Silje Opdahl Mathisen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4799789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silje Opdahl Mathisen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silje Opdahl |
| FAMILY NAME | Mathisen |
| SIGNATURE | MATHISEN S O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A record of ethnographic objects procured for the Crystal Palace exhibition in Sydenham
This article investigates the events surrounding the discovery of a double set of Sámi artefacts collected in Norway in the 1850s. While the collecting had received government funding and was initiated by a Norwegian scholar, the commission for it came from London. One set of artefacts was to be exhibited at Crystal Palace in Sydenham, a commercial venue reaching a tremendously large audience. The other set became part of the Ethnographic Museum …
Still standing. On the use of dioramas and mannequins in Sámi exhibitions
This article is about the use of dioramas in Sámi exhibitions. The author discusses the use of a specific exhibition technique where a mannequin and a taxidermied reindeer are grouped together, and often placed in an illusionary winter landscape. She has named this the Lappish Equipage. This form of representation has a long history both inside and outside museums, and it can be found in both Sámi and ethnic Norwegian and Swedish museums. The aut…
Introduction. Bodyworks
Samene – et folk uten forhistorie? En analyse av samiske museers utstillinger med vekt på hvordan samisk forhistorie presenteres i utstillingene
This Ph.D. project is connected to the Patterns of Cultural Valuation research project, which seeks to investigate how different ethnic groups and minorities have been presented and represented in Norwegian museums of cultural history during the last 150 years. I wish to analyze exhibitions at Sami museums in Norway, Sweden and Finland, with a special emphasis on how Sami prehistory is presented in these exhibitions. The starting point of my proj…
Still standing. On the use of dioramas and mannequins in Sámi exhibitions
This article is about the use of dioramas in Sámi exhibitions. The author discusses the use of a specific exhibition technique where a mannequin and a taxidermied reindeer are grouped together, and often placed in an illusionary winter landscape. She has named this the Lappish Equipage. This form of representation has a long history both inside and outside museums, and it can be found in both Sámi and ethnic Norwegian and Swedish museums. The aut…
A record of ethnographic objects procured for the Crystal Palace exhibition in Sydenham
This article investigates the events surrounding the discovery of a double set of Sámi artefacts collected in Norway in the 1850s. While the collecting had received government funding and was initiated by a Norwegian scholar, the commission for it came from London. One set of artefacts was to be exhibited at Crystal Palace in Sydenham, a commercial venue reaching a tremendously large audience. The other set became part of the Ethnographic Museum …
Still standing. On the use of dioramas and mannequins in Sámi exhibitions
This article is about the use of dioramas in Sámi exhibitions. The author discusses the use of a specific exhibition technique where a mannequin and a taxidermied reindeer are grouped together, and often placed in an illusionary winter landscape. She has named this the Lappish Equipage. This form of representation has a long history both inside and outside museums, and it can be found in both Sámi and ethnic Norwegian and Swedish museums. The aut…
Introduction. Bodyworks
Samene – et folk uten forhistorie? En analyse av samiske museers utstillinger med vekt på hvordan samisk forhistorie presenteres i utstillingene
This Ph.D. project is connected to the Patterns of Cultural Valuation research project, which seeks to investigate how different ethnic groups and minorities have been presented and represented in Norwegian museums of cultural history during the last 150 years. I wish to analyze exhibitions at Sami museums in Norway, Sweden and Finland, with a special emphasis on how Sami prehistory is presented in these exhibitions. The starting point of my proj…
A record of ethnographic objects procured for the Crystal Palace exhibition in Sydenham
This article investigates the events surrounding the discovery of a double set of Sámi artefacts collected in Norway in the 1850s. While the collecting had received government funding and was initiated by a Norwegian scholar, the commission for it came from London. One set of artefacts was to be exhibited at Crystal Palace in Sydenham, a commercial venue reaching a tremendously large audience. The other set became part of the Ethnographic Museum …
Art (3 works) · Exhibition (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (2 works)