Astrid Anderson

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Visiting address Humanities and Social Sciences Library Georg Sverdrups hus Moltke Moes vei 39 0851 Oslo
Postal address Humanities and Social Sciences Library P.O.Box 1009 Blindern NO-0315 Oslo

Tasks performed

  • Head of research services section

  • Team: Special Collections and Digitization

Background

Education:

  • Dr. Polit. (PhD) in social anthropology, University of Oslo, 2003
  • Cand. Polit. (MA) in social anthropology (with folkloristics and history of religion), University of Oslo, 1996

Employment:

  • 2021- : Head of Research services section, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Oslo
  • 2018-2021: Head of Research and reference section, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Oslo
  • 2017-2018: Temporary head of Research and reference section, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Oslo
  • 2015-2017: Subject expert in social anthropology and research support coordinator at Humanities and Social Sciences Library, University of Oslo
  • 2005-2015: Senior academic librarian and subject expert in social anthropology and religion at the University of Oslo Library
  • 2003-2005: Postdoctoral fellow at The Oceania Project, University Museum of Cultural History, Department of Linguistics, and the Kon-Tiki Museum
  • 1998-2003: Research fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo

Other:

  • 2016-2017: Local representative of the Norwegian Association of Researchers
  • 2015-2017: Chair of the Norwegian Anthropological Association
  • 2014-2015: Member of the editorial committee of the academic writing resource Søk & Skriv
  • 2012-: Subject expert for Papua New Guineas's etnography, geography and history in the encyclopaedia Store norske leksikon
  • 2011-2019: Member of the editorial committee of  Skrifter fra Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo [University of Oslo Library Occasional papers]
  • 2001-2004: Member of the editorial board for Norsk Antropologisk tidsskrift [The Norwegian Anthropological Journal]

Areas of interest:

Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, social organization, kinship, adoption, place, landscape, symbolism, myths, gender, library

Tags: Library, Leadership, Research support, Papua New Guinea, Social anthropology

Publications

  • Anderson, Astrid; Fagerlid, Cicilie; Larsen, Håkon & Straume, Ingerid (2017). Åpne forskningsbibliotek. Innledende betraktninger. In Anderson, Astrid; Fagerlid, Cicilie; Larsen, Håkon & Straume, Ingerid (Ed.), Det åpne bibliotek: Forskningsbibliotek i endring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202571863. p. 11–21. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid (2017). Kunnskapens hus: et antropologisk perspektiv på universitetsbiblioteket som sted. In Anderson, Astrid; Fagerlid, Cicilie; Larsen, Håkon & Straume, Ingerid (Ed.), Det åpne bibliotek: Forskningsbibliotek i endring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202571863. p. 147–169. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid (2004). Adoption and Belonging in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea. In Bowie, Fiona (Eds.), Cross-cultural approaches to adoption. Routledge. ISSN 0415303516. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid (2003). Landscapes of Sociality: Paths, Places and Belonging on Wogeo Island, Papua New Guinea. In Roalkvam, Sidsel & Hoem, Ingjerd (Ed.), Oceanic Socialities and Cultural Forms. Ethnographies of Experience. Berghahn Books. ISSN 1-57181-558-9. p. 51–70. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid (2001). Adopsjon og tilhørighet på Wogeo, Papua Ny-Guinea. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7285. 12(3), p. 175–188. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid (1998). Senses of place in Melanesia. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7285. 9(1), p. 21–33. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid (1996). Human rights in developing countries: a selected bibliography of periodicals, yearbooks, and reference material covering the human rights situation in developing countries. In Tronvoll, Kjetil (Eds.), Evaluation of the yearbook "Human rights in developing countries". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo. p. 157–185.
  • Anderson, Astrid (1995). Place and belonging in Wogeo, Hovedfagsstudentenes årbok 1995. Universitetet i Oslo.

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  • Anderson, Astrid; Fagerlid, Cicilie; Larsen, Håkon & Straume, Ingerid (2017). Det åpne bibliotek: Forskningsbibliotek i endring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202571863. 220 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anderson, Astrid & Haugane, Frøydis (2012). Fredrik Barth: a bibliography. Unipub forlag. ISBN 978-82-8037-025-9. 39 p.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2011). Landscapes of relations and belonging: body, place and politics in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-775-4. 262 p.
  • Anderson, Astrid & Exter, Mats (2005). Wogeo texts: a collection of myths, songs and spells from Wogeo, Papua New Guinea. The Kon-Tiki Museum. ISBN 0802-6491. 96 p.

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  • Anderson, Astrid; Brinchmann, Jacob; Tønnesson, Øyvind & Wicklund-Hansen, Gunnar (2024). Oseanias historie. snl.no.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2023). Etnografisk multimediearkiv og GDPR.
  • Hegna, Knut; Andreassen, Bente R.; Pedersen, Henrik Keyser; Haraldsen, Kirsten Borse & Anderson, Astrid (2017). Skrifter fra Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo 11: Hegna, Knut: Forskningsbiblioteket – fra kortkatalog til Twitter. 45 tekster på 37 år.
  • Anderson, Astrid & Fagerlid, Cicilie-Merethe (2016). Open libraries? A study of change, adaptation and legitimation in national and university libraries. Scandinavian Library Quarterly. ISSN 2001-2268. 49(4), p. 20–21.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2015). Papua Ny-Guineas befolkning. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Anderson, Astrid & Filseth, Gunnar (2015). Papua Ny-Guineas historie. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Anderson, Astrid (2015). Papua Ny-Guinea. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
  • Anderson, Astrid & Schneider, Arnd (2013). Bak lerretet: antropologer jobber med film.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2004). Sosial forankring på Papua Ny-Guineas nordkyst: slektskap og landskap.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2003). Om adopsjon på Wogeo, Papua Ny-Guinea i "Verdt å vite". [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Anderson, Astrid & Paulsen, Rune (2002). Temasider om Papua Ny-Guinea, Regnskogsfondets hjemmeside (http://www.rainforest.no). [Internet]. Oslo : Regnskogsfondet.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2001). Kropp og tabuer på Wogeo, Papua Ny-Guinea.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2000). Liv og landskap på Wogeo, Papua Ny-Guinea.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2000). Review of "Mangrove Man: Dialogics of Culture in the Sepik Estuary", David Lipset. American Ethnologist. ISSN 0094-0496. 27(4), p. 976–977.
  • Anderson, Astrid & Exter, Mats (2000). Samling av myter, sanger og andre tekster fra Wogeo, Papua Ny-Guinea.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2000). Place, paths and adoption in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea.
  • Anderson, Astrid (1998). Wogeo, en øy i Papua Ny-Guinea: bilder fra et antropologisk feltarbeid.
  • Anderson, Astrid (1996). En lys levende hvit mann. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Anderson, Astrid (1996). Landscapes of sociality: paths and places of relations and belonging on Wogeo Island, Papua New Guinea.
  • Anderson, Astrid (2003). Wogeo Landscapes: Place, Movement and the Politics of Belonging in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 82-7720-016-1.
  • Anderson, Astrid (1998). Kastom and the problem of the present: an essay on culture, tradition and change in Wogeo. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Anderson, Astrid (1996). 'Men Play Flutes, Women Bear Children.' Sharing places and sharing blood: concepts of belonging, growth, and fertility in Wogeo Island, Papua New Guinea.
  • Anderson, Astrid; Kittelsen, Tove Cecilie; Risan, Lars Christian; Seeberg, Marie Louise; Selvik, Ellen & Simensen, Tone Cecilie (1995). i Hovedfagsstudentenes årbok, UiO, Oslo, 1995. 7Letras. ISSN 82-90835-02-7.

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