Kristinn H. M. Schram

Kristinn H. M. Schram
MScR in ethnology, Doctoral student and university teacher

Main and current research and employment

The Wild Wild North: Narratives Cultures of Image Construction in Iceland.
Research for my pending doctoral thesis at the University of Edinburgh on identity and representation through narratives in visual culture and everyday life
Iceland and the Images of the North. An international research project
Teaching at the University of Iceland
Radio broadcasting

Publications

1. An academic article about regional identity in storytelling, folklore collection and context-research: „Um afdalabændur, Reykjavíkurpakk og allraþjóðakvikindi.“ (Trans.: "On Hick-Farmers, Reykjavik-Trash and Foreign Creatures.") Þjóðerni í þúsund ár?. (Trans. A Thousand Years of Nationhood?) An anthology of new Icelandic research on nationalism, ethnicity and regional identity. Háskólaútgáfan (Trans. University Publication (of Iceland)). Reykjavík 2002.
The anthology has received very favourable reviews in Iceland’s two leading newspapers: Morgunblaðið and DV. My article is also praised in an interview with two respected historians that is published in the anthology itself.
2. Five articles (non-academic documenting a journey through the United States in the time of the Iraq war. Thereof:
Two articles published in the Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (Icelandic equivalent to the Times Literary Supplement). Titles and dates of publication: Leiðin til Bagdad (The Road to Bagdad), April 5th and Bagdad, USA, April 12th 2003.
Three articles published in Moskito Vol. 8 (Copenhagen-based magazine) Et andet America (Another America) 2004.
3. Report on creative advice and appraisals for a museum. The Technical Museum. Storyworks 2002. (Printed in limited amount)
4. Report on qualitative research project: Brautryðjendur í gæruskinnsúlpum: Upphafsár dagvistunar í Reykjavík. (Pioneers in Wooly Parkas). The Reykjavík Museum. (Forthcoming)
5. Book Reviews in peer-reviewed journal Saga XLIII:2 2005 on: Í eina sæng: íslenskir brúkaupssiðir, Rit Þjóðminjasafns Íslands 4. Ed. Hallgerður Gísladóttir. National Museum of Iceland. Reykjavík 2004.
Hlutavelta tímans:. Menningararfur á þjóðminjasafni. Ed. Árni Björnsson and Hrefna Róbertsdóttir. National Museum of Iceland. Reykjavík 2004.
6. Report on cultural cooperation in South-West Iceland.
Commissioned by Reykjavík City Council Board of Culture in cooperation with surrounding Councils.
7. Academic article on internet-based journal: „„Að safna sögum: nokkrar pælingar út frá þjóðsagnasöfnun á 19. öld (trans. Collecting tales: thoughts on folktale collection in the 19th C.)“.
, Kistan, web-journal on Icelandic culture. http://www.kistan.is/efni.asp?f=3 Last visited August 23, 2006.
8. Academic article on internet-based journal: „Munnleg frásögn og hversdagsmenning: sýnishorn af hugtökum og nálgunum (Trans. Oral narrative and self-image in contemporary everyday life)“, Iceland and Images of the North – Project webpage: http://www.akademia.is/imagesofthenorth/english/events.htm Last visited August 23, 2006.

Presentations

2005

„Að safna sögum: nokkrar pælingar út frá þjóðsagnasöfnun á 19. öld (trans. Collecting tales: thoughts on folktale collection in the 19th C.)“.
Presented at a conference on collecting in the Reyjavík Academy October 10th.
„Munnleg frásögn og sjálfsmyndir í hversdagsmenningu nútímans (Trans. Oral narrative and self-image in contemporary everyday life)“
Presentation, based on MSc dissertation, for the Society of Folklorists in Iceland, 27. september.
„Negotiating the City: Urban Narrative and Identity among Taxi Drivers“.
Presented at the 14th Congress of International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR), in Tartu, Estonia, on Folk Narrative Theories and Contemporary Practices.
„Urban Narrative in Legendary Contexts“.Presented at the 5th Celtic-Nordic-Baltic Folklore Symposium on Folk Legends, Reykjavik, June 18th.
„Munnleg frásögn og hversdagsmenning: sýnishorn af hugtökum og nálgunum (trans. Oral narrative and everyday culture: some concepts and approaches)“.
Presented at the annual conference of the research group Iceland and the Images of the North in June
„Samræður um borgina (trans. Negotiating the city)“ .
Flutt á málþingi 6. febrúar í Listasafni Reykjavíkur- Hafnarhúsi undir yfirskriftinni Borgin- minnisvarði menningar.

Career details

September 2003 to date University of Edinburgh PhD student
My current field of study is the documentation, research and representation of contemporary oral narrative, discourse and visual culture with emphasis on place, identity and everyday life.
July 2006 to date
Research member in international research group focusing on the culture of traffic.
January – May 2006 University of Iceland Sessional teacher
Creation, organization and teaching of an undergraduate course on Icelandic film and identity
January 2006 – to date Founder and staff-member of Kviksaga –Documentary Centre
Organization of events, screenings, scholarly communication and documentary production.
February 2005 – May 2005 Talstöðin Radio Radio Programmer/Producer
Installments on Gullströndin: a Reykjavik Academy program on Talstöðin FM 90.9
January – May 2005 University of Iceland Sessional teacher
Teaching of an undergraduate course on folk legends, particularly 'hauntings' in literature and folk narrative
October 2002 – July 2003 National Museum of Iceland & Hólarannsókn
September 2002 - April 2003 (periodically) Reykjavík Academy (work done for the Reykjavík Museum among others) Independent Researcher/
November 2002 & Nov. 2003 Continuing Education Institution/University of Iceland – Teacher
September 2001- September 2002 Self Employed at the Reykjavík Academy (work done for Sögusmiðjan , the Heritage Museum of Borgarfjörður, the Museum of Akureyri and the Technical Museum. Independent researcher, advisor and designer of exhibitions/
2001 – 2002 (periodically) The University of Iceland & University of Genoa (Research Project) Researcher/
April 2001 - September 2001 National Museum of Iceland Specialist and Conference Organizer
2000 (periodically) Establishment of Research and Advice for Tourism (Rannsóknir og ráðgjöf ferðaþjónustunnar ) Researcher
Summers 1999 & 2000 Student Innovation Fund and The Árni Magnússon Institute
September 1999 to May 2000 University of Iceland - Assistant to Head of Folkloristic Department: Terry Gunnell/
Fall 1997 to Summer 1998 National Museum of Iceland - Employee and excavator/

Education and training

Currently studying for a PhD in Ethnology - University of Edinburgh - on-going
MScR in Ethnology (with distinction)- University of Edinburgh - 2004
BA in Folkloristics - University of Iceland - 2001

Other courses:

Visual Narrative - Edinburgh Mediabase - 2004
Documentary Filmmaking Edinburgh Mediabase - 2003

Membership

Co-founder and member of Kviksaga – Documentary Centre
Board member (since 2005) and member (since 1998) of the Reykjavík Academy
Board member and treasurer of the Association of Folklorists in Iceland
1999-2002
Board member and secretary of Þjóðbrók - the Association of Folklore Students in Iceland
1997 - 1998

Awards and scholarships

Overseas Research Students Award Scheme Scholarship, United Kingdom Scholarships for International Research Students of Outstanding Merit and Research Potential
The University of Edinburgh ORS Linked Scholarship
Scholarship from the Educational Fund of Rannís- The Icelandic Centre for Research