{"title":"Stalin Era Intellectuals: Culture and Stalinism","authors":"Irina Sandomirskaja","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5701","url":null,"abstract":"“It is pertinent to ask to what extent certain cultural phenomena and intellectual currents from the Stalin era really were such unique features that can be branded as Stalinist…”. This is the question that motivated the anthology Stalin Era Intellectuals: Culture and Stalinism under review here. \u0000»Det är relevant att fråga sig i vilken utsträckning vissa kulturella fenomen och intellektuella strömningar från Stalintiden verkligen var sådana unika särdrag som kan stämplas som stalinistiska... ». Detta är frågan som motiverade antologin Stalin Era Intellectuals: Culture and Stalinism som granskas här.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68917452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Uses of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Interest and Identity in Russia and the Post-Soviet Space","authors":"Y. Yurchuk","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5662","url":null,"abstract":"Omtalen tar for seg boken Strategic Uses of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Interest and Identity in Russia and the Post-Soviet Space av Pål Kolstø som undersøker nasjonalismens dynamikk i Russland og de post-sovjetiske landene. Boken demonstrerer at mobilisering rundt nasjonalisme ofte er motivert av en kombinasjon av pragmatiske interesser og følelsesladet symbolikk.\u0000This review presents a short discussion of the book Strategic Uses of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Interest and Identity in Russia and the Post-Soviet Space by Pål Kolstø who examines dynamics of nationalism in Russia and countries that formerly belonged to the Soviet Union. The book demonstrates that nationalistic rallying often combines pragmatic motivations and interests with emotionally charged symbolism. ","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68917303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intervju med Martin Demant Frederiksen","authors":"Redaksjonen","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5648","url":null,"abstract":"Dette er det 2. intervjuet i tidsskriftets løpende Forskerhjørnet-serie.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48252421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dårlig nytt fra østfronten: Krigen som endrer alt","authors":"Jan Hallenberg","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5634","url":null,"abstract":"Cecelie Hellestveit har publicerat en intressant och givande bok om Rysslands anfallskrig mot Ukraina och om de konsekvenser detta krig kan få såväl globalt som för Norden. Boken är mycket ambitiös i vad den tar upp, vilken är en styrka men också i någon mån en svaghet.\u0000Cecelie Hellestveit has published an interesting book on the Russian military attack on Ukraine and of the consequences this war might have both globally and for the Nordic countries. The breadth of the analysis is both a strength and, to some extent, a weakness.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68916725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"En europeisk tragedie: Hvordan Vesten og Russland ble fiender – og kan finne sammen igjen","authors":"Bodil Petersson","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5645","url":null,"abstract":"En europeisk tragedie: Hvordan Vesten og Russland ble fiender – og kan finne sammen igjen är en kontroversiell journalistisk inriktad bok om bakgrunden till och implikationerna av Rysslands krig i Ukraina.\u0000A European Tragedy: How the West and Russia Became Enemies – and Can Be Friendly Again is a controversial and hotly debated book by two journalists about the lead-up to and implications of Russia's war in Ukraine.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68916750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migranter der blev aktivister: Prodemokratisk mobilisering blandt russiske migranter i Danmark og Norge","authors":"Katrine Stevnhøj","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5201","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Migrants turned activists: Pro-democratic mobilisation amongst Russian migrants in Denmark and NorwayThis article explores how emotions and group solidarity influence collective action. Through case study of Russian migrants’ engagement in pro-democratic transnational activism in Denmark and Norway, this article contributes to our understanding of emotions and their role in mobilising and demobilising collective action. The study is based on ethnographic research material consisting of semi-structured individual interviews with Russian activists in Norway (4) and Denmark (7). The analysis show that the role of emotions is two-fold. On the one hand, mobilising emotions, moral shock, and in-group interactions can increase group solidarities and recurring participation. The findings suggest that participation in transnational activism can be considered a strategy that helps the activists cope with sudden and traumatic political developments in their homeland. Interestingly, the study suggests that even emotions usually considered demobilising, such as fear, have the potential to strengthen group solidarity and thereby act as a mobilising factor. On the other hand, demobilising emotions and threats can weaken in-group dynamics and lead to demobilisation.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48871344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intervju med Alexandra Brankova","authors":"Redaksjonen","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5563","url":null,"abstract":"Hvilke spennende problemstillinger knyttet til Øst-Europa og Eurasia belyses av forskere rundt om i Norden? Hvem er forskerne, hva er de opptatt av og hvorfor? I denne spalten kommer vi med jevne mellomrom til å publisere korte intervjuer med yngre talenter så vel som etablerte akademikere. Første kvinne ut er Alexandra Brankova.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68916710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Humor, poesi og dødsens alvor: Krigen sett med nordiske øyne","authors":"Ivar Dale","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5559","url":null,"abstract":"To nyutgivelser fra henholdsvis Sverige og Danmark gir dype perspektiver på krig, konflikt og hverdagsliv i øst. Two new books from Sweden and Denmark provide wide-ranging perspectives on war, conflict and everyday life in Eastern Europe.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68916683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grænselandsidentiteter – om tilhørsforhold og lokale handlemåder i et postsovjetisk rum","authors":"D. Schwalbe, Bent Nielsen","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.3926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.3926","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Borderland identities – on belonging and local ways of doing things in a post-Soviet placeIn this article we take a closer look at post-Soviet identity and ‘belonging’ within the Indigenous communities in Chukotka, the Russian Far East. During the Soviet era, the Soviet identity was glorified, whereas local ways of life, languages and the ethnic identities of Indigenous peoples were suppressed and stimatized. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the entire region sank into a severe economic and ideological crisis, forcing the Indigenous people to return to traditional ways of surviving, stimulating their interest in their ethnic roots, alternative spiritual values and new identities. Based on own empirical material, we analyse facets and practices of belonging among those who identify as Yupik and are related to Inuit in Greenland. Relying on Ortega’s notion of hometactics, we focus on activities – the use of certain words and amulets in homes, consumption of certain foods, and performance of sacred rituals and songs associated with the past – that forge a sense of familiarity and belonging in everyday spaces for the Yupik people, showing how Yupik identity is constructed, enacted, and attributed meaning in interaction and everyday life.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68916586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strong and Unique: U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership over Three Decades","authors":"V. Alme","doi":"10.23865/noros.v37.5499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5499","url":null,"abstract":"Det strategiske partnerskapet mellom USA og Kasakhstan har overlevd har tre tiår med storpolitiske omveltninger og er i dag sterkere enn noen sinne, ifølge S. Frederick Starr og Svante E. Cornell. Deres undersøkelse av det bilaterale forholdet i Strong and Unique: The U.S.-Kasakhstan Partneship Over Three Decades har betydning for vår forståelse av de sentrale spørsmål i internasjonal politikk i dag. The strategic partnership between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has survived geopolitical changes over three decades. According to S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, it is now stronger than ever. Strong and Unique: The U.S.-Kasakhstan Partneship Over Three Decades is a study of this bilateral relationship and is of value for our understanding of the major issues of international relations today.","PeriodicalId":88615,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk ost-forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68916651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}