Lisa Nyberg

Lisa Nyberg is an artist, teacher, organizer, and postdoctoral researcher at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå University, Sweden. Her work explores the intersection of artistic practice, pedagogy, and decolonization, particularly through the lens of her family's heritage at the Mårtensliden homestead.

• PhD: Completed in Vienna at the PhD-in-Practice program with the project Pedagogies of the Unknown - studying for a future, without guarantees.
• Postdoctoral Project: To Know and Be Known by (a) Place, examines reciprocity in settler colonization contexts via site-specific artistic methodologies.
• Contact: lisa.nyberg@umu.se

Research Focus: Nyberg’s work bridges Indigenous Studies (particularly Sami issues), decolonization, and site-specific art. She investigates how artistic practices can foster reconnection to land and history amid colonial legacies, emphasizing uncertainty as a pedagogical tool.

Conferences: Recent presentations include Advancing Research Communication – the role of Humanities in the Digital Era (2023), NORDIC 2022: Collections, and the EARN Conference: HAUNTOPIA (2017).

Publications: Her 2021 book Pedagogies of the Unknown expands on her doctoral work, while earlier projects like Släktlandskapet (2024) and FEELERS (2018) highlight participatory and sensory-based art forms.