Bjørn Ola Tafjord

Bjørn Ola Tafjord is a Professor at the University of Bergen, specifically affiliated with the Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural and Religious Studies. His work focuses on the intersection of indigenous methodologies, religious studies, and cultural translation.

• Current project leader of GOVMAT (2020-2025) funded by Norway's FRIPRO program
• Participating researcher in Bodies in Translation at University of Oslo
• Member of the Multiple Secularities research group at Leipzig University

Research interests center on:

• Indigenous religions and methodologies
• Religious-political dynamics in Latin America
• Translation theory and cultural representation
• Academic-indigenous knowledge production

His fieldwork spans Talamanca (Costa Rica), the Sápmi region, and Guatemala/Mexico, with publications critically examining the categorization of indigenous traditions as 'religion'.