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Dr Arnar Árnason

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Dr Arnar Árnason
Dr Arnar Árnason
Dr Arnar Árnason

BA, MA, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

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Email Address
arnar.arnason@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273127
School/Department
School of Social Science

Biography

Arnar Árnason was appointed lecturer in social anthropology in the Department in September 2004. He has a B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Iceland, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Social Anthropology from the University of Durham, England. He has carried out fieldwork in England, Japan, Iceland and Scotland.

His research interests include:

  • death, emotion, and psychotherapy and the politics thereof;
  • trauma
  • subjectivities/subjection;
  • narratives, memory and forgetting;
  • embodiment;
  • identity and landscape
Research

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Anthropology.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Anthropology

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Anthropology

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

Care in Funerals | The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History | The 51cg (abdn.ac.uk)

Funding and Grants

Care in Funerals | The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History | The 51cg (abdn.ac.uk)

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

  • AT3006 Doing Anthropological Research
  • AT3501 Anthropological Theory
  • AT5001 Philosophy and Methods of Research in Social Anthropology, Ethnology and Cultural History I
  • SL5007 Methodology, Theory and Ethics
Publications

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  • The Eldfell eruption, Iceland, 1973: Hierarchies of value and their impact on the More-Than-Human evacuation from Heimaey

    Meara, R. H., Arnason, A., Roberts, E., Hallbergsdóttir, H., Óskarsson, I., Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Journal of Applied Volcanology, vol. 15, no. 1, 8
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  • Doing death research: Interviews and career reflections with death studies scholars

    Michael-Fox, B., Borgstrom, E., Arnason, A.
    Books and Reports: Edited Collections
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  • Covid-19 and death studies: Multidisciplinary perspectives and lessons

    Arnason, A., Borgstrom, E., Michael-Fox, B.
    Books and Reports: Edited Collections
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  • The Eldfell eruption, Iceland, 1973: using “Small Stories” to investigate the human evacuation from Heimaey

    Meara, R. H., Árnason, A., Roberts, E. M., Hallbergsdóttir, H., Óskarsson, I., Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Journal of Applied Volcanology, vol. 15, no. 1, 1
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  • Palliative care and hospice: Interdisciplinary perspectives over the decades

    Arnason, A., Borgstrom, E., Michael-Fox, B.
    Books and Reports: Edited Collections
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  • Introduction: On having and not having an identity

    Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Social Identities, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 139-147
    Contributions to Journals: Special Issues
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  • The Icelandic Turf House as Skin: Archive, Anarchy, and Heritage

    Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Objects in the Archives: Modern Material Culture and Heritage in the North. Mímisson, K., Ólafsson, D. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 100-117, 18 pages
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  • Why does funeral attendance matter?: Revisiting 'Configurational Eulogies' in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

    Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Locock, L., Crozier, R., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A.
    Mortality, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 706-727
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  • Magmatic Memories:: Eldfell, 1973

    Meara, R. H., Arnason, A., Elias, O. H., Hallbergsdóttir, H., Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Volcanica, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 361-403
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  • Hybrid funerals: how online attendance facilitates and impedes participation

    Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A., Crozier, R.
    Mortality, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 593-611
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