Þóra Pétursdóttir
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 105597 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Þóra Pétursdóttir |
| PRENOMES | Þóra |
| SOBRENOME | Pétursdóttir |
| ASSINATURA | PÉTURSDÓTTIR Þ |
| AFILIAÇÕES | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 205 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
These Words Are My Own
English is the lingua franca not only for academia but also for almost all international infrastructures and global communications. It comes as no surprise, then, that the dominant and assumed normative voice in archaeology is standard British English (SBE) for narratives of various times and places. This language is ‘majoritarian’—by this we do not mean that it is spoken by most of humanity, but that it is the imposed ‘ideal’ others are measured…
Archaeological encounters
What legitimizes archaeological work in an age of global climate change, socio-political crises and economic recession? On what topics should archaeology focus its research questions, and what forms of archaeological engagement are not merely justifiable but able to make a difference in light of such challenges? Today, there is a tendency, we argue, that archaeological responses to current challenges are expected to align with a specific mode of …
Samtidsarkeologi
Sharing Ground
Modern Ruins
Collaborative, Public, Participatory
Norwegian Archaeological Review celebrated its 50th anniversary two years ago, in 2018 (Damm 2018). To mark this event the journal hosted a roundtable session at the EAA conference in Barcelona, un
Visual Essays
A variety of visual material has always been part of the archaeological record, and the share and significance of this data has only increased with new technologies in recent decades. It is in reaction to this and with a wish to diversify the mediation of archaeological research that NAR introduces Visual Essays as a new format in its portfolio of academic publication. The essays follow the established aim of the journal to communicate the divers…
In Passing
To begin with, I would like to express my gratitude to Susan, Reinhard, Lena, Anna and Stefan for inviting me to participate in their workshop around the puzzling theme ofBeiläufigkeitin archaeology. Having worked lately with assemblages of objects that, though very much in the spotlight of media, have hitherto fallen into the blind spot of archaeology, I immediately found it inviting to think in terms ofBeiläufigkeit, the incidental and the by-p…
Anticipated futures? Knowing the heritage of drift matter
What might heritage in and of the Anthropocene look like? This article ponders this question by drawing on archaeological encounters with assemblages of drift matter (seaborne debris) in Norway and Iceland. Here, drift matter manifests evidence of both the relentlessly amassing material heritage of the Anthropocene and deep legacies of local engagement with this fluctuating resource. The tensions evoked along these coastlines therefore invite exp…
Modern Ruins
Lyrics for a duskier Enlightenment. In response to Alexandra Ion
In her article ‘A taphonomy of a dark Anthropocene’, Alexandra Ion responds to and criticizes my discussion around the topic of archaeology and the Anthropocene recently published in this journal. She takes issue with most of my central arguments and especially with my leaning towards object-oriented ontology, speculative realism and the like, describing my perspective as one that is literally dark and depressing and which may lead nowhere but to…
Theory adrift
At a possible transition towards a 'flat', post-human or new-materialist environment, many have suggested that archaeological theory and theorizing is changing course; turning to metaphysics; leaning towards the sciences; or, even is declared dead. Resonating with these concerns, and drawing on our fieldwork on a northern driftwood beach, this article suggests the need to rethink fundamental notions of what theory is - its morphological being - a…
Climate change? Archaeology and Anthropocene
As we pass into an age of the Anthropocene, archaeologists, as scholars of other disciplines, are driven to consider how this physical and ideological climate change affects our craft, or how archaeology can contribute with knowledge and insight of significance in a shifting world. Basing its arguments on research conducted on marine debris and drift beaches in northern Norway and Iceland, the aim of this article is to imagine what kind of altern…
Imaging Modern Decay
Photographs of abandoned homes, decaying towns and industrial ruins swarm the Internet. They also fill the glossy pages of art books and popular magazine issues, and are increasingly appropriating more prominent spaces in scholarly publication on modern decay and abandonment. While its popularity speaks to its attractiveness, this proliferating ruin imagery has also become the target of harsh criticism from both concerned scholars and people affe…
Sarnes Internat
Boarding schools used to be a common feature in the vast but sparsely populated region of Finnmark in northernmost Norway. For many these schools became a second home, a home away from home, and many of the desolate school buildings thus house childhood memories of generations. One such institution is the now abandoned and ruined school building at Sarnes in the municipality of North Cape. Closed down as an internat school in the 70s the building…
Returning to 'Ruin' Photography
Concrete matters
Intangibility has become a trendy term within heritage studies and is now even considered to refer to heritage in general. This article discusses this development, along with its integrity and consequences for the fate of things in the heritage discourse. With reference to the concrete ruins of Iceland's recent past it addresses the traditional and contemporary processes of discrimination and othering within heritage definitions, and the often fr…
Small Things Forgotten Now Included, or What Else Do Things Deserve
Theory adrift
At a possible transition towards a 'flat', post-human or new-materialist environment, many have suggested that archaeological theory and theorizing is changing course; turning to metaphysics; leaning towards the sciences; or, even is declared dead. Resonating with these concerns, and drawing on our fieldwork on a northern driftwood beach, this article suggests the need to rethink fundamental notions of what theory is - its morphological being - a…
Climate change? Archaeology and Anthropocene
As we pass into an age of the Anthropocene, archaeologists, as scholars of other disciplines, are driven to consider how this physical and ideological climate change affects our craft, or how archaeology can contribute with knowledge and insight of significance in a shifting world. Basing its arguments on research conducted on marine debris and drift beaches in northern Norway and Iceland, the aim of this article is to imagine what kind of altern…
Small Things Forgotten Now Included, or What Else Do Things Deserve
Concrete matters
Intangibility has become a trendy term within heritage studies and is now even considered to refer to heritage in general. This article discusses this development, along with its integrity and consequences for the fate of things in the heritage discourse. With reference to the concrete ruins of Iceland's recent past it addresses the traditional and contemporary processes of discrimination and othering within heritage definitions, and the often fr…
Anticipated futures? Knowing the heritage of drift matter
What might heritage in and of the Anthropocene look like? This article ponders this question by drawing on archaeological encounters with assemblages of drift matter (seaborne debris) in Norway and Iceland. Here, drift matter manifests evidence of both the relentlessly amassing material heritage of the Anthropocene and deep legacies of local engagement with this fluctuating resource. The tensions evoked along these coastlines therefore invite exp…
Imaging Modern Decay
Photographs of abandoned homes, decaying towns and industrial ruins swarm the Internet. They also fill the glossy pages of art books and popular magazine issues, and are increasingly appropriating more prominent spaces in scholarly publication on modern decay and abandonment. While its popularity speaks to its attractiveness, this proliferating ruin imagery has also become the target of harsh criticism from both concerned scholars and people affe…
Archaeological encounters
What legitimizes archaeological work in an age of global climate change, socio-political crises and economic recession? On what topics should archaeology focus its research questions, and what forms of archaeological engagement are not merely justifiable but able to make a difference in light of such challenges? Today, there is a tendency, we argue, that archaeological responses to current challenges are expected to align with a specific mode of …
Lyrics for a duskier Enlightenment. In response to Alexandra Ion
In her article ‘A taphonomy of a dark Anthropocene’, Alexandra Ion responds to and criticizes my discussion around the topic of archaeology and the Anthropocene recently published in this journal. She takes issue with most of my central arguments and especially with my leaning towards object-oriented ontology, speculative realism and the like, describing my perspective as one that is literally dark and depressing and which may lead nowhere but to…
In Passing
To begin with, I would like to express my gratitude to Susan, Reinhard, Lena, Anna and Stefan for inviting me to participate in their workshop around the puzzling theme ofBeiläufigkeitin archaeology. Having worked lately with assemblages of objects that, though very much in the spotlight of media, have hitherto fallen into the blind spot of archaeology, I immediately found it inviting to think in terms ofBeiläufigkeit, the incidental and the by-p…
Sarnes Internat
Boarding schools used to be a common feature in the vast but sparsely populated region of Finnmark in northernmost Norway. For many these schools became a second home, a home away from home, and many of the desolate school buildings thus house childhood memories of generations. One such institution is the now abandoned and ruined school building at Sarnes in the municipality of North Cape. Closed down as an internat school in the 70s the building…
Collaborative, Public, Participatory
Norwegian Archaeological Review celebrated its 50th anniversary two years ago, in 2018 (Damm 2018). To mark this event the journal hosted a roundtable session at the EAA conference in Barcelona, un
Visual Essays
A variety of visual material has always been part of the archaeological record, and the share and significance of this data has only increased with new technologies in recent decades. It is in reaction to this and with a wish to diversify the mediation of archaeological research that NAR introduces Visual Essays as a new format in its portfolio of academic publication. The essays follow the established aim of the journal to communicate the divers…
Small Things Forgotten Now Included, or What Else Do Things Deserve
Concrete matters
Intangibility has become a trendy term within heritage studies and is now even considered to refer to heritage in general. This article discusses this development, along with its integrity and consequences for the fate of things in the heritage discourse. With reference to the concrete ruins of Iceland's recent past it addresses the traditional and contemporary processes of discrimination and othering within heritage definitions, and the often fr…
Imaging Modern Decay
Photographs of abandoned homes, decaying towns and industrial ruins swarm the Internet. They also fill the glossy pages of art books and popular magazine issues, and are increasingly appropriating more prominent spaces in scholarly publication on modern decay and abandonment. While its popularity speaks to its attractiveness, this proliferating ruin imagery has also become the target of harsh criticism from both concerned scholars and people affe…
Sarnes Internat
Boarding schools used to be a common feature in the vast but sparsely populated region of Finnmark in northernmost Norway. For many these schools became a second home, a home away from home, and many of the desolate school buildings thus house childhood memories of generations. One such institution is the now abandoned and ruined school building at Sarnes in the municipality of North Cape. Closed down as an internat school in the 70s the building…
Returning to 'Ruin' Photography
Climate change? Archaeology and Anthropocene
As we pass into an age of the Anthropocene, archaeologists, as scholars of other disciplines, are driven to consider how this physical and ideological climate change affects our craft, or how archaeology can contribute with knowledge and insight of significance in a shifting world. Basing its arguments on research conducted on marine debris and drift beaches in northern Norway and Iceland, the aim of this article is to imagine what kind of altern…
Modern Ruins
Lyrics for a duskier Enlightenment. In response to Alexandra Ion
In her article ‘A taphonomy of a dark Anthropocene’, Alexandra Ion responds to and criticizes my discussion around the topic of archaeology and the Anthropocene recently published in this journal. She takes issue with most of my central arguments and especially with my leaning towards object-oriented ontology, speculative realism and the like, describing my perspective as one that is literally dark and depressing and which may lead nowhere but to…
Theory adrift
At a possible transition towards a 'flat', post-human or new-materialist environment, many have suggested that archaeological theory and theorizing is changing course; turning to metaphysics; leaning towards the sciences; or, even is declared dead. Resonating with these concerns, and drawing on our fieldwork on a northern driftwood beach, this article suggests the need to rethink fundamental notions of what theory is - its morphological being - a…
Modern Ruins
Collaborative, Public, Participatory
Norwegian Archaeological Review celebrated its 50th anniversary two years ago, in 2018 (Damm 2018). To mark this event the journal hosted a roundtable session at the EAA conference in Barcelona, un
Visual Essays
A variety of visual material has always been part of the archaeological record, and the share and significance of this data has only increased with new technologies in recent decades. It is in reaction to this and with a wish to diversify the mediation of archaeological research that NAR introduces Visual Essays as a new format in its portfolio of academic publication. The essays follow the established aim of the journal to communicate the divers…
In Passing
To begin with, I would like to express my gratitude to Susan, Reinhard, Lena, Anna and Stefan for inviting me to participate in their workshop around the puzzling theme ofBeiläufigkeitin archaeology. Having worked lately with assemblages of objects that, though very much in the spotlight of media, have hitherto fallen into the blind spot of archaeology, I immediately found it inviting to think in terms ofBeiläufigkeit, the incidental and the by-p…
Anticipated futures? Knowing the heritage of drift matter
What might heritage in and of the Anthropocene look like? This article ponders this question by drawing on archaeological encounters with assemblages of drift matter (seaborne debris) in Norway and Iceland. Here, drift matter manifests evidence of both the relentlessly amassing material heritage of the Anthropocene and deep legacies of local engagement with this fluctuating resource. The tensions evoked along these coastlines therefore invite exp…
Sharing Ground
Samtidsarkeologi
Archaeological encounters
What legitimizes archaeological work in an age of global climate change, socio-political crises and economic recession? On what topics should archaeology focus its research questions, and what forms of archaeological engagement are not merely justifiable but able to make a difference in light of such challenges? Today, there is a tendency, we argue, that archaeological responses to current challenges are expected to align with a specific mode of …
These Words Are My Own
English is the lingua franca not only for academia but also for almost all international infrastructures and global communications. It comes as no surprise, then, that the dominant and assumed normative voice in archaeology is standard British English (SBE) for narratives of various times and places. This language is ‘majoritarian’—by this we do not mean that it is spoken by most of humanity, but that it is the imposed ‘ideal’ others are measured…
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