Bente Sundsvold
Job description
Bente Sundsvold is Associate Professor in Visual Anthropology. She is teaching at the MA programme in Visual and Multi-modal Anthropology, and has particularly been involved in students preparations and accomplishment of Master film and thesis (SVF-3109 - project development & SVF-3903: from fieldwork experiences to Ethnographic Film & Text). She has during the latest years taught at different courses at bachelor- and master programmes at Department of Social Sciences. SOA 2003- Antropologisk kunnskapproduksjon og metode, SVF- 3107 Visual Ethnography and ways of knowing, SVF 1050 Kvalitativ metode, SPL 1003 Kulturforståelse og lokale prosesser, SOA 100 Innføring i sosalantropologi, SOA- 3004 Minoritet, identitet og grenser og SOA-3006 Indigenous culture, resource management and human rights. SVF- 8054 Philosophy of Science/ social sciences - more-than-human approaches. SVF-1050 -qualitative method seminars, SVF 3003 qualitative method supervisor.
Bente Sundsvold is involved in several external financed research projects, all concerning more-than-human approaches, human-environmental relations and how local knowledge can contribute to safeguarding and mitigate environmental and climatic challenges. She is project leader of FUGLAN VEIT (NRC Pr# 320848 2021- 2025). She has been WP leader in FOODCOAST (NRC p# 295004)- led by NIVA, Oslo (2029-2023); and researcher in FutureArcticLives (EU BiodivERsA/ NRC# 323076) led by University of Copenhagen (2021-2024).
Links: https://uit.no/project/fuglan
https://ifro.ku.dk/english/research/projects/future-arctic-lives/
Work areas
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Publications outside Cristin
Sundsvold 2015. ”Den nordlandske fuglepleie. Herligheter, utvær og celeber verdensarv. Mellom tekster og praksiser i Vegaøyan. Doctoral Thesis Monography. MUNIN https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/8457
Sundsvold 2010 ”Stedets herligheter”‐ the amenities of place: Eider down harvesting through changing time” in Acta Borelia Vol 27 Issue 1, p.91‐115 https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2010.486927
Research interests
More-than-human perspectives, domestication, relationbuilding between man-bird-environment, enactment of culture- and nature-relations, marine and coastal management, visual anthropology, science studies, ecosystem services
Researcher COREPLAN – Integrated coastal resource management and planning – ecosystem services and coastal governance Lead: NOFIMA Ann Magnhild Solås, post doc position linked to 3 WPs. 2016-2018
PhD- fellow The Nordland birdcare – interfaces of texts and practices in inscribing the Vega Archipelago as World Heritage, Thesis & film: “To think like a bird” (2015). https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/8457
Teaching
Sundsvold teaches at different courses in qualitative methods and fieldwork approaches on BA and MA level. She teaches visual anthropology, social anthropology, as well as science theory course for PhD students in more-than-human approaches.
Sundsvold supervises several MA projects and a PhD student.
