I am currently a part of the CULTcrime research network, as a postdoctoral research fellow. The overarching aim of my current project, Detecting Cultural Heritage (DETECT), is to investigate the reciprocal relationship between ‘objects’ and ‘heritage’ as theoretical concepts over time.
This will be done by studying why and how certain objects are included in the Norwegian archaeological collections, while others are not. A particular emphasis will be put on objects that are (re-)discovered during archaeological projects and by private finders, such as metal detectorists.
I submitted and defended my PhD thesis in 2021. In it, I asked the question: What’s the deal with old things? A topic that has been, and continues to be, a primary motivating topic of investigation.
My thesis was an exploratory study of attitudes and practices towards certain old things among archaeologists and metal detectorists in Norway. I used a set of complementary (mixed) methods, including archival searches of the National Library’s digitized archives, qualitative interviews of hobby metal detectorists and archaeologists, and spatial and statistical analyses of the detecting finds. The 230 pages cover hobby metal detecting in Norway, and its manifaceted interactions with the Norwegian archaeological heritage management, from the (visible) beginning of the hobby and throughout 2020.
Teaching
I have completed the basic pedagogical competence course offered by UiO and have supervised at a undergraduate and graduate level.
Graduate (lectures)
2021 ‘Archaeology and dissemination’ (ARK4050 – UiO)
2021 ‘Archaeological practice’ (ARK4180 – UiO)
2013 ‘Archaeological field course, Nordic’ (ARK4310 – UiO)
Undergraduate (lectures)
2021 ‘Introduction to archaeology’ (ARK1000 – UiO)
2021 ‘Historical archaeology’ (ARK2031 – UiO)
2022, 2021 ‘Archaeological cultural heritage management’ (ARK2110 – UiO)
2013 ‘Archaeological theory and research history’ (ARK2000 – UiO)
Education
2021 PhD in archaeology, Department of archaeology, conservation and history, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo.
2012 MA in archaeology, Department of archaeology, conservation and history, University of Oslo.
Selected commissions
2022– Member of the Nordic TAG steering committee.
2022– Member of the European Public Finds Recording Network
2022–2023 Board member for the Norwegian Archaeological Meeting (NAM)
2021– Member of the Norwegian research council’s network for citizen science
2021–2022 Head of organising committee for the 16th Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group (Nordic TAG).
2019– Editorial secretary in Norwegian Archaeological Review
2018–2021 Norwegian MC in the EU-financed network ‘Archaeological practices and knowledge work in the digital environment’ (COST ARKWORK).
2017– Board member of the Norwegian chapter of CAA.
2016–2017 Head of organising committee of Norsk arkeologimøte (NAM)
2012–2016 Editorial secretary in Viking
2010–2011 Co-head of student volunteers at the EAA conference in Oslo
2010–2012 Editor-in-chief of the student-run archaeological journal Nicolay arkeologisk tidsskrift
2010–2012 Board member of MAiN.