Geir Grothen

Associate Professor
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Department of Health, Social and Welfare Studies
Campus Drammen (17010)
Associate Professor in Cultural Studies - BA Cultural Management and MA in Cultural Studies, campus Bø.

Competences

 

Research interests:

  • aesthetics, society and power
  • the relationship between art and the institution of art
  • management as cultural expression
  • qualitative methods
  • the relationship between humans and animals

Undervisningsområder:

  • cultural analysis
  • visual culture
  • contemporary art and its audiences 
  • communication and creativity
  • cultural management

CV

2021 - Ph.d. i Cultural Studien (USN) Title thesis: Gjennom museene - møter mellom publikum og kunst.
1995 - Cand.philol, History of Ideas (University of Oslo). Title: Velferdens kultur. Statens kulturbegreper i etterkrigstiden.
1992 - Cand.mag. (University of Oslo): Litteratury Studies, History of Ideas and Eastern Europe Studies.
2005 - Theory and method in Counselling (Diakonhjemmets Høgskole).
2004 - Videreutdanning i psykisk helsearbeid, fordypning i psykososialt arbeid (Høgskolen i Buskerud).