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Bjarne Rogan

Professor Emeritus

Academic background

  • MA 1975 in French linguistics, English and history.
  • Ph. D. 1986 with a dissertation on Norwegian communications history..
  • 1975-81: Public & research administration
  • 1982-86: Research fellow
  • 1986-92: Senior lecturer, U. of Oslo
  • 1993-2016: Professor of ethnology and of culture history, U. of Oslo

Fields of research

  • Material culture and the materiality of culture (collecting and collections included)
  • Communication and transport history, travelling and tourism (especially during 19th and 20th centuries)
  • Maritime anthropology: Littoral culture and North Sea fisheries
  • Museology
  • The history of European ethnology during the 20th century

Major assignments

  • 1992-94: Head of department, Institute of Culture Studies, U. of Oslo
  • 1994-98: Chairman, Center for Technology and Human Values (TMV, U. of Oslo)
  • 1998-2001: Director, Centre de coopération franco-norvégienne en sciences sociales et humaines, MSH/Paris
  • 2002-2008: Chairman, Museum of University and Science History, (MUV, U. of Oslo)
  • 2003-06: Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, U. of Oslo
  • 2004-06: Leader of national evaluation committee for the university museums (NOU 8/2006)
  • 2003-2011: Chairman, The Norwegian University Center of St. Petersburg (DNUSP)
  • 2001-2008: Vice-President of la Société Internationale d'Ethnologie et de Folklore
  • 2001-2011: Member of Board, Scientific Council and Acquisition committee of the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Paris/Marseille
  • 2003-2009: Member of Steering Committee of the European Science Foundation project EARTH (Early Agricultural Remnants and Technical Heritage)
  • Member of Editorial Boards of international scientific journals (Ethnologia Europaea 1991-2012, Folk Life 2007-2013)
  • 2010-2016: Director, Centre franco-norvégien en sciences sociales et humaines, FMSH/Paris
  • 2013-2015: Editor of Tidsskrift for kulturforskning

Honoraria

  • 1998: Research prize from the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy, Sweden
  • 2018: Chevallier des Palmes Académiques
     

 

Tags: Cultural history, Museums and Museology, Tourism, Coastal culture, Material culture

Publications

Books

Det gamle skysstellet. Reiseliv i Noreg frå mellomalderen til førre hundreåret. Det Norske Samlaget, 1986.
Det nære og det fremmede. Vindu mot fransk etnologi (ed.). Novus, 1993.
Fra Hidra til nordsjøbankene. Et nærbilde av moderne kystfiskere i tradisjonelle fiskerier. Novus, 1996.
Jeg fant, jeg fant. Om samling av kunst, antikviteter og snurrepiperier. Aschehoug,1997.
Mellom tradisjon og modernisering. Kapitler av 1800-tallets samferdselshistorie. Novus, 1998.
Norge anno 1900. Kulturhistoriske glimt fra et århundreskifte (ed.). Pax, 1999
Norden og Europa. Fagtradisjoner i nordisk etnologi og folkloristikk.Novus, 2000 (ed. with Bente G. Alver)
Museer i fortid og nåtid. Essays i museumskunnskap. Novus, 2003 (ed. with Arne Bugge Amundsen og Margrethe C. M. Stang)
Samling og museum. Kapitler av museenes historie, praksis og ideologi. Novus 2010 (ed. with Arne Bugge Amundsen)
Materiell kultur & Kulturens materialitet. Novus 2011 (ed. with Saphinaz-Amal Naguib)
Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus, 2013 (ed. with  Anne Eriksen)
Hans Normann Dahl. Fortelleren. (ed.) Pax, 2017
Kystfisker. Med sjarken Havsund fra Agder til Troms. Novus 2020.

 

Articles

Things With a History – and Other Possessions. Some Notes on Public and Private Aspects of Possession among Elderly People. Ethnologia Scandinavica 1998.
On Collecting as Play, Creativity and Aesthetic Practice. Etnofoor. Antropologisch Tijdschrift 1998.
Material Culture and Gender. Seen through the Practice of Collecting. I: Männlich. Weiblich. Zur Bedeutung der Kategorie Geschlecht in der Kultur. Berlin: Waxmann Münster, New York, München, 1999.
Consuming Passion & Erudite Consumption: Approaches to a Consumption Phenomenon. I: An Adventurer in European Ethnology.Jyväskylä: Atena 2001.
The Emerging Museums of Europe. Ethnologia Europaea 2003.
Norvège. L'auberge du bon secours. I: L'hospitalité. Accueil de l'étranger dans l'histoire et les cultures. Paris: Bayard 2004.
An Entangled Object. The Picture Postcard as Souvenir and Collectible, Exchange and Ritual Communication. Cultural Analysis, 2005.
Folk Art and Politics in Inter-War Europe: An Early Debate on Applied Ethnology. Folk Life, 2007.
Travelling – Between Materiality and Mental Constructs. ... In: Northbound. Travels, Encounters and Constructions 1700–1830. Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2007.
From a Haven for Travellers to a Boarding House for Tourists. The Vicarage in the History of Travelling and Hospitality in Norway. I: The Discovery of Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia. Norvik Press, 2008.
The Troubled Past of European Ethnology. Ethnologia Europaea 38:1, 2008.
From CIAP to SIEF. Visions for a Discipline or Power Struggle? In: Everyday Culture in Europe. Approaches and Methodologies, Aldershot, Ashgate 2008.
From Rivals to Partners on the Inter-War European Scene. Sigurd Erixon, Georges Henri Rivière and the International Debate on European Ethnology in the 1930s. Arv, 2008.
Une Alliance fragile. Sigurd Erixon, Georges Henri Rivière et l'ethnologie européenne d'avant-guerre. Ethnologie Française 4, 2008.
An internationalist among Norwegian Folklorists. A Biographical Sketch of Reidar Th. Christiansen (1886–1971). Arv, 2012.
Objets de collection et modes de collectionner. A propos de la sexualisation des objets. In: Les objets ont-ils un genre? ... Paris: Armand Colin 2012.
The Institutionalization of Folklore. I: A Companion to Folklore. Boston: Wiley Blackwell, 2012.
The road and the materiality of the journey. In: Views. Norway seen from the road 1733–2020. Oslo: Forlaget Press.
Sigurd Erixon on the Post-War International Scene. International Activities, European Ethnology and CIAP from 1945 to the mid 1950s. Arv, 2013.
Popular Culture and International Cooperation in the 1930s. In: Herren, Madeleine (ed.) Networking in the International System. Global Histories on International Organizations. Springer Verlag, 2014.
When the Folklorists Won the Battle but lost the War. The Cumbersome (Re-)Birth of SIEF in 1964. Cultural Analysis, 2015.
Sigurd Erixon – "The Heavy Artillery" from Sweden. CIAP, SIEF and European Ethnology from the Mid 1950s to 1964. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore 2015.
A Remarkable Congress and a Popular General Secretary: CIAP/SIEF, Arnhem 1955 and Jorge Dias. Etnográfica 2015.
Sigurd Erixon, European Ethnology and Ethnologia Europe 1964-1968. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore 2016.
Between Politics of Memory and Politics of Art. The Making of a New National Museum in France. In Früh, Anja (ed.): Museen als Orte geschichtspolitischer Verhandlungen. Museen im Wandel. Schwabe Verlag 2017.
  • Rogan, Bjarne & Thorsen, Liv Emma (2017). Ragnar Pedersen, 1941–2016. Ethnologia Scandinavica. A Journal for Nordic Ethnology. ISSN 0348-9698. 47, p. 172–173. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2017). Between Politics of Memory and Politics of Art. The Making of a new National Museum in France. In Früh, Anja (Eds.), Museen als Orte geschichtspolitischer Verhandlungen. Museen im Wandel.. Schwabe Verlag. ISSN 9783796536472. p. 157–172. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2016). Sigurd Erixon, European Ethnology and Ethnologia Europaea 1964–1968. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. 72, p. 149–183. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). When the Folklorists Won the Battle but Lost the War. The Cumbersome (Re-)Birth of SIEF in 1964. Cultural Analysis. ISSN 2572-0643. 13, p. 23–50. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). Sigurd Erixon - ""the heavy artillery"" from Sweden : CIAP, SIEF and European ethnology from the mid 1950s to 1964. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. 71, p. 113–171. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). Museet for menneskets naturhistorie og kulturens naturhistorie : Musée de l'Homme - et ikonisk museum gjenoppstått i Paris. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 14(2), p. 87–101. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). Terrain (1983–2015) – et tidsskrifteventyr som brått tok slutt. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 2, p. 116–120. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). A Remarkable Congress and a Popular General Secretary: CIAP/SIEF, Arnhem 1955 and Jorge Dias. Etnográfica. ISSN 0873-6561. 19(3), p. 567–576. doi: 10.4000/etnografica.4123. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). Norsk kulturhistorie i kontekst – et bidrag til genealogien. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 14(1), p. 56–98. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2015). Sigurd Erixon – "The Heavy Artillery" from Sweden. CIAP, SIEF and European Ethnology from the Mid 1950s to 1964. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. p. 113–171. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2014). Popular Culture and International Cooperation in the 1930s. In Herren, Madeleine (Eds.), Networking the International System. Global Histories of International Oranizations. Springer. ISSN 9783319042107. p. 175–185. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-04211-4_12. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2014). Asbjørn Klepp – forskning og forfatterskap. Et faglig portrett. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 13(4), p. 32–63. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2014). MuCEM – et nytt nasjonalmuseum i Frankrike anno 2013. Hvordan det nasjonale folkemuseet ble til et internasjonalt kunst- og kulturhistorisk museum. Nordisk Museologi. ISSN 1103-8152. 1, p. 3–20. doi: 10.5617/nm.3028. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Sigurd Erixon on the Post-War International Scene. International Activities, European Ethnology and CIAP from 1945 to the mid 1950s. Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. p. 89–152. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). MuCEM – fra tradisjonelt folkemuseum til dialoginstitusjon.Et nytt nasjonalmuseum i Frankrike. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Louvre, Islam og det trehodete trollet. Om makt og politikk, sekularisme og annet i franske museer. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 12(1), p. 23–40. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Fotograf Arthur Sand velger pensjonisttilværelsen. Tidsskrift for kulturforskning. ISSN 1502-7473. 12, p. 64–65. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Reidar Th. Christiansen (1886–1871). In Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (Ed.), Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997237. p. 113–136. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (2013). Et sekel kulturhistorie. In Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (Ed.), Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997237. p. 9–23. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning. Fra folkeminneprogrammet til bondesamfunnsundersøkelsene. In Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (Ed.), Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997237. p. 645–667. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Institutt for folkelivsgransking – Institutt for etnologi. Universitetet i Oslo. In Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (Ed.), Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997237. p. 565–594. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Fra gjenstandsforskning til kulturens materialitet. In Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (Ed.), Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997237. p. 425–467. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Knut Kolsrud (1916–1989). In Rogan, Bjarne & Eriksen, Anne (Ed.), Etnologi og folkloristikk. En fagkritisk biografi om norsk kulturhistorie. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270997237. p. 199–218. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2013). Brita Staxrud Brenna, Professor in Oslo. Biographical Note. Ethnologia Scandinavica. A Journal for Nordic Ethnology. ISSN 0348-9698. 43. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2012). Objets de collection et modes de collectionner. À propos de la sexualisation des objets. In Anstett, Elisabeth & Gélard, Marie-Luce (Ed.), Les objets ont-ils un genre? Culture matérielle et production sociale des identités sexuées. Armand Colin. ISSN 9782200277130. p. 17–34. doi: 10.3917/arco.gela.2012.01.0017. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2012). An Internationalist Among Norwegian Folklorists. A Biographical Sketch of Reidar Th. Christiansen (1886-1971). Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore. ISSN 0066-8176. 68, p. 91–119. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2012). Veien og reisens materialitet. In Høyum, Nina Frang & Larsen, Janike Kampevold (Ed.), Utsikter. Norge sett fra veien 1733-2020. Forlaget Press. ISSN 9788275475532. p. 118–125. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2012). The road and the materiality of the journey. In Høyum, Nina Frang & Larsen, Janike Kampevold (Ed.), Views. Norway Seen from the Road 1733-2020. Forlaget Press. ISSN 9788275475914. p. 118–125. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2012). The Institutionalization of Folklore. In Bendix, Regina & Hasan-Rokem, Galit (Ed.), A Companion to Folklore. Wiley-Blackwell. ISSN 9781405194990. p. 598–630. doi: 10.1002/9781118379936.ch31. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne & Naguib, Saphinaz-Amal (2011). Materiell kultur og forskning på tvers. En introduksjon. In Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Rogan, Bjarne (Ed.), Materiell kultur & kulturens materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270996308. p. 9–18. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2011). Å tillegne seg landskapet, historien og nasjonen. Om folkedrakter, turister og nasjonsbyggere på 1800-tallet. In Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Rogan, Bjarne (Ed.), Materiell kultur & kulturens materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270996308. p. 61–78. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2011). Et faghistorisk etterord om materiell kultur og kulturens materialitet. In Naguib, Saphinaz Amal & Rogan, Bjarne (Ed.), Materiell kultur & kulturens materialitet. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270996308. p. 313–381. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2010). Tingenes orden. Klassifikasjon, samling, museum. In Rogan, Bjarne & Amundsen, Arne Bugge (Ed.), Samling og museum. Kapitler av museenes historie, praksis og ideologi. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270996100. p. 131–149. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2010). Tingenes transformasjoner i museet. Mellom kontekst, språk, estetikk og politikk. In Rogan, Bjarne & Amundsen, Arne Bugge (Ed.), Samling og museum. Kapitler av museenes historie, praksis og ideologi. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270996100. p. 255–276. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rogan, Bjarne (2009). En god tradisjon. Du er i godt selskap når du gir navn til hytta. Hytteliv. ISSN 0332-6772. Full text in Research Archive

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