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I am a social anthropologist educated at the
University of Oslo.
I have teaching experience from the University of Oslo, Oslo University
College, the Norwegian Department of Labor and various guest lecturing
posts. I have also been involved with museums, working for a period as
Director of the Oslo University
Ethnographic
Museum and serving as president of the ICOM
International Committee
for Museums and Collections of Ethnography between 2004 and 2007. A
few years ago, I curated the exhibition
Farewell
- Death and bereavement in multi-cultural Norway, in cooperation
with the Oslo University
Museum of Cultural History and
Internasjonal
Kultursenter og Museum. I have otherwise been active with various
projects within pedagogy and management over the years, such as editing
the quarterly journal PEDIMUS
for the educational section of the Norwegian Museum Association and
editing NAFA-NETWORK for the Nordic
Anthropological Film Association.
I was born in California, of Ruthenian and English ancestry.
I did anthropological fieldwork in Turkey in 1988-89. Recent projects have looked at the themes of Intangible Heritage (or immateriell kulturarv in Norwegian), Communication, Oral History, Intellectual Property and Social Media. I have special interest in Croatian ethnography, particularly the themes of heritage, rural planning and agrotourism in the region of Istria.
I have been involved in music throughout my life - both as a researcher, educator, musician and instrument maker. I was a member of the UK-based Fellowship of Makers & Researchers of Historical Instruments for many years, and presently contribute in the reference group for the Norwegian Nasjonalt nettverk for musikk og musikkinstrumenter. I used to play oriental funk at rock clubs with Said Rifay and his band, as soloist on ney, kaval, clarinet and saxophone. I also played bagpipes, bodhran and tin whistle in various Irish/English bands, such as Borderline, The Ugly Customers and Foghorn. Today, I am more often found playing uilleann pipes in various informal Irish music sessions around Europe. I taught Irish set dancing in Oslo for a number of years, and have worked towards integrating multi-sensory media (such as music and dancing) in teaching in general.
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