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Kristín Loftsdóttir - Prófessor

Kristín Loftsdóttir

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Kristín Loftsdóttir

Prófessor

Mannfræði

Aðsetur
Oddi / O-314
Sími
5254261
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ORCID vefsíða
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-724X
Rannsóknagátt – Kristín Loftsdóttir

Námskeið kennd 2025 - 2026

Útgefið efni

2025

RACIALIZATION AND VISIBILITY OF LITHUANIANS DURING THE ECONOMIC BOOM YEARS IN ICELAND

2024

Infrapolitical mobilities Precarious migrants and resistance to European rules of mobilityFocaal
Education and Coloniality in the NordicsNordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
‘People need housing to live in’Housing Studies
Three days from civilization: Transnational scientific imagination and nineteenth-century Iceland
Speculating about the migration crisisThird World Quarterly
Mobility cause lawyeringCritique of Anthropology
Hidden StoriesInterventions
Infrapolitical mobilitiesFocaal
Belonging and Digital TechnologiesAnthropological Journal of European Cultures
The Effects of Short-Term Rentals on Housing in Iceland

2023

Flótti frá Vestur-Afríku til Evrópu
Crafting racism, civilization, and margins through plaster busts of IcelandersSocial Identities
Marketing Marginality
Creating Europe from the Margins
Andlit til sýnis
Coloniality and Europe at the margins
Creating Europe from the Margins
Intervening in the present through fictions of the future
Regímenes de in/movilidad y crisis migratoria en la ruta canariaPerifèria Revista d investigació i formació en Antropologia

2022

Hidden StoriesInterventions
Claims of White Innocence: Multiculturalism and Exceptionalism in the Nordic CountriesProcesos Historicos-Revista Semestral de Historia Arte Y Ciencias Sociales
"Where Are You From?": Racism and the Normalization of Whiteness in IcelandJournal of Critical Mixed Race Studies
Sverdljuk, Jana, Joranger, Terje Mikael Hasle, Jackson, Erika K and Kivisto, Peter (eds.) 2021. Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA: A Historical Exploration of Identity. London: Routledge. 192 pp.Nordic Journal of Migration Research
De color invisibleRevista de la Escuela de Antropología
A field guide to white supremacyEthnic and Racial Studies
Bustos y movimientos globales: Islandia, Francia y Gran Canaria
Reclamos de inocencia blanca: multiculturalismo y excepcionalismo en los países nórdicosProcesos históricos: revista de historia, arte y ciencias sociales

2021

Exceptionalism
Nations of bankers and Brexiteers? Nationalism and hidden moneyRace and Class
We Are All Africans Here
“Þú veist ekki hvaða húsnæði þú ferð í næst”: Tvísýnleiki og upplifun leigjenda af íslenskum húsnæðismarkaðiÍslenska þjóðfélagið.
Immigration Detention in the European Union: In the Shadow of the "Crisis"Nordic Journal of Migration Research
We Are All Africans Here
An alternative worldRace and Class
Tourism Development and Housing After Iceland’s 2008 Crash
Sól og sandur: Ferðir Íslendinga til KanaríeyjaTímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál

2020

Mobility and Transnational Iceland
The Word I Hate: Racism, Refugees and Assylum seekers in IcelandStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Racism and Racialization in Iceland
Snertifletir: Andlit úr gifsi og samtenging heimsinsRitið
'The Word I Hate': Racism, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in IcelandIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Kynþáttafordómar

2019

Music and Icelandic Independence: from the 1930 Parliament Festival to Harpa
Íslenskur vinnumarkaður – erlent starfsfólkÍslenska þjóðfélagið.
„Fenguð þið frí af Litla-Hrauni?“ Kynþáttahyggja og fordómar í garð fólks frá Litháen í upphafi 21. aldarÍslenska þjóðfélagið.
"Let's stone this trash": Hate speech in Icelandic contextIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Dualistic colonial experiences and the ruins of colonialityScandinavian Studies
The Colonial Exhibition in Tivoli Racism and colonial othersCrisis and Coloniality at europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland

2018

Wise viking daughters
“Puffin love”Tourist Studies
Global citizens, exotic others, and unwanted migrantsIdentities
‘Not Just Crying About the Money’
Introduction
Finding a place in the world political subjectivities and the imagination of Iceland after the economic crashFocaal
Crisis and coloniality at europe’s margins
„Ég elti auðinn til Evrópu“: Sögur af fólki á flótta, innflytjendum og ,,ólöglegum“ einstaklingumRitið
Messy Europe

2017

Trapped in clichésGender, Place and Culture
More than a stopoverTourist Studies
‘Europe is finished’: migrants lives in Europe’s capital at times of crisisSocial Identities
The opening of Costco in Iceland: Unexpected meanings of globalized phenomenonIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Being "the Damned Foreigner": Affective National Sentiments and Racialization of Lithuanians in IcelandNordic Journal of Migration Research

2016

Introduction
Building on Iceland's ‘Good Reputation’Ethnos
‘The Danes don't get this’National Identities
Introduction
Crisis in the nordic nations and beyond
The enemy outside and within
Whiteness and postcolonialism in the Nordic region
"Hún gæti alveg verið múslimi og allt það": Ráðning fólks af erlendum uppruna til íslenskra fyrirtækjaIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Belonging and the Icelandic others
“Heimur sem snerti okkur Íslendinga ekki”: Kynþáttafordómar á Íslandi í ljósi sögunnar
International Development and the Globally Concerned European SubjectInterventions
“Still a Lot of Staring and Curiosity”: Racism and the Racialization of African Immigrants in Iceland
The tourist and the migrant worker: Different Perceptions of Mobility in Iceland
Flóttafólk á Íslandi
Þingvellir
Inngangur: Ísland í heiminum og heimurinn í Íslandi
Being a desirable migrant: perception and racialisation of Icelandic migrants in NorwayJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

2015

Nordic exceptionalism and gendered peacekeepingEuropean Journal of Women's Studies
Hlutgerving og kynþáttaflokkanir á Íslandssafninu í París: Hugleiðingar út frá myndum Ólafar NordalSkírnir
Útlendingar, negrastrákar og hryðjuverkamenn: Kynþáttafordómar í íslenskum samtíma: Kynþáttafordómar í íslenskum samtímaRitið
Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companiesStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Áhættusækni í útrásargleði: Karlar og konur í bönkum og fjármálafyrirtækjumStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST IN THE WORLD: THE BOOM AND CRISIS IN ICELANDAAS working papers in social anthropology
Gambling DebtGambling Debt: iceland's Rise and Fall in the Global Economy
The Exotic North: Gender, Nation Branding and Post-colonialism in IcelandNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Enloe, Cynthia. 2014. Seriously! Investigating crashes and crises as if women mattered. Berkeley: University of California Press. 264 pp. Pb.: US$24.76. ISBN: 978-0520275379Social Anthropology
Grín, íslam og fordómar í fjölmenningarlegu samfélagiRitið

2014

Andmæli við doktorsvörnSaga: tímarit Sögufélags
Going to EdenAfrican and Black Diaspora
Introduction
Crisis in the nordic nations and beyond
Vikings invade present-day Iceland
Iceland, rejected by McDonald's: desire and anxieties in a global crisisSocial Anthropology
Iceland, rejected by McDonald'sSocial Anthropology
Bankar í ljóma þjóðernishyggju: Efnahagshrunið, hnattvæðing og menningSkírnir
Icelandic Identities in a Postcolonial Context
“Við viljum bara vita hvaðan við erum og hver við erum”: Brasilíufararnir og afkomendur þeirraRitið
Within a ‘white’ affective space: racialization in Iceland and development discoursesSocial Identities
Imagining Blackness at the Margins
‘The enemy outside and within’
Within a ‘white’ affective spaceSocial Identities

2013

Black on White: Danish Colonialism, Iceland and the Caribbean
Endurútgáfa Negrastrákana: Söguleg sérstaða Íslands, þjóðernishyggja og kynþáttafordómarRitið
Vettvangsrannsóknir
Republishing 'The Ten Little Negros'Ethnicities

2012

Teaching race with a gendered edge
Whiteness is from another worldEuropean Journal of Women's Studies
Introduction
Nordic Exceptionalism and the Nordic 'Others' IntroductionWhiteness and Postcolonialism in the Nordic Region: Exceptionalism, Migrant Others and National Identities
Unpolitical warsInternational Peacekeeping
Whiteness and postcolonialism in the Nordic region
Belonging and the Icelandic others
The White Flesh of a Fish: Reflections about Whiteness and MethodologiesGraduate Journal of Social Sciences
Teaching “Race” with a Gendered Edge
Teaching "race" with a gendered edge-introduction
Colonialism at the marginsIdentities

2011

Learning about Africa: The Imagination of Africa in Icelandic Schoolbooks
Skörun kynþáttafordóma og þjóðernishyggju: Fólk af afrískum uppruna á Íslandi
Negotiating white Icelandic identitySocial Identities
IDENTITY PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS IN MULTI-ETHNIC EUROPEEthnic and Racial Studies
Ambitious Icelanders: The Background and Beginning of Icelandic International DevelopmentStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Stórhuga Íslendingar: Forsaga og upphaf íslenskrar þróunarsamvinnuStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Hlutgerving íslenskrar menningar: Samfélagsleg urmæða um grunnskólalögin, trúarbrögð og fjölmenningarlegt samfélagSkírnir
Feminist theory and that critical edgeNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Racist Caricatures in Iceland in the early 20th century

2010

The ‘Jeep-Gangsters’ from IcelandCritique of Anthropology
Becoming Civilized: Iceland and the Colonial Project in the 19th century
Encountering Others in the Icelandic Schoolbooks: Images of Imperialism and Racial Diversity in the 19th Century
The loss of innocence: The Icelandic fnancial crisis and colonial past (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)Anthropology Today
Introduction
The 'jeep-gangsters' from icelandCritique of Anthropology
Leyfar nýlendutímans og kynþáttahyggju: Ljóð Davíðs Stefánssonar, Tómasar Guðmundssonar og deilur um skopmynd SigmundsSkírnir
Ímynd, ímyndun og útrásin: Vegvísir fyrir rannsóknir á kreppunniRannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Konan sem fékk spjót í höfuði: Flækjur og furðuheimar vettavangsrannsókna
Introduction

2009

"Pure manliness"Identities
Fjölmenning, námsefni og jafnrétti
Íslendingar þrífa ekki herbergi: Skörun kyns og uppruna í störfum á hóteli
Kjarnmesta fólkið í heimi: Þrástef íslenskrar þjóðernishyggju í gegnum lýðveldisbaráttu, útrás og kreppuRitið
Cultivating Culture? Images of Iceland, Globalization and Multicultural society
Invisible colour: Landscapes of whiteness and racial identity in international developmentAnthropology Today
The Diversified Iceland: Identity and Multicultural Societies in Icelandic Schoolbooks
Invisible colourAnthropology Today
Íslenskar minjar nýlendutímans: Alþjóðleg tengsl og fjölmenning í hnattrænu samhengi
Margbreytileiki og fjölmenningarlegt samfélag í námsbókum: Sýn aðalnámskrár grunnskóla og gátlista NámsgagnastofnunarUppeldi og menntun

2008

Shades of othernessSocial Anthropology
Þróunarland verður til: Tilkoma hugmyndarinnar um þróunarlönd á Íslandi
The Bush is Sweet: Identity, Power and, Development among WoDaaBe Fulani in Niger
Í nafni mannúðar og menningar: Vald, kyn og atbeini í íslenskri þróunarhjálp

2007

Learning Differences: Nationalism, Identity and Africa in Icelandic SchoolbooksThe Journal of the George-Eckert Institute
Hvar á að ræða um kynþátt í skólabókum? Kynþáttahyggja, fjölmenning og íslenskt samfélag
Útrás Íslendinga og hnattvæðing þess þjóðlega: Horft til Silvíu Nóttar og MagnaRitið
Mjúkar konur og harðir karlar: Kynjaðar orðræður um þróunarmál
Hin mörgu andlit Íslands: Fjölmenning í námsbókumNetla
Kannski voru þeir bara villimenn“: Framandleiki, Afríka og ólíkar afmarkanir „hinna“
Innflytjendur: Viðurkenning og virðing í íslensku samhengi
Bounded and multiple identities ethnic identifications of WoDaaBe and FulBeCahiers d'Etudes Africaines
Furðulönd í fjarska : ímyndir Afríku á Íslandi /
Bounded and Multiple IdentitiesCahiers d’études africaines

2006

Þriðji sonur Nóa: Íslenskar ímyndir Afríku á miðöldumSaga: tímarit Sögufélags
Ævintýrið Afríka: Minni og ímyndir Afríku í fylgiblöðum Morgunblaðsins

2005

Hið furðulega við Afríku: Félagslegt minni, nýlendusafnið og Afríka á Íslandi
Í fréttum er þetta helst: Myndræn og kynjuð orðræða fjölmiðla
Bláir menn og eykonan ÍslandRitið
Menntaðar og villtar þjóðir: Afríka í texta íslenskra námsbókaUppeldi og menntun
When nomads lose cattle: wodaabe negotiations of ethnicityAfrican Sociological Review / Revue Africaine de Sociologie

2004

'This Time It's Different': Globalization, Power and Mobility
Ég er ekki með kynþáttafordóma en...." Hugtakið kynþáttur og íslenskt samfélag
Tómið og myrkrið: AfríkaSkírnir
"Staðið á sama". Vald og andóf WoDaaBe kvenna
Tómið og myrkrið: Afríka í Skírni á 19. öldSkírnir : tímarit Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags
Líkamar framandi kvenna
InngangurTopographies of Globalization

2003

Hnattvæðing í ljósi menningar, hreyfanleika og nútímans
Menning, trúarbrögð, hefðir: Kynjaðar orðræður um tvo-þriðju hluta heimsinsStudia Theologica

2002

Knowing what to do in the city: WoDaaBe nomads and migrant workers in NigerAnthropology Today
Nútíminn og hefðir í hnattvæddum heimiRitröð Guðfræðistofnunar
Commercializing Culture: Artisanry Production and the Wodaabe in NigerInternational Journal of Cultural Studies
Where My Cord is Buried: WoDaaBe Use and Conceptualization of LandJournal of Political Ecology
Never forgetting? Gender and racial-ethnic identity during fieldworkSocial Anthropology
The Place of Birth: Wodaabe Changing Histories of OriginHistory in Africa

2001

Birds of the Bush: WoDaaBe Definitions of Society and NatureNordic Journal of African Studies
Women in Pastoral Societies: Using WID, Eco-feminist, and Postmodernist PerspectivesArizona Anthropologist
The Bush Is Sweet: Identity and Desire among the WoDaaBe in Niger
WoDaaBe

2000

Fæði og félagsleg tengsl meðal WoDaaBe í Níger

1997

WoDaaBe: Dansað í eyðimörkinni

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