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Dr Arnar Árnason

Dr Arnar Árnason
Dr Arnar Árnason
Dr Arnar Árnason

BA, MA, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

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

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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 HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

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

Funding and Grants

Care in Funerals | The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History | The University of Aberdeen (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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  • Technology and Presence in a Museum of Trauma: Therapeutic Effects of Making Danger Real

    Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Museums and technologies of presence. Shehade, M., Stylianou, T. (eds.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 153-169, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Care in Funerals Casebook

    Entwistle, V., Riley, J., Arnason, A., Kefford, P., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A., Pusey, L., Thornton, E., Allana, S., Munro, H., Omer, M., Prinja, N., Suwalowska, H., Voo, T. C., Bickerton, R.
    University of Aberdeen (Website).
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • Saying "No" Goes Against the Grain: UK funeral directors’ experiences and the complexities of ‘choice’ during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

    Riley, J., Arnason, A., Entwistle, V.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Revisiting funeral recordings during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

    Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A.
    Bereavement, vol. 2, pp. 1-5
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Care in Funerals: Emerging Findings

    Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Maccagno, P., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Pattenden, A.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Death, trauma, and the 'event'

    Arnason, A., Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson, S. B.
    Death and Events: International perspectives on events marking the end of life. Lamond, I., Dowson, R. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 63-79, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • A tale of two deaths: Spectacular death and the scene of pain

    Arnason, A.
    The age of spectacular death. Jacobsen, M. (ed.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 144-161, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Landscapes of Trauma: a Reflection on Wonder

    Hafsteinsson, S. B., Arnason, A.
    Journal of Scottish Thought, vol. 11, pp. 152-175
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • His father came to him in his sleep: an essay on Enlightenment, mortalities and immortalities in Iceland

    Arnason, A.
    An anthropology of the Enlightenment: Moral social relations then and today. Rapport, N., Wardle, H. (eds.). Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 37-50, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Aa drepe den siste geirfugl: Om artsdod og nye beginnelser

    Arnason, A., Ween, G.
    Kollaps: Paa randen av fremtiden. Dreyers Forlag, pp. 99-108, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
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