News archive for Faculty of Humanities

Illustration showing beer brewing and drinking traditions in Norway in a historical perspective as part of an article about how old beer brewing traditions are being embraced by new generations.

Beer brewing: from tradition to trend (15.04.2014)

Tradition and community are important ingredients as part of the renewed interest in micro-brewing and local food culture.

New digital resources in philosophy from the Wittgenstein Archives (07.04.2014)

The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB) recently published more than 1,000 secondary resources for Wittgenstein scholars in the form of books, papers and audio-visual material online. All resources are available Open Access and are a result of WAB's participation in the EU-funded project AGORA: Scholarly Open Access Research in European Philosophy.

Farmed fish and seafood being traded at an auction house in the Khulna region west in Bangladesh, in March 2012.

Ethical food trade in the spotlight (03.04.2014)

The SEAT research project wants to help consumers make more ethical choices when purchasing farmed fish products. The researchers hope this can be achieved by creating a dialogue between producers in Asia and consumers in Europe.