This article deals with transnational transfer of ideas about witchcraft at the end of the sixteenth century. The outset is alleged witchcraft performed against a royal Danish fleet that was to carry Princess Anne across the North Sea to her husband, King James VI of Scotland, autumn 1589, and following trials in Copenhagen. These include court records from witchcraft trials and diplomatic correspondence ...

Anders Buaas / Rune Blix Hagen - THE WITCHES OF FINNMARK A musical journey through time Gitarist og komponist Anders Buaas skrev og ga ut sin instrumentale trilogi «The Witches of Finnmark» i perioden 2015-2019. Den har høstet strålende kritikker fra inn- og utland. Musikken beskriver historier og stemninger fra hekseprosessene i Finnmark utover 1600-tallet. Inspirasjonen til denne musikken ...

We used an experimental approach to test if there is a link between positional preferences and the social <i>closeness</i> and <i>relevance</i> of the reference group. More specifically, we tested if people are more positional when they compare with friends and colleagues than when they compare to an anonymous person in society. We further tested if the gender of the members in the reference group ...

The Antarctic ecosystem represents a remote region far from point sources of pollution. Still, Antarctic marine predators, such as seabirds, are exposed to organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) which may induce adverse health effects. With increasing restrictions and regulations on OHCs, the levels and exposure are expected to decrease over time. We studied south polar skua (<i>Catharacta maccormicki</i>), ...

Literature reviews have traditionally been a simple exercise in reporting the current relevant research, both to provide an overview of the current status of the field, and perhaps to draw attention to controversies. From the perspective of positivist research traditions, it was important to neutrally report all the relevant research, which was assumed to be foundational. In this article, written ...

Beginning with Heidegger´s definition of violence as that which exceeds and reformulates normality, this essay questions how violence can be ethically represented and interpreted. In their ability to establish norms and then carry us beyond the bounds of the familiar, novels are uniquely suited to represent violence as norm-shattering. Contrasting tendencies in contemporary novels representing ...

The Wingless (Wnt) pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). To explore the role of Wnt modulators Wnt5a and sFRP3 in DCM patients we analyzed the expression of Wnt5a and sFRP3 in plasma and myocardium of DCM patients and evaluated their effects on NFAT luciferase activity in neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. Elevated circulating Wnt5a (n = 102) was associated ...

Diese Dissertation verfolgt zwei Ziele: Zum einen sollen zentrale Eigenschaften des Begriffsapparates der sozialwissenschaftlichen Wohlfahrtsstaatsforschung analysiert werden. Die Analysemethode ist dabei eine systemtheoretische Methode. Zum anderen sollen die Analyseresultate mit Hilfe und im Lichte der Systemtheorie Niklas Luhmann’s reformuliert werden. In beiden Fällen steht die Frage nach der ...

The resilience of small-scale fisheries in developed and developing countries has been used to provide lessons to conventional managers regarding ways to transition toward a social-ecological approach to understanding and managing fisheries. We contribute to the understanding of the relationship between management and the resilience of small-scale fisheries in developed countries by looking at ...