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The author outlines the potential research field demarcated by the phenomenon of the mass presence of students in the public space. At the same time, he views the phenomenon of studentification on a broader scale than solely the Polish (or Eastern European) one, treating the local situation as a case study. On the basis of the available literature he presents successive elements in the contemporary process of change: (a) the evolution of the status of knowledge; (b) change in the idea of the urban environment, as shown by the growth of students' importance in the urban space; and(c) making the labour market selectively flexible on account of the significant group of working students. The author formulates hypotheses for each of these areas, and then makes general recommendations for researchers into the phenomenon of studentification.

The purpose of this article is to present and analyze selected travel accounts by the Polish emigrant Andrzej Bobkowski (1913–1961). In France, in spite of the ongoing war and then the German occupation, he undertook a number of cycling and sports-tourist expeditions; his phenomenal descriptions of these journeys have become part of the Polish literary canon. Bobkowski called his travels 'bicycle tours' and for him they were a form of expression inextricably connected with authentic existence and personal freedom in a world of totalitarianisms. The author employs comparative and the qualitative methods (content analysis) of scholarship.

The author of this article analyses the relations between infrastructure and the exercise of control over inmates by the personnel of correctional institutions. He aims to show how physical aspects of the space are used by staff members to strengthen their own position. He uses a description of such facilities as a departure point for analyzing the activities of the social actors. The article is empirical in nature and rests on several years of qualitative field research in correctional institutions and facilities for juvenile delinquents in Poland. The analysis is based on material acquired through overt direct observation in correctional institutions and in voluntary interviews with staff and inmates, as well as visual material, internal documents, and letters.

Abstract: Russian Energy Resources in the Arctic: Economy and Policy
This article examines the economic and political importance of Russia's energy resources. Economic dependence is confirmed, but political decisions made since the turn of this century have made Russia less vulnerable to outside economic and political pressures. Due to the sharp fall in oil prices, and recent international sanctions, the authorities will give priority to enhanced oil recovery from older fields in Western Siberia and the opening of new fields in the area, with Russia remaining onshore in the Arctic. Finally, as to military and economic relations between Russia and Norway in the Arctic, the article finds that military tensions are increasing, while pragmatism prevails in economic relations.
(Published: December 2016)
Citation: Ann Karin Larssen (2016) «Russiske energiressurser i Arktis: økonomi og politikk». Nordisk Østforum 30 [4] 238–259. http://dx.doi.org/10.17585/nof.v30.521

This article was written on the basis of the project 'See Culture: The Archive of Visual Materials from Research into Culture in Poland' conducted in 2014. It speaks of the internet creation of a social database using visual materials—the Visual Archive (archiwumwizualne.pl). The authors present their findings from interviews with members of the research teams and directors of the projects that were included in the internet archive. These primarily concern the various approaches and research practices of the interlocutors and their definitions of visual material's potential as a tool in social research. The profiles of the researchers presented earlier is then compared to the category of the practice-oriented intellectual, which broadens the classical understanding of the intellectual and points to an emerging manner of thinking about research practice in contemporary social sciences. The usefulness of the Visual Archive for the practice-oriented intellectual is indicated.

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The Russian Coast Guard, or Beregovaya okhrana, was formally established in 2007 and plays a crucial role in the management of natural resources located in the vast maritime areas under Russian jurisdiction. The purpose of this article is to shed light on the Coast Guard's organisation, capabilities and operations in the maritime areas that surround the Russian Federation, and to discuss the service's ability to effectively perform its missions, now and in the period up to 2020. Special emphasis is placed on the situation in the northern waters. In the Barents Sea, the Russian Coast Guard cooperates closely with its Norwegian counterpart. This cooperation has existed for a long time, and it has not been adversely affected by the general deterioration of Russian–Western relations after Russia's 2014 intervention in Ukraine and the subsequent freeze in military-to-military cooperation. The article argues that Norway and Russia have a common interest in continuing the cooperation on non-military issues such as maritime search and rescue, fisheries management and law enforcement at sea.
(Published: April 2016)
Citation: Kristian Åtland (2016) «Myndighetsutøver, ressursforvalter og livredder – den russiske kystvakten i støpeskjeen». Nordisk Østforum 30 [1] 38–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.17585/nof.v30.390