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MA of Faroese Language and Literature (2014) specialised in Faroese Ballads. Employed as Asssistant professor of oral tradition at Department of Faroese language and literature 2015-2022, Ph.D student of folkloristics at University of Iceland(UI)/University of the Faroe Islands(UF) from 2018-present. Topic of Ph.d project: Transmission of the Faroese Chain Dance tradition. Supervisors are Dr. Valdimar Hafstein (UI) and Turið Sigurðardóttir(UF). Has been involved in research of the Faroese Sigurd ballads (Young CAS project, “Ballads across borders”, led by Helen Leslie Jacobsen, University of Bergen) 2020-2022 and in the U-ARCTIC network on Circumpolar archives, folklore and ethnography (CAFE) since 2017.
Research interests
Faroese ballads. Transmission of tradition in contemporary society. Intangible cultural heritage. Politics of culture.
Teaching
Literary analyses and early history of Faroese literature in the compulsory part on BA-level at the Institute of Faroese(2012-2019). Separate courses on children’s literature and cultural heritage in the optional part of the education on MA- and BA-level in Faroese (2015-2020)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master, MA in Faroese Language and Literature , Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - The University of the Faroe Islands
… → 2012
Bachelor, BA in Faroese language and literature, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya - The University of the Faroe Islands
… → 2010
Degree in general practice nursing, Sjúkrasystraskúli Føroya
… → 2001
External positions
Board member, Føroya Fólkaháskúli
2019 → …
Faroese representative in the nomination committe for the Nordic Council Children and Young Adult Literature Prize
2015 → 2019
Head of board, Føroya Fólkaháskúli
2013 → 2019
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Frændafundur
Hansen, Z. S., Olsen, E., Eysturstein, K. H., Sølvará, H. A., Árnadóttir, T., Simonsen, K., Sigurðardóttir, T., Bogadóttir, R., Olsen, E. S., Skoradal, M., Debess, I. N., Mohr, M., Petersen, M. S. & í Dali, N. R.
17/04/09 → …
Project: Research
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“Reluctant Gatekeeper of the National Inventory”: a Case Study of the Formation of the Faroese Inventory of ICH
Árnadóttir, T., 9 Jan 2022, In: SLOVENSKÝ NÁRODOPIS / SLOVAK ETHNOLOGY. 69, 4, p. 501-518 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Den flyvende bejler: historie og sammenhæng
Translated title of the contribution :The flying suitor : story and context Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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II: 43 Chain dancing
Árnadóttir, T., 1 Jan 2018, Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. 1 ed. Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 716-726 11 p. (Handbook of Pre-Modern Nordic Memory Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Kópakonan í nýggjari føroyskari myndlist og bókmentum
Translated title of the contribution :The Seal wife in contemporary Faroese art and literature Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Hugfloygdar pisur: barnaímyndir og hugburður til børn í nýggjum føroyskum smábarnabókum
Translated title of the contribution :Portrayals of and attitude towards children in contemporary Faroese children's book Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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Ljóð sum arvalutur
Iben Nyholm Debess (Speaker) & Tóta Árnadóttir (Speaker)
17 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Thesis
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Tílíkan fugl so kjósi eg mær: Fuglurin sum mynd í eldri føroyskum kvæðum - ein kanning av motivinum ”fuglur og kvinna,” sum tað kemur fyri í ymsum sniðum í føroyskum kvæðauppskriftum, samanborið við skyldar europeiskar heimildir.
Author: Árnadóttir, T., 6 Feb 2014Supervisor: Sigurðardóttir, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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