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Kristín Loftsdóttir - Prófessor

Kristín Loftsdóttir

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Kristín Loftsdóttir

Prófessor

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

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

Kynþáttafordómar
Racism and Racialization in Iceland
Mobility and Transnational Iceland
'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
Snertifletir: Andlit úr gifsi og samtenging heimsinsRitið

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
"Let's stone this trash": Hate speech in Icelandic contextIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration
Grýta þetta pakk: Haturstjáning í íslensku samhengiStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
The Colonial Exhibition in Tivoli Racism and colonial othersCrisis and Coloniality at europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland
Music and Icelandic Independence: from the 1930 Parliament Festival to Harpa
Íslenskur vinnumarkaður – erlent starfsfólkÍslenska þjóðfélagið.

2018

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

2017

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

2016

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

2015

Nordic exceptionalism and gendered peacekeepingEuropean Journal of Women's Studies
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
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
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
Áhættusækni í útrásargleði: Karlar og konur í bönkum og fjármálafyrirtækjumStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla

2014

Within a ‘white’ affective spaceSocial Identities
Iceland, rejected by McDonald'sSocial Anthropology
‘The enemy outside and within’
Within a ‘white’ affective space: racialization in Iceland and development discoursesSocial Identities
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
Bankar í ljóma þjóðernishyggju: Efnahagshrunið, hnattvæðing og menningSkírnir
Imagining Blackness at the Margins
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

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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

2010

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

2009

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

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
Þróunarland verður til: Tilkoma hugmyndarinnar um þróunarlönd á Íslandi
Shades of othernessSocial Anthropology

2007

Hin mörgu andlit Íslands: Fjölmenning í námsbókumNetla
Furðulönd í fjarska : ímyndir Afríku á Íslandi /
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
Mjúkar konur og harðir karlar: Kynjaðar orðræður um þróunarmál
Útrás Íslendinga og hnattvæðing þess þjóðlega: Horft til Silvíu Nóttar og MagnaRitið
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
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
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
Bláir menn og eykonan ÍslandRitið
Í fréttum er þetta helst: Myndræn og kynjuð orðræða fjölmiðla

2004

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

2003

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

2002

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

2001

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

2000

Fæði og félagsleg tengsl meðal WoDaaBe í Níger

1997

WoDaaBe: Dansað í eyðimörkinni

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