BA, MA, PhD
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- 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
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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
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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
- Publications
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Why does funeral attendance matter?: Revisiting 'Configurational Eulogies' in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Mortality, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 706-727Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Icelandic turfhouse as skin: Anarchy, archive, identity
Objects in the Archives: Modern Material Culture and Heritage in the North. Mímisson, K., Ólafsson, D. (eds.). RoutledgeChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMagmatic Memories:: Eldfell, 1973
Volcanica, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 361-403Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHybrid funerals: how online attendance facilitates and impedes participation
Mortality, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 593-611Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTechnology and Presence in a Museum of Trauma: Therapeutic Effects of Making Danger Real
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
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Care in Funerals Casebook
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
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsRevisiting funeral recordings during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK
Bereavement, vol. 2, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCare in Funerals: Emerging Findings
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsDeath, trauma, and the 'event'
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: Chapters
