Fróðskaparrit - 01.07.2004, Síða 147

NÝTT INNAN VÍSINDI 2004
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støðuga arbeiðsumhvørvið á Kaiini hevði
óskrivaðar lógir og reglur, sum skal skiljast
sum partur av óformligu yrkismentanini.
Eitt týðandi hugtak í ritgerðini er stætta-
medvitið, og við tveimum óheftum hend-
ingum í umhvørvinum, t.e. tveimum fak-
ligum royndum, ið høvdu til endamáls at
styrkja sambandið og arbeiðsviðurskiftini á
Kaiini, verður spurt, um tær vóru tekin um
ein ávísan radikalitet. Hendingarnar fóru
fram uml. 1960 og uml. 1980 - um somu
tíð sum tøkniliga menningin hevði broy-
tingar við sær, og mentalitetsbroytingar
sóust.
Ritgerðin er eitt arbeiðarasøguligt verk
um innihaldið í tí vanliga gerandisdegnum,
um eitt yrki og ein yrkishóp, sum hevur
ligið fjaldur í sínari óskrivaðu søgu.
life of the day-labourers. The casual and
changeable discharging contributed to
forming the lives of the day-labourers.
The way of life also refers to culture.
The independent work environment at the
quay was governed by unwritten laws and
rules - not always easy to understand and
interpret, but together with different con-
cepts such as work obedience, morality and
with humour the work culture was gov-
erned by the spontaneity existing among
people working together in manual labour.
The Faeroese working class public
emerged early in the 20lh century and is
also discussed. Class consciousness as a
concept and as consciousness put into ac-
tion is reiterated in the thesis and is coun-
terbalanced with the historical approach
that ordinary people are historical actors
and have themselves influenced their own
historical role. In two isolated events the
dockers of Tórshavn may have showed
signs of certain radicalism. The incidents
took place around 1960 and around 1980
respectively, at the same time technological
developments brought about and simulta-
neously changes in the mentality could also
be observed.
This thesis on the dockers in Tórshavn is
not focusing on the history of the labour
union, but rather the history of everyday
existence. The research is based on the his-
torical method, the so-called oral history.
The method is identified as the history
“from below”.