Vibeke Maria Viestad

Background
PhD in archaeology at the University of Oslo 2015: "Dress as Social Relations. An interpretation of 'Bushman dress' as represented in the Bleek&Lloyd, Dorothea Bleek and Louis Fourie Collections in South Africa".
Master in archaeology at the University of Oslo 2006: "Goternes historie". Historisk migrasjon og etnisitet i en arkeologisk fortolkningsramme.
Honorary Research Fellow at the Rock Art Research Institute, Wits University, Johannesburg from 2017.
Honorary Research Associate with the Department of Social Anthropology (Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative), University of Cape Town from 2012.
Publications
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria (2020). Kle deg, menneske!. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. (1-2), s 3- 15
- Viestad, Vibeke (2018). Dress as Social Relations. An Interpretation of Bushman Dress.. Wits University Press. ISBN 9781776141913. 191 s.
- Braovac, Susan & Viestad, Vibeke Maria (2020, 09. juni). Arkeologi på rappen 3-4: Susan Braovac on Saving Oseberg and cross-disciplinary research (podcast). [Radio]. Primitive tider Arkeologi på rappen 3-4.
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria; Korsvoll, Nils Hallvard & Rasmussen, Josephine Munch (2020). Tæring i museet. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria (2019). Debunking the colonial myth of the ‘naked Bushman’. The Conversation. ISSN 2201-5639. . doi: https://theconversation.com/debunking-the-colonial-myth-of-the-naked-bushman-112313
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria (2019). From ‘True specimens’ to ‘Naked brown people’ – A Century of representing ‘Bushmen’ in Cape Town, South Africa. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. 1 . doi: https://www.fortid.no/artikler/2019/viestad-from-‘true-specimens’-to-‘naked-brown-peop.html
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria & Rasmussen, Josephine Munch (2019). Unchanging Exhibitions and Noble Acts of Repatriation: Exploring the Legacy of Norwegian Museums’ Colonial Collections.
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria & Haanæs, Øystein Rygg (2018, 13. desember). Archaeologist debunks the myth of “the nearly naked Bushmen”. [Internett]. Department of Archaeology, Conversation and History, UiO.
- Viestad, Vibeke Maria & Haanæs, Øystein Rygg (2018, 21. desember). Arkeolog knuser myten om nakne buskmenn. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
- Viestad, Vibeke (2015). Smykker – Ta det personlig Anmeldelse av "Smykker. Personlig pynt i kulturhistorisk lys. 2015. Marianne Vedeler og Ingunn Marit Røstad (red.). Museumsforlaget." og "Ta det personlig. Historier om personlig utsmykning. Utstilling ved Kulturhistorisk museum i Oslo, 12. juni 2015 – 1. juni 2016.". Primitive tider. ISSN 1501-0430.