Disputas- Master i idrettsvitenskap Stig Løland

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15:  Future Crisis Management in Outdoor Tourism: What are the Skills of Future Leaders Amid Global Warming and AI Advancements? Prøveforelesningen vil bli strømmet/the trial lecture will also be streamed.  Disputasen starter kl. 1215 Disputasen vil bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The defense will be streamed here.  A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Ski guiding in practice
When we think about ski guides, we imagine them as snow-calculating machines making split-second decisions based on objective cognition assisted by technological tools and instruments. By ethnographically observing guides and their clients skiing in the mountains over three winter seasons, this thesis offers a much deeper insight. Guides rely heavily on their embodied skills that make them able to sense the nervousness in a client’s voice or note subtle changes in the snow surface. They actively engage with their clients and other guides to reach common understandings. Instead of following decision tools, the guides rely on a broad set of routines, that provide stability, while at the same time allowing the guides to continuously adjust to changing situations. Ultimately, this research shows that ski guiding is a more relational, embodied, and fluid process than previously recognized.

Hovedveileder
Professor Audun Hetland, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Bedømmelseskomité
Professor Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Gøteborgs universitet - 1. opponent.
Phillip Ebert, University of Stirling - 2. Opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Kamilla Rognmo, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité. 

Disputasleder: Professor Eelke Snoeren, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.