Blar i forfatter Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning "Pétursdóttir, Þóra"
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Cold Wars and Summer-Night Dances: An Archaeology of the Iron Curtain: Material and Metaphor, by Anna McWilliams and Minnen från vår samtid: Arkeologi, materialitet och samtidshistoria (Memories of our Time: Archaeology, Materiality and Contemporary History) by Maria Persson
Pétursdóttir, Þóra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-06) -
Concrete Matters: Towards an Archaeology of Things
Pétursdóttir, Þóra (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-11-01)The thesis is both part of and a critical response to the turn to things or the “new materialisms” developing within the humanities and social sciences during the last two decades. Based on the archaeological exploration of two recently abandoned herring stations in Iceland’s Northwest and their rich assemblages of decaying matter, the thesis seeks to scrutinize the fate of archaeological things ... -
"Deyr fé, deyja frændr". Re-animating mortuary remains from Viking Age Iceland
Pétursdóttir, Þóra (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-06-15)Research on the material culture of Viking Age graves in Iceland, and Icelandic Viking Age archaeology more generally, has long been strongly influenced and restricted by the established authority of the written sources. In accordance with this the material has mostly been used to shed light on questions concerning the origin of the first settlers, the timing of their arrival and their technological ... -
Theory Adrift: The Matter of Archaeological Theorizing
Pétursdóttir, Þóra; Olsen, Bjørnar Julius (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-10)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 ...