University of Iceland
Folkloristics/Ethnology and Museum Studies
Listasafn Alþýðusambands Íslands var stofnað 17. júní 1961 þegar Ragnar Jónsson, kenndur við smjörlíkisgerðina Smára gaf Alþýðusambandi Íslands hundrað og tuttugu málverk til eigu. Í safninu eru mörg af þeim verkum sem álitin eru... more
MA ritgerð í safnafræði við Háskóla Íslands
Kynning á MA ritgerð safnafræði Háskóli Íslands á Þjóðarspegli 2016 Minningasöfn hafa sprottið upp síðustu þrjátíu ár um allan heim og því vert að skoða af hverju þessi bylja minningasafna hafa komið fram og þá einnig hverskonar söfn... more
Multimedia exhibition about Icelandic-Canadian soldiers in first World War 1914-1918
Sýning sem fjallar um Vestur-Íslendinga sem tóku þátt í fyrri heimstyrjöldinni á árunum 1914-1918
Drawing on the Foucauldian thesis of governance as the ‘conduct of conduct’ the article maps out how the activities of a ‘minor’ arts association in the emerging peripheral Icelandic nation-state in the late 1910s and 1920s can be seen as... more
In the writings of Icelandic public intellectuals of the 1920s and 1930s we see the emergence of a discourse that links the physical appearance of women to their nature and moral standing. This chapter explores a selection of such... more
This chapter discusses a central feature of the first urban plan for the town of Reykjavík and how ideas associated with it aimed at reflecting or influencing the identity of the Icelandic population. The general plan was endorsed in 1927... more
Bókarheiti: Frásagnir af Íslandi ásamt óhróðri Göries Peerse og Dithmars Blefkens um land og þjóð. Umsjón með útgáfu: Gunnar Þór Bjarnason og Már Jónsson. Gagnrýnandi: Ólafur Rastrick, aðjúnkt í þjóðfraeði við Háskóla Íslands. Útgáfa:... more
Background In 1918, the winter was exceptionally cold in Iceland; people crammed themselves together, even stayed close to the domestic animals to get some warmth. Dire economic conditions with high coal prices forced people to reside in... more
Background In 1918, the winter was exceptionally cold in Iceland; people crammed themselves together, even stayed close to the domestic animals to get some warmth. Dire economic conditions with high coal prices forced people to reside in... more