Dr Arnar Árnason
BA, MA, PhD
Senior Lecturer
- Email Address
- arnar.arnason@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273127
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
Arnar Árnason was appointed lecturer in social anthropology in the Department in September 2004. He has a B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Iceland, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Social Anthropology from the University of Durham, England. He has carried out fieldwork in England, Japan, Iceland and Scotland.
His research interests include:
- death, emotion, and psychotherapy and the politics thereof;
- trauma
- subjectivities/subjection;
- narratives, memory and forgetting;
- embodiment;
- identity and landscape
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Anthropology.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Anthropology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Teaching Responsibilities
- AT3006 Doing Anthropological Research
- AT3501 Anthropological Theory
- AT5001 Philosophy and Methods of Research in Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History I
- SL5007 Methodology, Theory and Ethics
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The Icelandic Turf House as Skin: Archive, Anarchy, and Heritage
Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.Objects in the Archives: Modern Material Culture and Heritage in the North. Mímisson, K., Ólafsson, D. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 100-117, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350293-11
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/25165/1/Arnason_etHafsteinsson_OitA_Icelandic_Turf_House_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://www.routledge.com/Objects-in-the-Archives-Modern-Material-Culture-and-Heritage-in-the-North/Mimisson-Olafsson/p/book/9781032395586
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] https://abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/24c93391-bc3e-4f03-b404-d54e1aeb5501
Why does funeral attendance matter?: Revisiting 'Configurational Eulogies' in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Locock, L., Crozier, R., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A.Mortality, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 706-727Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMagmatic Memories:: Eldfell, 1973
Meara, R. H., Arnason, A., Elias, O. H., Hallbergsdóttir, H., Hafsteinsson, S. B.Volcanica, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 361-403Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHybrid funerals: how online attendance facilitates and impedes participation
Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A., Crozier, R.Mortality, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 593-611Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTechnology and Presence in a Museum of Trauma: Therapeutic Effects of Making Danger Real
Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.Museums and technologies of presence. Shehade, M., Stylianou, T. (eds.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 153-169, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334316-11
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] Book on publisher website
Care in Funerals Casebook
Entwistle, V., Riley, J., Arnason, A., Kefford, P., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A., Pusey, L., Thornton, E., Allana, S., Munro, H., Omer, M., Prinja, N., Suwalowska, H., Voo, T. C., Bickerton, R.University of Aberdeen (Website).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsSaying "No" Goes Against the Grain: UK funeral directors’ experiences and the complexities of ‘choice’ during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Riley, J., Arnason, A., Entwistle, V.Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsRevisiting funeral recordings during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A.Bereavement, vol. 2, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCare in Funerals: Emerging Findings
Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Maccagno, P., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Pattenden, A.Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsDeath, trauma, and the 'event'
Arnason, A., Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson, S. B.Death and Events: International perspectives on events marking the end of life. Lamond, I., Dowson, R. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 63-79, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersA tale of two deaths: Spectacular death and the scene of pain
Arnason, A.The age of spectacular death. Jacobsen, M. (ed.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 144-161, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429351556
Landscapes of Trauma: a Reflection on Wonder
Hafsteinsson, S. B., Arnason, A.Journal of Scottish Thought, vol. 11, pp. 152-175Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHis father came to him in his sleep: an essay on Enlightenment, mortalities and immortalities in Iceland
Arnason, A.An anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral social relations then and today. Rapport, N., Wardle, H. (eds.). Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 37-50, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersAa drepe den siste geirfugl: Om artsdod og nye beginnelser
Arnason, A., Ween, G.Kollaps: Paa randen av fremtiden. Dreyers Forlag, pp. 99-108, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDeath and Burial
Arnason, A.The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Callan, H. (ed.). Wiley-BlackwellChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396
Death and Governmentality in Iceland: Neo-liberalism, Grief and the Nation-form
Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.University of Iceland Press, ReykjavíkBooks and Reports: BooksThe idea of gardening and landscape restoration in Iceland
Arnason, A., Kuprian, A.Journal of Scottish Thought, vol. 9, pp. 139-159Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeath as resource: a story of organ donation and communication across the ‘great mist’ in Iceland
Arnason, A.Medicine Anthropology Theory, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 50-68Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.4.4.460
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9801/1/Death_as_resource.pdf
Between the past and the future: Migration and melancholic nationalism in Iceland
Arnason, A.Migration and Mental Health: Past and Present. Harper, M. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 201-220, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52968-8_10
Speeding Towards the Future through the Past: Landscape, Movement and National Identity
Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B., Gretarsdottir, T., Schram, K., Kjartansdottir, K.Landscape Research, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 23-38Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2013.875987
On the Deathly Construction of Society
Arnason, A.The Social Construction of Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Van Brussel, L., Carpentier, N. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 185-201, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137391919_10
The uses and abuses of the past: cultural rhetoric and the unmaking of a moral universe
Arnason, A.Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 15-32Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/20842937.1131971
Introduction: Routing landscape: Ethnographic studies of movement and journeying
Vergunst, J., Arnason, A.Landscape Research, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 147-154Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIndividuals and relationships: on the possibilities and impossibilities of presence
Arnason, A.Emotion, Identity and Death: Mortality Across Disciplines. Davies, D., Park, C. (eds.). Ashgate, pp. 59-70, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Introduction: Landscapes beyond land
Arnason, A., Ellison, N., Vergunst, J., Whitehouse, A. J.Landscapes Beyond Land. Routes, Aesthetics, Narratives.. Arnason, A., Ellison, N., Vergunst, J., Whitehouse, A. (eds.). Berghahn Books, pp. 1-14, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
