About Me:
I hold a PhD in cultural anthropology from Uppsala University and is assistant professor in museum and cultural heritage studies at the same university. I am also the former director of NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) – an international Erasmus Mundus master program funded by EU. My thesis Negotiating Involuntary Resettlement: a study of local bargaining during the construction of the Zimapán dam (2002) was ground breaking in the field of involuntary resettlement with its theoretical focus on the negotiations between the main stakeholders during the entire project cycle (before-during-after) based on long term field work. My main research interests revolve around profound and dramatic changes of society and transformation of cultures. It covers memory, heritage and reconciliation in post-conflict societies, involuntary resettlement and the reconstruction of culture and heritage, participatory models, ethnography and digital ethnography, theorizing landscapes, and knowledge production. My research activities carried out the last decade aiming at a synthesizing and understanding of the elements in play when the past is used (or misused) for our present purposes in a transformative process. I have authored and/or co-authored some 25 publications. She may be reached at inga-lill.aronsson@abm.uu.se.
Area(s) of Training
applied anthropology, cultural anthropology, ethnography
Area(s) of Expertise
involuntary resettlement, heritage, reconciliation, conflict, local participation
Current Area of Employment
Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies
