Talks, papers and lectures
Besides papers at conferences and scientific meetings, I give popular talks on topics centering around my specialities. These are accompanied by audiovisual presentations and—according to the subject of the talk—demonstrations of musical instruments and sound tools.
I have given talks at museums, libraries, institutions and organizations, including The Østfold Museum Foundation, The Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Sommerøya Elektronika Festival, Museum of Cultural History (Oslo), Numedal Medieval Festival, Midgard Viking Centre, Rotary and U3A.
The following list contains a selection of popular talks, guest lectures and conference presentations.
2023 Würzburg
A 4th century stringed musical instrument from Azilkhan Bidayik-asar (Aral region, Kazakhstan)
12th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA), Universität Würzburg, 25 September
2023 Kristiansand
Messesang, massesang og klassesang: Fellessangens politiske kraft
Sanglyrikkseminar med tema politisk sang. University of Agder, 10 May
2022 Cambridge
The musical instrument from Bidayik-asar, Kazakhstan: hypotheses regarding its use and its possible place within the lyre family
With Azilkhan Tazhekeyev. Seminar series, Asian Archaeology Group, University of Cambridge, 9 November (digital version)
2022 Larvik
Lyd og musikk til sjøs
Forskningsdagene and Camelot Escape Room. Sanden Kafé og Bar, Bølgen Kulturhus, 28 September
2022 Borre
Rytmens redskaper – puls og perkusjon
Midgard vikingsenter, 17 March
2022 Bergen
Sang som våpen
Sang i barnehage og skole (SangBarSk), network conference (digital version), 28 January (digital version)
2021 Berlin
Palaeolithic Strings? Experimental Approaches
11th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA), Humboldt Forum, 1 November
2021 Borre
Apollons og Gunnars instrument. Lyrer og lyrespill i europeisk historie
Midgard Vikingsenters Venneforening and Vikinger i Vestfold og Telemark, 22 April (digital version)
2020 Borre
Praktiske eksperimenter i musikkens og lydens arkeologi
Norsk forum for eksperimentell arkeologi 2020, Midgard vikingsenter, 19 September
2020 Oslo
Om instrumentenes dype røtter
Klangen før fela, Riksscenen, 25 January
2020 Tjøme
Musikk og ritualer i to millioner år
Havna Seminaret 2020, NOPA. Scandic Havna, Tjøme, 14 January
2019 Almaty
A Scandinavian View on Music Archaeology: Research, Directions, Methodology, and Materials
International scientific and practical conference “Ancient Musical Instruments Found in Archaeological Excavations: Problems of Collection and Research”. Museum of Folk Musical Instruments Named after Ylas, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 25 October
2019 Shenmu
The Ancient Jew’s Harp and the Value of Archaeology
International Symposium on the Jew’s Harp – New Discovery of the Archaeological Site in Shimao Huangchengtai. Yancheng Huafu Hotel, Shenmu, Shaanxi, China, 22 September
2019 Novgorod
Scandinavian Lyres in Archaeology and Iconography
Slovisha Musical Antiquities Festival. Center for Music Antiquities, Veliky Novgorod, 24 August
2019 Stavanger
Fortidas fjerne toner og musikkens arkeologi
Senior group of the Masonic Brothers, 20 February
2018 Oslo
Klokkene ringer for deg: Bøndenes, gårdsarbeidernes og gjeternes klangunivers
Norges lyder. Seminar, National Library of Norway, 21 November
2018 Fagernes
Musikk som tidskapsel?
Musikk og dans på museum – kulturarv eller levande samtidsuttrykk? Valdres Folk Museum, Fagernes, 22 October
2018 Barcelona
Sound Communication in Non-Reverberating Acoustical Spaces
24th Annual Meeting, European Association of Archaeologists, University of Barcelona, 8 September
2018 Reichenau
Political Activism and the Green Musical Wave in Norway
Participatory Approaches to Music and Democracy, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Hotel Marienhof, Reichenau and der Rax, 10 August
2017 Tokyo
Understrings and Overtones
Concert with talk (with Emy Sakai), Sarasya, Mitaka, Tokyo, 7 July
2017 Tokyo
Music Archaeology in Scandinavia
Meeting of Japan Music Archaeology Studying Group, Nezu, Tokyo, 1 July
2017 Oslo
Hva kjennetegner de reisendes musikk?
‘Romanifolkets/taternes språk og musikk – og Eilert Sundts bidrag til deres historie’. Seminar arranged by the Language Council of Noway, Oslo, 22 June
2017 Molde
Folk og musikk – før, etter og med fela
Museumsfestuka, Romsdalsmuseet, Molde, 17 February
2016 Wuhan
The Earliest Excavated Jew’s Harps: A Find From a Lower Xiajiadian Site in Liaoning Province
10th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan, China, 24 October
2016 Nesodden
Når startet våre forfedre og formødre å nynne, synge, spille og danse? Og hvorfor gjorde de det?
U3A Nesodden, Samfunnshuset, 10 March
2015 Drøbak
Instrumenter og musikk i hansatiden
Follo Museum, Drøbak, 15 October
2015 Oslo
Rytmer fra fortida og groovens arkeologi
Sommerøya Electronica Festival, Sukkerbiten, 22 August
2015 Biskupin
The Musical Bow in Prehistorical Europe
14th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music Archaeology. Biskupin Archaeological Museum, Poland, 17 August
2015 Fagernes
Konstruksjon, rekonstruksjon, revitalisering, modernisering. Noen refleksjoner om strategier for bruk av fortidas instrumenter
Annual seminar of Norsk folkemusikklag, Valdres Folk Museum, Fagernes, 23 April
2015 Tianjin
The Jew’s Harp. An Ethnographical and Archaeological Introduction
Guest lecture, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Tianjin, China, 14 April
2015 Rauland
Instrumenter, musikk og lydlandskap fra steinalder til vikingtid
Rauland historielag, Kaffibaren, Rauland, 26 March
2014 Gdansk
Some Experiences and Reflections around Ringing Stones in Norway
Sounding Stones International Conference, Gdansk Archaeological Museum, 14 December
2014 Nordfjordeid
Lecture with demonstration and concert
Leikvin, 6 December
2014 Berlin
Jew’s Harps of Bone, Wood and Metal: How to Understand Construction, Classification and Chronology?
9th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, 12 September
2013 Nesodden
Folkemusikk fra Nesodden
Nesodden historielag. Ekelund, Berger, 14 November
2013 Tuddal
Lydlandskap, musikk og miljø
Musikkforedrag på kjerringkveld, bygdetunet, 1 October
2013 Notodden
Smak, kvalitet og verdi i folkekulturen
Lecture at PhD-course, Telemark University College, Notodden Campus, 22 April
2013 Vilnius
Music Archaeology. Material, Methods, Musical Possibilities
International Conference NordTrad 2013, LMTA, Vilnius, 17 April
2013 Ed
«Reisendemusikk – møtenes musikk». Interview with Nora Pettersen.
Resandefolkets (minst) 500 år i Skandinavien, arr. Østfoldmuseene, Romanifolket/taternes kulturfond m. fl., Ed, Dalsland, 15 September
2012 Drøbak
Musikk, kommunikasjon og grenser. Betyr musikk noe, og i så fall: Hvorfor betyr det det det betyr?
Concert lecture, Olsok. Follo museum, 29 July
2012 Nore
Munnharpas kulturhistorie
Lecture, tunkveld, Sevletunet. Arrangement under middelalderuka i Numedal, 27 July
2012 Derry
New Directions in Contemporary Fiddle Playing in Norway
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, University of Ulster, Derry, 1 July
2012 Oulu
Classification of Sound Tools and Soundscapes of and in Ancient Societies
XII Nordic TAG, University of Oulu, 25 April
2011 Rauland
Musisering som metode, medium og mål
Lecture at the seminar ‘Fenomenologi i kulturstudiene’ (‘Phenomenology in Cultural Studies’), Telemark University College, 3 November
2011 Oslo
Romanifolkets musikalske uttrykksformer
Presentation of research project at ‘Contact forum between national minorities and the central authorities”, arranged by The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (FAD), Oslo, 31 October
2011 Elverum
Vern og videreføring av de reisendes musikktradisjoner
Seminar of Norwegian Museums Association ‘Museene og formidling av vår mangfoldige kulturarv’. Glomdalsmuseet, Elverum, 27 April
2010 Gjøvik
The Early Lyre in Scandinavia
3rd Nordic Harp Meeting, Gjøvik, 6 November
2010 Hernes
Music archaeology, lecture with demonstration
Kultursalongen, Hernes, 23 October
2010 Vasa
Folkemusikk i Norge anno 2010: Nye scener, medier og identiteter
Seminar ‘Tradition och innovation – den nya folkmusiken’, arr. Finlands svenska folkmusikinstitut/Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, Vasa, 16 October
2010 Tianjin
Tradition: Between Past and Present in Music Archaeology
7th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, 21 September
2010 Askeby
Musik i och genom tiden
Askeby klosterkyrka, Åkerbo forsamling, 3 Östergötland, 1 July
2010 Oslo
Norwegian folk instruments
Guest lecture, Norwegian Academy of Music, 26 April
2009 Halden
’Romanifolkets musikalske uttrykksformer’ Forskningsprosjekt støttet av NFR
En gang var vi som vinden. Nordisk kvedarseminar (arr. Norsk kvedarforum, Norsk folkemusikklag og Østfold musikkråd), Halden, 5 September
2009 Helsinki
‘See My Fire’: Authenticity, Identity and a Norwegian Romani Song
Annual Meeting and Conference of the Gypsy Lore Society, University of Helsinki, 28 August. With Mary Barthelemy and Henning Gustavsen.
2009 London
Biographical Dictionary of Music Archaeology: A New Historiographical Initiative
Study Day on Historiographical Topics in Ethnomusicology and Music Archaeology, Institute of Musical Research, University of London, 4 June
2009 Rauland
Norden som musikalsk region. Bevegelser i folkemusikalske landskap, stiler og identiteter
Annual Seminar of Norsk Folkemusikklag, Telemark University College, 12 February
2008 Oslo
The Musical Expressions of the Romani People in Norway – a Preliminary Report from a Research Project
Research seminar The music and culture of the Romani People in Norway, Sweden and Finland. Norwegian Collection of Folk Music, University of Oslo, 8 November
2008 Oslo
Interview with Reidar Sevåg on the revitalization of the jew’s harp in the 1960s
Annual festival of Norsk munnharpeforum, 13 September
2008 Berlin
The Problem of Ethnocentricity in Music Archaeology
6th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, 9 September
2008 Prague
National Heritage and the Norwegian Romanies
Joint paper with Mary Barthelemy and Atle Lien Jenssen at the fifth meeting of the ICTM Study Group Music and Minorities, arr. Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, 26 May
2006 Berlin
Animal Bells in Early Scandinavian Soundscapes
5th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, 20 September
2006 Varna
Development of Musical Style and Identity Among the Romani People of Norway
Fourth Meeting of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Minorities, arr. Bulgarian Academy of Science, Varna, 27 August
2005 Nesodden
Music and archaeology
Kiwanis Nesodden, 28 September
2005 Gjøvik
Munnharpefunnet fra Vardal – smiingstradisjon med utgangspunkt i et lokalt funn
Talk at the 11th jew’s harp festival (Norsk munnharpeforum and Gjøvik Spelmannslag), 17 September
2005 Oslo
Utgravde klanger: Arkeologi som kilde til musikkhistorie
Directorate of Cultural Heritage, lunch talk, 14 August
2003 Rauland
Folk art and aesthetics
Traditional arts, MA. Guest lectures, Telemark University College, Department of Norwegian Folk Culture, 3–4 November
2001 Rauland
Christian Leden (1882–1957) – a Forgotten Ethnomusicologist of Arctic Peoples
European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM), 17th Annual Conference, 7 September
2000 Bergen
Perspectives on archaeological music research
Guest lecture, University of Bergen, The Grieg Academy, 4 April
1999 Turku
Searching for Music of the Past: Evidence and Experience
The Skagerak Network, Research seminar, Turku (Åbo), 1 October
1999 Oslo
Fortidens musikk (The Music of the Past)
Historisk museum, 14 March
1998 Michaelstein
Archaeological Jew’s Harp Finds in Europe: Chaos or Coherence?
1st Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, Kloster Michaelstein, Germany, 21 May
1997 Oslo
Analysemetoder hos Blacking og Feld: Kulturell musikk eller musikalsk kultur?
The Skagerak Network, Research seminar, Lysebu, Oslo, 21 November
1997 York
The Archaeology of the European Jew’s Harp
Presentation of research project, York Archaeological Trust, 28 October
1997 Kristiansand
Music Archaeology, an introduction
Kristiansand Waldorf School, open day, 14 June