Ane Ohrvik
Biographic Data
| ID | 5581546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ane Ohrvik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ane |
| FAMILY NAME | Ohrvik |
| SIGNATURE | OHRVIK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1386-4193 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Approaches to textual sources in cultural history
How do we approach textual sources within cultural history? Do we ‘think’ about sources and ‘work’ with them in similar ways? Is it possible to identify a specific methodology among cultural historians? Cultural history is both a subfield and a discipline in its own right. In this domain, scholars often equate methodology with the application of theories to a text. However, it is crucial to explore the gap between reading a textual source and app…
What is close reading? An exploration of a methodology
What is close reading and what are the steps we take in close reading as a methodological approach? This article explores reading strategies and advocates for a more conscious close reading. Starting by tracing the hermeneutic heritage of close reading, and examining its development from the New Criticism movement onwards, it then describes the fundamental physical and cognitive aspects of reading as a distinct form of analytic attentiveness. Thr…
Foliate Mask in Vernacular Material Culture from Medieval to Modern Norway
In this article, we explore the contexts and appearances of what we argue is a Norwegian version of the Green Man – the Glibb – in vernacular settings. We also discuss the figure’s possible meanings in Norwegian secular culture. Most of the objects are part of the digital artifact collection called DigitaltMuseum (Digital Museum), which is a common database for Norwegian and Swedish museums and collections. Our collection and analysis of this mat…
The discovery of novel immunomodulatory medicinal plants by combination of historical text reviews and immunological screening assays
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: With the advent of immunotherapies against cancers, autoimmune diseases and infections, there is a steady demand for novel medicines. New sources for discovery of potentially novel immunomodulatory compounds are therefore needed. Nature contains a large and diverse reservoir of novel compounds that can be exploited for their potential as new drugs, and exploring the pharmaceutical potential of medicinal plants used…
Reframing Pilgrimage in Northern Europe
How to Be a Pilgrim
The Norwegian St. Olav Ways are currently the largest Northern European project re-institutionalizing pilgrimage as cultural heritage, providing a new framework for vernacular religious practices to a wide audience. In this article we approach the current pilgrimage revival in Northern Europe as part of a trend toward a heritagization of religion that allows new religious self-understandings to emerge. We analyze pilgrim guidebooks to the St. Ola…
Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway
This book addresses magical ideas and practices in early modern Norway, examining a Norwegian manuscripts from 1650-1850 commonly called 'Black Books'
Instructing Knowledge
Chapter 7 explores the reading instructions provided in the prefaces of the Black Books. These prefaces explain who should read the books and thus utilise the knowledge, how the knowledge should be used, and why the reader should use the knowledge offered. The various Black Books agree to a large extent on 'science lovers' and 'Christians' as the model reader. The readership relates to how the knowledge, according to the books, should be used. Us…
Finding Knowledge
Chapter 1 introduces the Black Books as early modern manuscripts of knowledge and places them within three corresponding fields of research: magic; book history; and the history of knowledge. While the first represents the classical context within which the books have been placed, book history and the history of knowledge introduce new ways of contextualising, viewing and interpreting the Black Books, which was the motivating ambition for the boo…
Making Knowledge
That the material form of the Black Books is inextricably tied to their application and meaning is a foundational premise of the study. Chapter 3 examines the production technologies of format, binding and textual style as an exterior ‘reading’. While the descriptive enquiry answers the simple question of what characterises the Black Books, the analysis sheds light on why these material features appear as they do and what caused their application…
Identifying Knowledge
The conceptualisation of the Black Books is closely tied to the way the knowledge is designated and identified, placing it on different levels of abstraction. Chapter 5 examines the concept of genre and how it serves to illuminate how knowledge is conceptualised. Several questions are asked: To what fields of knowledge do the Black Books relate? With which genres do they seek to associate? And which concepts work in generic ways? Based on these q…
Knowledge Cultures
Chapter 2 describes key features of the Black Book manuscripts. By answering questions such as what characterised the writing process, who wrote Black Books, who owned them, and which book markets they belonged to, the specific manuscript culture that describes these books is illuminated. Furthermore, the chapter identifies the genres of printed literature that inspired the making of Black Books and from which generic literary links are created b…
Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway
Making Sense as a Cultural Practice
The production of sense is a central field of action of cultural and political practice. The articles examine how, in different contexts, the construction of sense and its outcome as a cultural practice
Books in Early Modern Norway
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Reframing Pilgrimage in Northern Europe
What is close reading? An exploration of a methodology
What is close reading and what are the steps we take in close reading as a methodological approach? This article explores reading strategies and advocates for a more conscious close reading. Starting by tracing the hermeneutic heritage of close reading, and examining its development from the New Criticism movement onwards, it then describes the fundamental physical and cognitive aspects of reading as a distinct form of analytic attentiveness. Thr…
How to Be a Pilgrim
The Norwegian St. Olav Ways are currently the largest Northern European project re-institutionalizing pilgrimage as cultural heritage, providing a new framework for vernacular religious practices to a wide audience. In this article we approach the current pilgrimage revival in Northern Europe as part of a trend toward a heritagization of religion that allows new religious self-understandings to emerge. We analyze pilgrim guidebooks to the St. Ola…
Making Sense as a Cultural Practice
The production of sense is a central field of action of cultural and political practice. The articles examine how, in different contexts, the construction of sense and its outcome as a cultural practice
Books in Early Modern Norway
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway
Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway
This book addresses magical ideas and practices in early modern Norway, examining a Norwegian manuscripts from 1650-1850 commonly called 'Black Books'
Instructing Knowledge
Chapter 7 explores the reading instructions provided in the prefaces of the Black Books. These prefaces explain who should read the books and thus utilise the knowledge, how the knowledge should be used, and why the reader should use the knowledge offered. The various Black Books agree to a large extent on 'science lovers' and 'Christians' as the model reader. The readership relates to how the knowledge, according to the books, should be used. Us…
Finding Knowledge
Chapter 1 introduces the Black Books as early modern manuscripts of knowledge and places them within three corresponding fields of research: magic; book history; and the history of knowledge. While the first represents the classical context within which the books have been placed, book history and the history of knowledge introduce new ways of contextualising, viewing and interpreting the Black Books, which was the motivating ambition for the boo…
Making Knowledge
That the material form of the Black Books is inextricably tied to their application and meaning is a foundational premise of the study. Chapter 3 examines the production technologies of format, binding and textual style as an exterior ‘reading’. While the descriptive enquiry answers the simple question of what characterises the Black Books, the analysis sheds light on why these material features appear as they do and what caused their application…
Identifying Knowledge
The conceptualisation of the Black Books is closely tied to the way the knowledge is designated and identified, placing it on different levels of abstraction. Chapter 5 examines the concept of genre and how it serves to illuminate how knowledge is conceptualised. Several questions are asked: To what fields of knowledge do the Black Books relate? With which genres do they seek to associate? And which concepts work in generic ways? Based on these q…
Knowledge Cultures
Chapter 2 describes key features of the Black Book manuscripts. By answering questions such as what characterised the writing process, who wrote Black Books, who owned them, and which book markets they belonged to, the specific manuscript culture that describes these books is illuminated. Furthermore, the chapter identifies the genres of printed literature that inspired the making of Black Books and from which generic literary links are created b…
Reframing Pilgrimage in Northern Europe
How to Be a Pilgrim
The Norwegian St. Olav Ways are currently the largest Northern European project re-institutionalizing pilgrimage as cultural heritage, providing a new framework for vernacular religious practices to a wide audience. In this article we approach the current pilgrimage revival in Northern Europe as part of a trend toward a heritagization of religion that allows new religious self-understandings to emerge. We analyze pilgrim guidebooks to the St. Ola…
The discovery of novel immunomodulatory medicinal plants by combination of historical text reviews and immunological screening assays
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: With the advent of immunotherapies against cancers, autoimmune diseases and infections, there is a steady demand for novel medicines. New sources for discovery of potentially novel immunomodulatory compounds are therefore needed. Nature contains a large and diverse reservoir of novel compounds that can be exploited for their potential as new drugs, and exploring the pharmaceutical potential of medicinal plants used…
Foliate Mask in Vernacular Material Culture from Medieval to Modern Norway
In this article, we explore the contexts and appearances of what we argue is a Norwegian version of the Green Man – the Glibb – in vernacular settings. We also discuss the figure’s possible meanings in Norwegian secular culture. Most of the objects are part of the digital artifact collection called DigitaltMuseum (Digital Museum), which is a common database for Norwegian and Swedish museums and collections. Our collection and analysis of this mat…
Approaches to textual sources in cultural history
How do we approach textual sources within cultural history? Do we ‘think’ about sources and ‘work’ with them in similar ways? Is it possible to identify a specific methodology among cultural historians? Cultural history is both a subfield and a discipline in its own right. In this domain, scholars often equate methodology with the application of theories to a text. However, it is crucial to explore the gap between reading a textual source and app…
What is close reading? An exploration of a methodology
What is close reading and what are the steps we take in close reading as a methodological approach? This article explores reading strategies and advocates for a more conscious close reading. Starting by tracing the hermeneutic heritage of close reading, and examining its development from the New Criticism movement onwards, it then describes the fundamental physical and cognitive aspects of reading as a distinct form of analytic attentiveness. Thr…
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