Research groups
Research projects
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IMAGINE – Contested Futures of Sustainability
When you think about the future, what do you imagine? Flying cars, tubed food, or high-tech clothing might be among the images that come to mind. IMAGINE sets out to study these images of the future as imaginaries. Imaginaries are the many ways in which we humans think about the future and ways in which they can become possible. Our project looks specifically at how we imagine sustainable futures.
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LASTING: Sustainable prosperity through product durability
How can the lifespans of consumer goods be increased?
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Relinking the weak link. Building resilient digital households through interdisciplinary and multilevel exploration and intervention
What roles do socio-technical practices and infrastructures play in shaping security risks in technologies of the home and what tools and interventions can be developed to enable digitally resilient households?
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U-YouPa – Understanding Youth Participation and Media literacy in Digital Dialogue Spaces
The key goal of this project is to provide a research-based understanding of the interconnection between cultural and technological preconditions for strengthening youth participation in digital dialogue spaces.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Mainsah, Henry (2019). Methods for Probing Futures: Vardø. Kampevold Larsen, Janike; Hemmersam, Peter; Morrison, Andrew (Ed.). Future North Vardø. 1. p. 54-55.
Rosenberg, Thea Grav; Storm-Mathisen, Ardis; Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen; Mainsah, Henry
(2019).
Skreddersøm til barnets beste? Om personvern og markedsføring på norske barns sosiale medieprofiler.
Barn
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Vol. 37.
https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/BARN/issue/view/...
Mainsah, Henry; Boe, Carolina (2019). Tracing the Border Crossings of Forced Migrants in Paris’ 18th Arrondissement: Exploring a Photo-Walk Method. Horsti, Karina (Ed.). The Politics of Public Memories of Forced Migration and Bordering in Europe. 8. p. 121-138. Palgrave Pivot.
Morrison, Andrew; Mainsah, Henry; Rygh, Karianne
(2019).
Sharp edges, blunt objects, clean slices. Exploring design research methods.
The Design Journal
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Vol. 22.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2650898
Mainsah, Henry; Prøitz, Lin
(2019).
Notes on technology devices in research: negotiating field boundaries and relationship.
Qualitative Inquiry
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Vol. 25.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077...
Mainsah, Henry Nsaidzeka
(2018).
Design-Led Social Innovation for Youth Civic Organizations.
Stuedahl, Dagny; vestergaard, vitus (Ed.).
Media Innovations and Design in Cultural Institutions. 6. p. 85-102.
Nordicom.
http://nordicom.gu.se/sites/default/files/kapitel-...
Mainsah, Henry (2018). Visual and Sensory Methods of Knowing Place: The case of Vardø. Kampevold Larsen, Janike; Hemmersam, Peter (Ed.). Future North : The Changing Arctic Landscapes. 7. p. 106-117. Routledge.
Mainsah, Henry (2017). Social media, design and creative citizenship: an introduction. Digital Creativity . Vol. 28.
Mainsah, Henry; Morrison, Andrew; Edeholt, Håkan (2017). Building networks for knowledge exchange and design strategies for climate futures. The Design Journal . Vol. 20.
Mainsah, Henry; Morrison, Andrew; Aspen, Jonny; Ball, Cheryl (2017). Designing the PhD curriculum in the design disciplines. Vaughan, Laurene (Ed.). Practice Based Design Research. Chapter 5. p. 43-52. Bloomsbury Academic.
Mainsah, Henry; Brandtzæg, Petter Bae; Følstad, Asbjørn
(2016).
Bridging the Generational Culture Gap in Youth Civic Engagement through Social Media: Lessons Learnt from Young Designers in Three Civic Organisations.
The Journal of Media Innovations
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Vol. 3.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2432274
Culén, Alma Leora; Mainsah, Henry; Finken, Sisse (2014). Design, Creativity and Human Computer Interaction Design Education. International Journal on Advances in Life Sciences . Vol. 6.
Mainsah, Henry (2014). Young African Norwegian women and diaspora: Negotiating identity and community through digital social networks. Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture . Vol. 5.
Culén, Alma Leora; Mainsah, Henry; Finken, Sisse
(2014).
Design Practice in Human Computer Interaction Design Education.
Miller, Leslie; Culén, Alma Leora (Ed.).
ACHI 2014, The Seventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions. kapittel. p. 300-306.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/276567
Mainsah, Henry; Morrison, Andrew
(2013).
Towards a manifesto for methodological experimentation in design research.
Brandt, Eva (Ed.).
Nordes 2013 : experiments in design research : online proceedings. Full paper.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/278565
Mainsah, Henry (2013). Transnational literacy and identity in digitally mediated contexts: The case of youth in Norway. Gudmundsson, Gestur; Beach, Dennis; Vestel, Viggo (Ed.). Youth and marginalisation: Young people from immigrant families in Scandinavia. 4. p. 85-103. Tufnell Press.
Lurås, Sigrun; Mainsah, Henry
(2013).
Reaching hard-to-reach users. Using online media to get a glimpse of work in marine contexts.
Interactions
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Vol. 20.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/92992
Ihlebæk, Karoline Andrea; Løvlie, Anders Sundnes; Mainsah, Henry
(2013).
Mer åpenhet, mer kontroll? Håndteringen av nettdebatten etter 22.juli.
Norsk Medietidsskrift
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Vol. 20.
http://www.idunn.no/ts/nmt/2013/03/mer_aapenhet_me...
Morrison, Andrew; Mainsah, Henry Nsaidzeka; Sem, Idunn; Havnør, Martin (2012). Designing location-based mobile fiction : the case of NarraHand. Jones, Rodney H. (Ed.). Discourse and Creativity. 12. p. 211-230. Pearson Education Academic Publisher.
Morrison, Andrew; Mainsah, Henry Nsaidzeka (2012). 'Building communication by design: mobile fiction and the city. Hensel, Michael U. (Ed.). Design innovation for the built environment : research by design and the renovation of practice. Chapter 15. p. 221-234. Routledge.
Brandtzæg, Petter Bae; Folstad, Asbjørn; Mainsah, Henry Nsaidzeka
(2012).
Designing for youth civic engagement in social media.
Kommers, Piet; Isaías, Pedro; Bessis, Nik (Ed.).
Proceedings of the IADIS international conference. Web Based Communities and Social Media 2012, Lisbon, Portugal, July 19-21, 2012. artikkel. p. 65-73.
IADIS Press.
http://www.slideshare.net/deltaprosjektet/youth-ci...
Mainsah, Henry Nsaidzeka; Morrison, Andrew (2011). African Clouds over the Oslo Opera. Computers and Composition . Vol. 28.
Mainsah, Henry (2011). 'I could well have said I was Norwegian but nobody would believe me': Ethnic minority youths' self-representation on social network sites. European Journal of Cultural Studies . Vol. 14.
