile of Surayud Chulanont

An Interview with Shirin Ebadi

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2006)

From Imprisonment to the Nobel Peace Prize

Anthropology in Reverse

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2005)

African dance in Norway

Back to the Books

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2007)

Ole Henrik Magga has spent the last 40 years advocating the rights of indigenous people. Now the professor of linguistics returns to his books.

Brothers in arts

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2004)

Arts education in Zambia, Afghanistan and Palestine

Dancing Zimbabwe Onto the Map

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2007)

Learning to dance in a country falling apart.

Education. Yes!

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2005)

International student festival in Norway

Is it religion?

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2006)

Would the same concept of religion apply for Taliban and Santa Claus?

It takes Two

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2009)

Research shows that involving men in maternal health care is fundamental to reducing maternal mortality. We asked three Malawian men at random about their thoughts on pregnancy, fatherhood and care.

Keep On Movin’

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2007)

“Our Zimbabwean partners do everything they can to keep it going and we have decided to follow them on this journey.”

Learning by Filming

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2005)

Visual Cultural Studies in Norway

Let there be Africa

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2004)

Africanisation of biblical studies in Uganda

Looking good 75,000 years ago

(From Global Knowledge No 1 2004)

South African archaeology

Minority Report

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2007)

The Ainu are not recognised as indigenous and experience discrimination in Japanese society.

Multilingualism Fighting Fundamentalism

(From Global Knowledge No 2 2009)

“To speak several languages means that you understand and respect national languages and idiosyncrasies. It is perhaps the only modern and real alternative to the collision between dogmatic convictions.”