Siri Hempel Lindøe

Siri Hempel Lindøe is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nordic and Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Agder. She has held this position since 2005 and teaches media education at bachelor's and master's levels, focusing on reportage, documentary, and short film production.

• Academic background combines history of ideas and media studies
• PhD in television analysis focusing on suffering representation
• Research interests: documentary aesthetics, ethics, WWII memory culture

Her research centers on documentary film and television, particularly aesthetics, ethics, and storytelling techniques. She is currently involved in the interdisciplinary project Unfinished Past. Norway and World War II in Contemporary Aesthetic Memory Culture (2022-2026), analyzing modern memory practices. Key publications include Lidelse på TV (2019) and The dead boy on the beach (2017). Articles often intersect media representation, WWII narratives, and iconoclastic aesthetics.

Scientific contributions explore:

• Shifting memory practices post-2022 Ukraine invasion
• Role of descendants of war criminals in documentaries
• Iconoclastic elements in historical and modern media
• Evolution of solidarity expressions in humanitarian TV
• Visual ethics in mental health documentaries

Teaching responsibilities include:

• KOM 110 Audio and Video
• KOM 113 TV Production