Silje Opdahl Mathisen
Academic Interests
Museology and museum studies: collections and exhibitions. Exhibitions at museums of cultural history
Archaeology
Contemporary art
Higher Education and Previous Employment
Cand. Philol. 1998 Nordic Archaeology from the University of Oslo
I have many years of experience from working in museums and galleries in Norway, among these are The Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, and the Kaare Berntsen Gallery, Oslo.
Ongoing Research for PhD
I am working on a doctoral thesis connected to the project Patterns of Cultural Valuation. I wish to analyze exhibitions at Sami museums in Norway, Sweden and Finland, with a special emphasis on how Sami prehistory is presented in these exhibitions. The title of my PhD project is
"The Sámi: a people without a pre-history? A comparative analysis of exhibitions of Sámi pre-history in Scandinavia, with an emphasis on Sámi museums in Northern Scandinavia".
Publications
- Mathisen, Silje Opdahl (2011). Northern Borderlands and Aesthetics of Ethnicity.. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. 67, s 57- 72
- Mathisen, Silje Opdahl (2010). Likt men likevel forskjellig. Om representasjon av samisk identitet og forhistorie i samiske museer og majoritetsmuseer, I: Bjarne Rogan & Arne Bugge Amundsen (red.), Samling og museum. Kapitler av museenes historie, praksis og ideologi. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-610-0. 17. s 295 - 307
- Mathiesen, Silje Opdahl (2008). Kommentar til Hilde S. Frydenberg: "Forskning og forvaltning : håndteringen av et arkeologisk massemateriale". Primitive tider. ISSN 1501-0430. 10 (2007/08), s 84- 86