Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard

Marie Rask Bjerre Odgaard is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, focusing on sociocultural anthropology in the Middle East. Her work intersects art, activism, gender, and queer ethics in Jordan.

• PhD in Anthropology from Aarhus University (2022)

Research explores:

• Queer ethics and artistic approaches in Jordan
• Playfulness and reparation in anthropological practice
• Phenomenology and feminist/queer scholarship
• Interdisciplinary methodologies informed by art

Her publications examine ethical life in Amman through artistic attunement, affective relationships, and in-between spaces of possibility. Current projects include the book manuscript A Staircase between the Sun and the Moon.

Supervisors: Naisargi N. Dave and Dina Georgis.