The museum is a distinguished place for working across disciplines in research, teaching, and public outreach. Many of us bridge and combine topics and methods from both the humanities and the sciences in our daily research. While it can be challenging to work across what has been labelled as 'The Two Cultures' of academia, these complementary approaches often lead to great insights and new interpretations of our past, nature, and contemporary society.
At this year's Annual Seminar of the Research Council, we look forward to investigate and debate these topics not only amongst ourselves but together with our colleagues from UiO's Natural History Museum.
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Programme
11.30: Light lunch and mingling in møterom Vollebekk, Økern
12.00–12.15: Welcome by head of KHM's research council, Roland Wittje, and Museum Director Aud Tønnessen
12.15–12.45: Spaces of Knowledge-Making: from Greek Temples to Museums, and Beyond by Helge Jordheim
12.45–12.55: Between rocks and plants: analytical techniques for investigating historical dyes and lithic materials by Calin Steindal
12.55–13.05: Some reflections on new genetic data on human remains from later prehistory in Norway and how such analyses can contribute to solving old problems by Lene Melheim
13.05–13.15: «Races», populations and cultures, and the traffic of data and concepts across disciplinary boundaries by Jon Kyllingstad
13.15–13.25: A tale of two cultures – The quest for harmony in the forest of varied wisdom (cross-disciplinary research) by Kjetil Loftsgård
13.25–13.45: Discussion
13.45–14.15: Coffee break
14.15–14.45: Plant-talk: How approaching plants from different disciplines increased our mutual understanding by Aneleen Kool and Karoline Kjesrud
14.45–14.55: Hunting for the collections of the Kongsberg School of Mines in our collections by Jørn Hurum
14.55–15.05: Opening Doors: Collaborative projects and initiatives between NHM and KHM at Økern by Justin Kimball
15.05–15.15: GeoLab at the Museum of Natural History: what happens on the other side of the door? by Nelia Castro
15.15–15.25: Across the ice – cross-disciplinary forays in glacial archaeology by Julian Post-Melbye
15.25–16.00: Discussion and conclusion