{"id":35,"date":"2018-04-06T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hh.hi.is\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2020-02-07T09:07:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T09:07:39","slug":"the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/?page_id=35","title":{"rendered":"The team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dr. Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson er pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands auk \u00feess a\u00f0 vera yfir <a href=\"http:\/\/microhistory.org\">Mi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0 eins\u00f6guranns\u00f3kna<\/a> \u00e1 sama sta\u00f0. Hann er h\u00f6fundur 22 b\u00f3ka og fj\u00f6lda greina sem hafa birst \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og annarssta\u00f0ar \u00ed heiminum. N\u00fdjustu b\u00e6kur hans \u00e1 ensku eru: <em>Wasteland with Words. A Social History of Iceland<\/em> (London: Reaktion Books, 2010); <em>What is Microhistory? Theory and Practice<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2013), me\u00f0h\u00f6fundur er dr. Istv\u00e1n M. Szij\u00e1rt\u00f3 og <em>Minor Knowledge and Microhistory<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2017), me\u00f0h\u00f6fundur er dr. Dav\u00ed\u00f0 \u00d3lafsson. Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi er einn \u00feriggja ritstj\u00f3ra S\u00fdnisb\u00f3kar \u00edslenskrar al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0umenningar en \u00ed ritr\u00f6\u00f0inni hafa birst yfir tuttugu b\u00e6kur \u00e1 svi\u00f0i hversdagss\u00f6gu, eins\u00f6gu og heimildafr\u00e6\u00f0i. Hann er \u00e1samt Istv\u00e1n M. Szij\u00e1rt\u00f3 ritstj\u00f3ri n\u00fdrrar ritra\u00f0ar sem hi\u00f0 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0lega b\u00f3kaforlag Routledge gefur \u00fat og nefnist <em>Microhistories<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281-1020x1024.png 1020w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sghhis-e1523268009281.png 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson (Historian \u2013 Ph.D.) is currently a Professor of Cultural History, Department of History and Philosophy at the University of Iceland and the chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research (www.microhistory.org). He is the author of 22 books and numerus articles published in Iceland and abroad. His latest books in English are: <em>Wasteland with Words. A Social History of Iceland<\/em> (London: Reaktion Books, 2010), <em>What is Microhistory? Theory and Practice<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2013), co-authored with Istv\u00e1n M. Szij\u00e1rt\u00f3 and <em>Minor Knowledge and Microhistory<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2017), co-authored with Dav\u00ed\u00f0 \u00d3lafsson.<\/p>\n<p>Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi is the founder and one of three editors of a book series named: \u2018The Anthology of Icelandic Popular Culture\u2019 (S\u00fdnisb\u00f3k \u00edslenskrar al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0umenningar) which has already published 22 books, mostley on the topics of egodocuments and everyday life history. He is also co-editor with Istv\u00e1n M. Szij\u00e1rt\u00f3 of a new international book series, <em>Microhistories<\/em>, published by Routledge.<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. Anna L\u00edsa R\u00fanarsd\u00f3ttir<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/annalisa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/annalisa-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/annalisa-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/annalisa-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/annalisa-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/annalisa.png 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Anna L\u00edsa R\u00fanarsd\u00f3ttir er ranns\u00f3knarma\u00f0ur vi\u00f0 Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, en h\u00fan var um \u00e1rabil svi\u00f0sstj\u00f3ri ranns\u00f3kna og var\u00f0veislu \u00e1 \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0minjasafni \u00cdslands. H\u00fan lauk doktorspr\u00f3fi fr\u00e1 mannfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild University College London \u00fear sem h\u00fan s\u00e9rh\u00e6f\u00f0i sig \u00ed ranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 efnismenningu, en stunda\u00f0i einnig n\u00e1m \u00ed arkitekt\u00far \u00ed Frakklandi. Fyrri ranns\u00f3knir hennar hafa fjalla\u00f0 um byggingarlist og efnismenningu heimilisins, b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1 Tonga eyjum \u00ed Su\u00f0ur Kyrrahafi og \u00ed tengslum vi\u00f0 \u00edslenska torfb\u00e6inn.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anna L\u00edsa R\u00fanarsd\u00f3ttir is a researcher at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Iceland, but she worked for several years as Head of Research and Collections at the National Museum of Iceland. She completed a PhD in anthropology from University College London where she focused on material culture studies, but also studied architecture in France. Her previous research mainly deals with architecture and the material culture of the home, carried out in the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific and in connection with the Icelandic turf farm.<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. \u00c1g\u00fasta Edwald Maxwell<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta-1018x1024.png 1018w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/agusta-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Dr. \u00c1g\u00fasta Edwald Maxwell vinnur a\u00f0 n\u00fddoktorsverkefni \u00ed fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i um efnisveruleika \u00edslenskra heimila \u00e1 18. og 19. \u00f6ld eins og hann birtist \u00ed d\u00e1narb\u00faum og gripas\u00f6fnum \u00far fornleifauppgr\u00f6ftum. Verkefni\u00f0 er styrkt af Marie Curie \u00e1\u00e6tlun Evr\u00f3pusambandsins.\u00a0 \u00c1g\u00fasta var\u00f0i doktorsritger\u00f0 s\u00edna, um fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i f\u00f3lksflutninga til Vesturheims, vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Aberdeen \u00ed Skotlandi \u00e1ri\u00f0 2012. Fr\u00e1 2012-2017 vann h\u00fan vi\u00f0 fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0ideild sama h\u00e1sk\u00f3la a\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knum um sj\u00e1lfsmynd og efnismenningu innflytjenda til Kanada \u00e1 19. \u00f6ld.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. \u00c1g\u00fasta Edwald Maxwell is a Marie Curie research fellow in archaeology. She is currently researching the material culture of Icelandic homes in the 18th and 19th centuries through probate inventories and archaeological assemblages. \u00c1g\u00fasta completed her doctoral thesis, on the archaeology of the emigration from Iceland to Canada in the late 19th century, at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland in 2012. From 2012-2017 she worked at the same University researching the material culture and identity of different immigrant groups to the Canadian Prairie in the 19th and early 20th centuries.<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. Dav\u00ed\u00f0 \u00d3lafsson<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-83\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dav\u00ed\u00f0_\u00d3lafssonsvhv.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Dav\u00ed\u00f0 \u00d3lafsson er sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur og a\u00f0junkt \u00ed menningarfr\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed Deild menningagreina \u00e1 Hugv\u00edsindasvi\u00f0i H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Eftir hann liggur nokkur fj\u00f6ldi fr\u00e6\u00f0igreina og b\u00f3kakafla \u00e1 svi\u00f0i menningars\u00f6gu 19. aldar, einkum me\u00f0 \u00e1herslu \u00e1 l\u00e6sisi\u00f0kun og handritamenningu. Dav\u00ed\u00f0 er, \u00e1samt Sigur\u00f0i Gylfa Magn\u00fassyni, h\u00f6fundur b\u00f3karinnar <em>Minor Knowledge and Microhistory<\/em>: <em>Manuscript Culture in the Nineteenth Century<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2017). Hann er jafnframt einn \u00feriggja ritstj\u00f3ra ritra\u00f0arinnar <em>S\u00fdnisb\u00f3k \u00edslenskrar al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0umenningar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Dav\u00ed\u00f0 \u00d3lafsson is a historian and an adjunct lecturer in cultural studies, at the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, School of Humanities, University of Iceland. He has published several articles and book chapters within Icelandic cultural history of 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Iceland, emphasising literacy practices and post-medieval manuscript culture. Dav\u00ed\u00f0 is, along with Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson, the author of the book<em> Minor Knowledge and Microhistor<\/em>y: <em>Manuscript Culture in the Nineteenth Century<\/em> (London: Routledge, 2017). He is also one of the three editors the series <em>S\u00fdnisb\u00f3k \u00edslenskrar al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0umenningar <\/em>(Anthology from Icelandic Popular Culture).<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. \u00de\u00f3ra P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttir<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-144\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora-768x775.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora-1015x1024.png 1015w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/\u00feora.png 1529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>Dr. \u00de\u00f3ra P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttir er fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0ingur vi\u00f0\u00a0Department of Archaeology, History, Religion and Theology vi\u00f0 UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Troms\u00f8. H\u00fan lauk doktorspr\u00f3fi fr\u00e1 sama h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00e1ri\u00f0 2013 me\u00f0 ritger\u00f0inni\u00a0Concrete Matters: Towards an Archaeology of Things. Ranns\u00f3knir hennar eru fyrst og fremst innan samt\u00edmafornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i, menningararfsfr\u00e6\u00f0a og kennilegrar fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i og h\u00fan er h\u00f6fundur fj\u00f6lda fr\u00e6\u00f0igreina \u00e1 \u00feessum svi\u00f0um. \u00c1samt Bj\u00f8rnar Olsen er h\u00fan ritstj\u00f3ri b\u00f3karinnar\u00a0Ruin Memories: Materialities, Aesthetics and the Archaeology of the Recent Past (Routledge, 2014). \u00c1samt honum fer h\u00fan einnig fyrir ranns\u00f3knarverkefninu\u00a0Unruly Heritage: An Archaeology of the Anthropocene, sem er \u00f6ndvegisverkefni norska ranns\u00f3knasj\u00f3\u00f0sins. Yfirstandandi ranns\u00f3knir hennar sn\u00faa a\u00f0 rekafj\u00f6rum \u00ed n\u00fat\u00edma og \u00ed s\u00f6gulegu samhengi, og a\u00f0 reka sem fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0ilegu vi\u00f0fangsefni. Netfang:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:thora.petursdottir@uit.no\">thora.petursdottir@uit.no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr \u00de\u00f3ra P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttir is researcher in archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, History, Religion and Theology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Troms\u00f8. She completed a PhD from the same University in 2013, with a thesis titled Concrete Matters: Towards an Archaeology of Things. Her research interests lie within archaeology of the contemporary past, critical heritage studies and archaeological theory, and she is the author of articles and book chapters on these issues. Together with Bj\u00f8rnar Olsen, she is the editor of the book Ruin Memories: Materialities, Aesthetics and the Archaeology of the Recent Past (Routledge, 2014). Together with Bj\u00f8rnar Olsen she is currently leading the research project Unruly Heritage: An Archaeology of the Anthropocene, financed by the Norwegian Research Council. Her current research is focused on wrack zones and drift beaches, in contemporary and historical contexts, and on \u201cdrift matter\u201d as archaeological material. Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:thora.petursdottir@uit.no\">thora.petursdottir@uit.no<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Dr. Gavin Lucas<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GavinLucassvhv.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Gavin Lucas er pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Hann hefur einkum lagt \u00e1herslu \u00e1 annars vegar a\u00f0fer\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0innar og kenningarlegan grunn hennar og hins vegar n\u00fat\u00edma fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i (\u00fea\u00f0 er t\u00edmabili\u00f0 fr\u00e1 1500 til okkar daga). N\u00fdjasta b\u00f3kin hans er <em>Understanding the Archaeological Record<\/em> (CUP, 2012) og \u00fe\u00e1 er hann me\u00f0ritstj\u00f3ri \u00ed ritr\u00f6\u00f0 sem beinist a\u00f0 afgerandi n\u00fdjungum innan fagsins og nefnist Archaeological Orientations og gefi\u00f0 \u00fat af Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Gavin Lucas is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland. His main research interests lie in archaeological method and theory and the archaeology of the modern world (i.e,. archaeology of the period c. 1500-present). His most recent book was <em>Understanding the Archaeological Record<\/em> (CUP, 2012) and he is co-editing a series of disciplinary cutting edge volumes called Archaeological Orientations for Routledge.<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. Sigurj\u00f3n Baldur Hafsteinsson<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sbhsvhv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sbhsvhv-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sbhsvhv-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sbhsvhv-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sbhsvhv-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sbhsvhv.png 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Sigurj\u00f3n Baldur Hafsteinsson er pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed safnafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Hann hefur s\u00e9rh\u00e6ft sig \u00ed ranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 menningararfi og \u00e1 undanf\u00f6rnum \u00e1rum einbl\u00ednt \u00e1 \u00e1hrif n\u00fdfrj\u00e1lshyggju \u00e1 menningarl\u00edf \u00e1 \u00cdslendinga og stefnum\u00f3tun \u00ed menningarm\u00e1lum. Sigurj\u00f3n er h\u00f6fundur b\u00f3kanna <em>Unmasking deep democracy: An Anthropology of Indigenous Media in Canada<\/em> sem kom hj\u00e1 Intervention forlaginu \u00ed Danm\u00f6rku 2013, <em>Phallological Museum<\/em> sem kom \u00far hj\u00e1 LIT Verlag \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi 2014 og ritstj\u00f3ri b\u00f3karinnar <em>Bygg\u00f0as\u00f6fn \u00e1 \u00cdslandi<\/em> sem kom \u00fat hj\u00e1 Ranns\u00f3knarsetri \u00ed Safnafr\u00e6\u00f0um \u00e1ri\u00f0 2015. Sigurj\u00f3n er einnig samh\u00f6fundur me\u00f0 Arnari \u00c1rnasyni a\u00f0 b\u00f3kinni <em>Death <\/em><em>and Governmentality: Neo-liberism, Grief and the Nation-form<\/em> sem gefin var \u00fat af H\u00e1sk\u00f3la\u00fatg\u00e1funni 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sigurj\u00f3n Baldur Hafsteinsson, is a Professor in Museology at the University of Iceland. Hafsteinsson has been engaged in research on neoliberal cultural politics and the heritage sector in Iceland. He has focused on aesthetics and democratic stressors within cultural policy making and heritage practices and the ways in which it collapses with notions of cultural heritage ownership. Hafsteinsson has published books as single author like <em>Unmasking Deep Democracy: An Anthropology of<\/em> <em>Indigenous Media in Canada<\/em> (2013), <em>Phallological Museum<\/em> (2014) and the latest as co-author (with Arnar \u00c1rnason) <em>Death and Governmentality:<\/em> <em>Neo-liberalism, Grief and the Nation-Form<\/em> (2018). His publications also include peer-reviewed articles in international journals and books.<\/p>\n<h2>Dr. M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv-1016x1024.png 1016w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/M\u00e1r_J\u00f3nssonsvhv.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Dr. M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson er pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. S\u00e9rsvi\u00f0 hans er f\u00e9lags- og hugmyndasaga \u00e1 t\u00edmabilinu 1600\u20131900. Hann hefur skrifa\u00f0 \u00e6vis\u00f6gu \u00c1rna Magn\u00fassonar (1663-1730) pr\u00f3fessors og handritasafnara \u00e1 \u00edslensku (1998) og ensku (2013), en hefur s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1rin einbeitt s\u00e9r a\u00f0 athugunum \u00e1 d\u00e1narb\u00faum og arfaskiptum. Tv\u00e6r greinar um \u00fea\u00f0 efni hafa birst \u00ed t\u00edmaritunum <em>S\u00f6gu<\/em> (2012) og <em>Sjuttonhundratal. Nordic Yearbook for Eighteenth-Century Studies<\/em> (2016). \u00datg\u00e1fur hans \u00e1 d\u00e1narb\u00faum eru: <em>Hv\u00edtur j\u00f6kull, snau\u00f0ir menn. Eftirl\u00e1tnar eigur al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0u \u00ed efstu bygg\u00f0um Borgarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum fj\u00f3r\u00f0ungi 19. aldar<\/em>. Reykholti 2014; <em>Sterb\u00fasins f\u00e9munir framt\u00f6ldust \u00feessir. Eftirl\u00e1tnar eigur 96 \u00cdslendinga sem l\u00e9tust \u00e1 t\u00edmabilinu 1722\u20131820<\/em>. Reykjav\u00edk 2015; <em>Fyrirfundnir f\u00e9munir \u00ed Vestmannaeyjum \u00e1 fj\u00f3r\u00f0a \u00e1ratug 19. aldar<\/em>. Vestmannaeyjum 2017; <em>\u00deessi s\u00e1rf\u00e1t\u00e6ka sveit. Lausafj\u00e1reign \u00ed Grindav\u00edk og Kr\u00edsuv\u00edk \u00e1rin 1773\u20131824<\/em>. Grindav\u00edk 2018. <a href=\"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/marj\/\">Sj\u00e1 vefsv\u00e6\u00f0i<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson is professor of history at the University of Iceland. He specialises on social history and the history of ideas in the period 1600\u20131900. He has written a biography of the manuscript collector \u00c1rni Magn\u00fasson (1660-1730) in Icelandic (1998) and English (2012). In recent years he has worked on probate inventories from the 18th and 19th centuries, publishing articles in Icelandic and English, besides editing four book-length collections of inventories from various regions in Iceland. <a href=\"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/marj\/\">Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Anna Hei\u00f0a Baldursd\u00f3ttir<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-260 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001-292x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001-998x1024.png 998w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001-768x788.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001-1497x1536.png 1497w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/KRI_hug_anna_heida_90905_001-1996x2048.png 1996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>Anna Hei\u00f0a Baldursd\u00f3ttir er doktorsnemi \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Lei\u00f0beinandi hennar er dr. Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson pr\u00f3fessor. H\u00fan er me\u00f0 BA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u og MA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Anna Hei\u00f0a er hluti af \u00f6ndvegisverkefninu Heimsins hnoss. S\u00f6fn efnismenningar, menningarfur og merking. H\u00fan er b\u00fasett \u00ed Borgarfir\u00f0i og hefur unni\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf fr\u00e1 unga aldri. \u00de\u00e1 hefur h\u00fan s\u00ed\u00f0ustu misseri unni\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Landb\u00fana\u00f0arsafni\u00f0 \u00e1 Hvanneyri.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Hei\u00f0a Baldursd\u00f3ttir is a doctoral student in History at the University of Iceland. Her supervisor is dr. Professor Sigurdur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson. She holds a BA- and MA degree in History from the University of Iceland. Anna Hei\u00f0a is part of the project \u201cMy Favorite Things: Material Culture Archives, Cultural Heritage and Meaning\u201d. She lives in Borgarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and has worked on various jobs from a young age. Lately she has been working for the Agricultural Museum in Hvanneyri.<\/p>\n<h2>Finnur J\u00f3nasson<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur-768x772.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur-1018x1024.png 1018w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/finnur.png 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>Finnur J\u00f3nasson er doktorsnemi \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Lei\u00f0beinandi hans er Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson. Finnur er me\u00f0 BA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u og MA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og dipl\u00f3mu \u00ed kennslu framhaldssk\u00f3lanema einnig fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Finnur hefur unni\u00f0 v\u00ed\u00f0a, me\u00f0al annars sem pizzusendill og vi\u00f0 afgrei\u00f0slu \u00e1 vide\u00f3leigu, en lengst af hefur hann unni\u00f0 \u00e1 Ge\u00f0deild Landsp\u00edtalans og \u00e1 leiksk\u00f3lum og b\u00fasetukj\u00f6rnum fyrir ge\u00f0fatla\u00f0a \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n<p>Finnur J\u00f3nasson is a Doctoral Student in History at the University of Iceland. His instructor is Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson. Finnur has a BA and MA degree in History from the University of Iceland as well as a being a certified teacher at the High Grammar School level. He has a varied and extensive employment history, he has worked as a pizza delivery man and as a clerk at a video rental store, although he has mostly worked at various Psychiatric Wards at Iceland\u2019s National Hospital and in Pre-schools, half-way houses and group homes in Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n<h2>Gu\u00f0n\u00fd Hallgr\u00edmsd\u00f3ttir<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-109\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_-1019x1024.png 1019w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Gu\u00f0ny_Hallgrimsdottir_.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Gu\u00f0n\u00fd Hallgr\u00edmsd\u00f3ttir stundar doktorsn\u00e1m \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands undir lei\u00f0s\u00f6gn dr. M\u00e1s J\u00f3nssonar pr\u00f3fessors. H\u00fan hefur veri\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6tt starfandi fr\u00e6\u00f0ima\u00f0ur \u00ed Reykjav\u00edkurAkadem\u00edunni fr\u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2003 og unni\u00f0 a\u00f0 margv\u00edslegum verkefnum tengdum handritum kvenna. Gu\u00f0n\u00fd lauk MA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands en verkefni hennar fjalla\u00f0i um sj\u00e1lfstj\u00e1ningu kvenna \u00e1 18. og 19. \u00f6ld. \u00c1ri\u00f0 2013 kom \u00fat eftir hana b\u00f3kin <em>Sagan af Gu\u00f0r\u00fanu Ketilsd\u00f3ttur. Eins\u00f6guranns\u00f3kn \u00e1 \u00e6vi 18. aldar vinnukonu<\/em> en b\u00f3kin hlaut Fj\u00f6ruver\u00f0launin \u00ed flokki fr\u00e6\u00f0ib\u00f3ka \u00e1ri\u00f0 2014. Gu\u00f0n\u00fd vinnur n\u00fa a\u00f0 n\u00fdrri og endurb\u00e6ttri \u00fatg\u00e1fu b\u00f3karinnar \u00e1 ensku sem er v\u00e6ntanleg hj\u00e1 b\u00f3kaforlaginu Routledge undir titlinum <em>Independent Woman or Fool?<\/em> <em>A Microhistorical Study of an 18th-century peasant woman<\/em> \u00ed ritr\u00f6\u00f0 sem nefnist Microhistories.<\/p>\n<p>Gu\u00f0n\u00fd Hallgr\u00edmsd\u00f3ttir is a PhD student in history at the University of Iceland under the supervision of Professor M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson. Since 2003 Gu\u00f0n\u00fd has been an independent scholar at the Reykjav\u00edk Academy, working on a variety of subjects, mostly dealing with women\u2018s manuscripts. Gu\u00f0n\u00fd completed her MA degree from the University of Iceland, her thesis focused on the self-image of Icelandic peasant women in 18th and 19th century. In 2013 she published the book <em>Sagan af Gu\u00f0r\u00fanu Ketilsd\u00f3ttur. Eins\u00f6guranns\u00f3kn \u00e1 \u00e6vi 18. aldar vinnukonu<\/em> (The Story of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Ketilsd\u00f3ttir. A microhistorical study of an 18th-century peasant woman). The book was awarded the Fj\u00f6ruver\u00f0laun, a women\u2019s literature prize in 2014, in the category of academic books. Gu\u00f0n\u00fd is currently working on an revised version of the book in English that will be published by Routledge 2019 under the title <em>Independent Woman or Fool?<\/em> <em>A Microhistorical Study of an 18th-century peasant woman<\/em> in a book series called Microhistories.<\/p>\n<h2>Kristj\u00e1n M\u00edmisson<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-156\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan-300x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan-768x762.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan-1024x1015.png 1024w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/kristjan.png 1679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Kristj\u00e1n M\u00edmisson er a\u00f0 lj\u00faka doktorsn\u00e1mi \u00ed fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Ranns\u00f3knir hans hafa einkum beinst a\u00f0 fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0ari alda. \u00cd \u00feeim hefur Kristj\u00e1n lagt \u00e1herslu \u00e1 eins\u00f6gulega n\u00e1lgun \u00fear sem hann veltir fyrir s\u00e9r hinu mannlega \u00ed efnismenningunni og efnislegum eiginleikum pers\u00f3nunnar og hvernig \u00feetta tvennt tvinnast saman. \u00cd doktorsritger\u00f0 sinni, <em>Life in Stones<\/em>, fjallar Kristj\u00e1n til a\u00f0 mynda um \u00e6vibrot kotb\u00f3nda fr\u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ari hluta 17. aldar og hvernig \u00fea\u00f0 birtist okkur \u00ed gegnum efnisminjar kotb\u00fdlisins B\u00fa\u00f0ar\u00e1rbakka.<\/p>\n<p>Kristj\u00e1n M\u00edmisson is finishing his PhD studies in archaeology at the University of Iceland. In his research Kristj\u00e1n has focused on Later Historical Archaeology where he has emphasized microhistorical approaches and reflected upon the human in material culture and the material qualities of personas and how these things intertwine. In his PhD thesis, <em>Life in Stones<\/em>, Kristj\u00e1n discusses for example the partial biography of a late 17<sup>th<\/sup> century peasant and how it presents itself through the material remains of the peasant farm at B\u00fa\u00f0ar\u00e1rbakki.<\/p>\n<h2>Andri M. Kristj\u00e1nsson<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/andri.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Andri M. Kristj\u00e1nsson hefur BA pr\u00f3f fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og meistaragr\u00e1\u00f0u fr\u00e1 sama sk\u00f3la \u00ed b\u00f3kmenntafr\u00e6\u00f0i. Hann hefur komi\u00f0 a\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 dagb\u00f3kaskrifum \u00cdslendinga \u00e1 18.\u2013 20. \u00f6ld. Andri er einnig \u00ed doktorsn\u00e1mi \u00ed Almennri b\u00f3kmenntafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands auk \u00feess a\u00f0 sinna ranns\u00f3knum og verkefnastj\u00f3rn \u00ed \u00f6ndvegisverkefninu Heimsins hnoss.<\/p>\n<p>Andri M. Kristj\u00e1nsson holds a BA and a MA degree from University of Iceland in Comparative literature. He has worked as an assistant researcher on Icelandic diary writing between the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. He is a PhD student in Comparative literature at the University of Iceland as well as being a researcher and project manager for My Favourite Things \u2013 center of excellence.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00deorger\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir<a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12189953_478868638968139_8404696176062030158_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-237 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12189953_478868638968139_8404696176062030158_n-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12189953_478868638968139_8404696176062030158_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12189953_478868638968139_8404696176062030158_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12189953_478868638968139_8404696176062030158_n-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/12189953_478868638968139_8404696176062030158_n.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u00deorger\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir er meistaranemi \u00ed safnafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og er einn af \u00fe\u00e1tttakendunum \u00ed verkefninu Heimsins hnoss. H\u00fan \u00fatskrifa\u00f0ist me\u00f0 MA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed myndlist fr\u00e1 Malm\u00f6 Art Academy \u00e1ri\u00f0 2016 og BA-gr\u00e1\u00f0u fr\u00e1 Listah\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands 2013 \u00ed myndlist.<\/p>\n<p>\u00deorger\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir is currently pursuing a master&#8217;s degree in Museology at the University of Iceland and she is one of the participants in the project My Favourite Things. She holds a M.A. degree in Fine Art from Malm\u00f6 Art Academy and a B.A. degree in Fine Art from the Iceland University of the Arts.<\/p>\n<h2>Arnhei\u00f0ur Stein\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mynd_AS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-240 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mynd_AS-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mynd_AS-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mynd_AS-768x780.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mynd_AS-1008x1024.png 1008w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mynd_AS.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Arnhei\u00f0ur er meistaranemi \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og er me\u00f0 BA gr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 sama sk\u00f3la. Lei\u00f0beinandi hennar \u00ed MA n\u00e1minu er dr. M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson. \u00cd grunnn\u00e1minu sat Arnhei\u00f0ur \u00ed ritstj\u00f3rn <em>Sagna<\/em>, t\u00edmariti sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0inema vi\u00f0 H\u00cd, og stunda\u00f0i skiptin\u00e1m vi\u00f0 Kaupmannahafnarh\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00ed eina \u00f6nn. Arnhei\u00f0ur er fr\u00e1 \u00cdsafir\u00f0i og situr \u00ed stj\u00f3rn S\u00f6guf\u00e9lags \u00cdsfir\u00f0inga.<\/p>\n<p>Arnhei\u00f0ur is an MA student in history at the University of Iceland and holds a BA degree in history from the same University. Her supervisor is dr. M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson. As an undergraduate she worked on <em>Sagnir<\/em>, a journal published by history students, and spent a semester in the University of Copenhagen. Arnhei\u00f0ur is from \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, a small town in the North-West of Iceland, and is a board member in the Historical Society of the town (S\u00f6guf\u00e9lag \u00cdsfir\u00f0inga).<\/p>\n<h2>\u00d3l\u00f6f Ger\u00f0ur Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttir<a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/O\u0301lo\u0308f_Ger\u00f0ur_Sigfu\u0301sdo\u0301ttir.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-241 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/O\u0301lo\u0308f_Ger\u00f0ur_Sigfu\u0301sdo\u0301ttir-300x295.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/O\u0301lo\u0308f_Ger\u00f0ur_Sigfu\u0301sdo\u0301ttir-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/O\u0301lo\u0308f_Ger\u00f0ur_Sigfu\u0301sdo\u0301ttir-768x756.png 768w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/O\u0301lo\u0308f_Ger\u00f0ur_Sigfu\u0301sdo\u0301ttir-1024x1008.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u00d3l\u00f6f Ger\u00f0ur Sigf\u00fassd\u00f3ttir nam mannfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og Chicago h\u00e1sk\u00f3la, \u00fea\u00f0an sem h\u00fan lauk MA-pr\u00f3fi \u00e1ri\u00f0 2002. H\u00fan stundar n\u00fa doktorsn\u00e1m \u00ed safnafr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, \u00fear sem h\u00fan sko\u00f0ar s\u00f6fn sem ranns\u00f3knarstofnanir me\u00f0 \u00e1herslu \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 \u00feekkingarsk\u00f6pun sem ver\u00f0ur til me\u00f0 \u00feeim einst\u00f6ku verkf\u00e6rum og a\u00f0fer\u00f0um sem s\u00f6fn b\u00faa yfir. Hluti af verkefninu er a\u00f0 sta\u00f0setja s\u00f6fn \u00ed stigveldi ranns\u00f3kna, \u00fear sem h\u00e1sk\u00f3lar tr\u00f3na efst en sta\u00f0ur safna er \u00f3skilgreindur. \u00de\u00e1 er umfang og skipulag ranns\u00f3kna \u00ed \u00edslenskum s\u00f6fn kanna\u00f0 og sett \u00ed samhengi vi\u00f0 s\u00f6fn \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum. \u00d3l\u00f6f Ger\u00f0ur vinnur \u00e1 m\u00f6rkum mannfr\u00e6\u00f0i, efnismenningarfr\u00e6\u00f0i og safnafr\u00e6\u00f0i, og kannar lei\u00f0ir til a\u00f0 beita s\u00fdningarstj\u00f3rnun sem ranns\u00f3knara\u00f0fer\u00f0. Me\u00f0al s\u00fdninga sem h\u00fan hefur unni\u00f0 m\u00e1 nefna <em>A\u00f0 \u00feekkjast \u00feekkinguna<\/em> (Listasafn \u00c1rnesinga, 2010) og <em>\u00cd bili<\/em> (Hafnarborg, 2011). \u00de\u00e1 hefur h\u00fan veri\u00f0 virk \u00ed opinberri umr\u00e6\u00f0u um myndlist, s\u00f6fn og rann\u00f3knarp\u00f3lit\u00edk. Fr\u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2007 hefur \u00d3l\u00f6f Ger\u00f0ur starfa\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Listah\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, \u00fear sem h\u00fan vinnur a\u00f0 uppbyggingu listranns\u00f3kna h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi, auk \u00feess sem h\u00fan st\u00fdrir g\u00e6\u00f0am\u00e1lum vi\u00f0 sama h\u00e1sk\u00f3la.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d3l\u00f6f Ger\u00f0ur Sigf\u00fassd\u00f3ttir has a BA-degree in anthropology from the University of Iceland and an MA-degree from the University of Chicago in 2002. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in Museum Studies at the University of Iceland, studying museums as research institutions, focusing on the unique methods and techniques museums have to generate and disseminate knowledge. Part of the study is to situate museums in the current hierarchy of science, where universities sit at the top while the place of museums remains ambiguous and undefined. A documentation and analysis of research activity is Icelandic museums is a case study. \u00d3l\u00f6f\u2019s work crosses borders between anthropology, material culture studies and museum studies, deploying curatorial practice as a research method. Among curatorial projects are i.e. <em>Acknowledging Knowledge <\/em>(Hverager\u00f0i Art Museum, 2010) and <em>In Between<\/em> (Hafnarborg Center of Culture and Fine Art, 2011). She participates actively in public discourse in the field of museums, contemporary art and research politics. Since 2007 she has been working at the Iceland University of the Arts, establishing the emerging field of artistic research in Iceland.<\/p>\n<h2>Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Hildur Rosenkj\u00e6r<a href=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ju\u0301li\u0301-2018-792.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-256 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ju\u0301li\u0301-2018-792-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ju\u0301li\u0301-2018-792-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/hh.hi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ju\u0301li\u0301-2018-792.png 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Hildur er meistaranemi \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands en lauk BA-n\u00e1mi 2017. H\u00fan \u00fatskrifa\u00f0ist sem kl\u00e6\u00f0skera- og kj\u00f3lameistari fr\u00e1 I\u00f0nsk\u00f3lanum \u00ed Reykjva\u00edk 1996. H\u00fan hefur starfa\u00f0 vi\u00f0 kennslu og ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 \u00edslenskum b\u00faningum og handverki og rekur fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Annr\u00edki &#8211; \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0b\u00faningar og skart.<\/p>\n<p>Gudrun Hildur is a MA-student in History at the Univeristy of Iceland with a BA-degree from 2017. She graduated as a master tailor from the Technical School in Reykjav\u00edk 1996. She has been teaching historical dressmaking and researched Icelandic historical and traditional dresses. She runs the workshop Annr\u00edki &#8211; \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0b\u00faningar og skart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson Dr. Sigur\u00f0ur Gylfi Magn\u00fasson er pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands auk \u00feess a\u00f0 vera yfir Mi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0 eins\u00f6guranns\u00f3kna \u00e1 sama sta\u00f0. Hann er h\u00f6fundur 22 b\u00f3ka og fj\u00f6lda greina sem hafa birst \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og annarssta\u00f0ar \u00ed heiminum. N\u00fdjustu b\u00e6kur hans \u00e1 ensku eru: Wasteland with Words. 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