the occational blog

A long time ago, one of the most important Norwegian bloggers made a strong case for other Norwegian bloggers to start blogging in English. His argument was that, as more and more people around the world have the opportunity to read, listen to and comment what others are blogging, the problem of a common language should be adressed. Now, I do not assume that everyone, all over, find the English language to be the only true "universal" language, neither do I believe that the English language itself  is free of culture-spesific traits which makes it flawless as a means of inter-cultural communication.

 Still, and in this I follow Bjørn Stærk, the benefits of being able to both initiate conversations and to follow up others from (almost) all over the world, makes it worth while.

So, what will you as a reader find on these pages? First of all, I will try to follow up on my motto for my Norwegian blog, and relentlessly attack and scrutinise all things which irritates me or puzzles me, but I will also comment upon spesific areas of interest like research politics (including the  "bullitics" of our present government), visual and social anthropology (which happens to be my caling, if not my present occupation), as well as some personal rambling on films, music and litterature.

My hope is that this blog might join some of those excellent others which together constitute a Norwegian-based sphere in the international blogging-community (if such a singular entity exists).

Challenge accepted. Let's go.