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Kristín Loftsdóttir - Professor

Kristín Loftsdóttir

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School of Social Sciences

Kristín Loftsdóttir

Professor

Anthropology

Location
Oddi / O-314
Phone
525 - 4261
Email
kristinl [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Published Work
Kristín Loftsdóttir - published work

Courses 2025 - 2026

Published works

2025

“I would like to see some changes”Tourist Studies
RACIALIZATION AND VISIBILITY OF LITHUANIANS DURING THE ECONOMIC BOOM YEARS IN ICELAND
IntroductionWomen, Gender and Research
From Iceland to the Canary IslandsTourism and Hospitality

2024

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

2023

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

2022

Bustos y movimientos globales: Islandia, Francia y Gran Canaria
De color invisibleRevista de la Escuela de Antropología
A field guide to white supremacyEthnic and Racial Studies
"Where Are You From?": Racism and the Normalization of Whiteness in IcelandJournal of Critical Mixed Race Studies
Claims of White Innocence: Multiculturalism and Exceptionalism in the Nordic CountriesProcesos Historicos-Revista Semestral de Historia Arte Y Ciencias Sociales
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
Reclamos de inocencia blanca: multiculturalismo y excepcionalismo en los países nórdicosProcesos históricos: revista de historia, arte y ciencias sociales
Hidden StoriesInterventions

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2016

“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
Þingvellir
Flóttafólk á Íslandi
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
Being a desirable migrant: perception and racialisation of Icelandic migrants in NorwayJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
“Heimur sem snerti okkur Íslendinga ekki”: Kynþáttafordómar á Íslandi í ljósi sögunnar
International Development and the Globally Concerned European SubjectInterventions
Whiteness and postcolonialism in the Nordic region
Belonging and the Icelandic others
Introduction
Inngangur: Ísland í heiminum og heimurinn í Íslandi
"Hún gæti alveg verið múslimi og allt það": Ráðning fólks af erlendum uppruna til íslenskra fyrirtækjaIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration

2015

Útlendingar, negrastrákar og hryðjuverkamenn: Kynþáttafordómar í íslenskum samtíma: Kynþáttafordómar í íslenskum samtímaRitið
Hlutgerving og kynþáttaflokkanir á Íslandssafninu í París: Hugleiðingar út frá myndum Ólafar NordalSkírnir
Áhættusækni í útrásargleði: Karlar og konur í bönkum og fjármálafyrirtækjumStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Nordic exceptionalism and gendered peacekeepingEuropean Journal of Women's Studies
Grín, íslam og fordómar í fjölmenningarlegu samfélagiRitið
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
NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST IN THE WORLD: THE BOOM AND CRISIS IN ICELANDAAS working papers in social anthropology
Risk taking business Vikings: Gendered dynamics in Icelandic banks and financial companiesStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
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

2014

Vikings invade present-day Iceland
‘The enemy outside and within’
Within a ‘white’ affective space: racialization in Iceland and development discoursesSocial Identities
Iceland, rejected by McDonald'sSocial Anthropology
Going to EdenAfrican and Black Diaspora
Introduction
Crisis in the nordic nations and beyond
Iceland, rejected by McDonald's: desire and anxieties in a global crisisSocial 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
Andmæli við doktorsvörnSaga: tímarit Sögufélags
Imagining Blackness at the Margins
Within a ‘white’ affective spaceSocial Identities

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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

2010

Becoming Civilized: Iceland and the Colonial Project in the 19th century
Introduction
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
The ‘Jeep-Gangsters’ from IcelandCritique of Anthropology
The 'jeep-gangsters' from icelandCritique of Anthropology
Ímynd, ímyndun og útrásin: Vegvísir fyrir rannsóknir á kreppunniRannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Leyfar nýlendutímans og kynþáttahyggju: Ljóð Davíðs Stefánssonar, Tómasar Guðmundssonar og deilur um skopmynd SigmundsSkírnir
Introduction
Encountering Others in the Icelandic Schoolbooks: Images of Imperialism and Racial Diversity in the 19th Century
Konan sem fékk spjót í höfuði: Flækjur og furðuheimar vettavangsrannsókna

2009

Fjölmenning, námsefni og jafnrétti
Margbreytileiki og fjölmenningarlegt samfélag í námsbókum: Sýn aðalnámskrár grunnskóla og gátlista NámsgagnastofnunarUppeldi og menntun
Invisible colourAnthropology Today
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
"Pure manliness"Identities
Íslenskar minjar nýlendutímans: Alþjóðleg tengsl og fjölmenning í hnattrænu samhengi

2008

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

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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
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

2004

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

2003

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

2002

The Place of Birth: Wodaabe Changing Histories of OriginHistory in Africa
Never forgetting? Gender and racial-ethnic identity during fieldworkSocial Anthropology
Knowing what to do in the city: WoDaaBe nomads and migrant workers in NigerAnthropology Today
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
Nútíminn og hefðir í hnattvæddum heimiRitröð Guðfræðistofnunar

2001

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

2000

Fæði og félagsleg tengsl meðal WoDaaBe í Níger

1997

WoDaaBe: Dansað í eyðimörkinni

Keywords for Specialisation:

Icelandic nationalism

Indigenous people

Postcolonialism

intersectionality of national identity