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Tine Damsholt is a Professor at the SAXO-Institute within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in cultural anthropology, ethnology, and cultural history. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical fieldwork, focusing on how temporal experiences intertwine with political, cultural, and material dimensions of everyday life.
Her research interests span everyday temporalities, examining the entanglements of pasts, presents, and futures; political culture, particularly patriotic, national, and democratic material-discursive practices in contemporary and historical Denmark; and political rituals analyzed through ethnographic and cultural historical lenses. She also investigates materiality, embodiment, gender, emotions, landscape, and movement, exploring how these elements shape subjectivity and self-understandings.
Recent work has focused on everyday practices of sustainable futures, temporal disruptions during the pandemic, and citizenship ceremonies and national day celebrations across Western countries, with particular emphasis on Scandinavian contexts. Her methodological approach integrates cultural theory, cultural analysis, and ethnographic fieldwork, often employing performative approaches to understand temporality, materiality, and embodiment.
Her scholarly contributions include significant publications such as the edited volume Crossroads of Heritage and Religion: Legacy and Sustainability of World-Heritage-Site Moravian Christiansfeld (2022) and numerous articles exploring pandemic temporalities, including Times of Corona: Investigating the Temporalities of Everyday Life during Lockdown (2020) and Selv tiden står stille: Hverdagslivets mange tidsligheder under en nedlukning (2021), which examine how lockdowns disrupted temporal rhythms and created new everyday temporalities.
Scientific Awards:
- Direktør N.Bang og hustru Camilla Bang, født Troensegaards Hæderslegat til kvindelige forskere (2011)
- The Kulin Award, The American-Scandinavian-Foundation (2010)
- Gold medal from University of Copenhagen for prize dissertation (2002)
Professor Damsholt actively engages in editorial work, serving as editor for Kulturstudier journal since 2022 and previously for Ethnologia Europaea (2007-2018). She has organized numerous academic events including the Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music (2018) and the SIEF 2017 conference. Her collaborative work extends across multiple institutions, with significant external partnerships evident in her research network spanning various countries.
She leads research projects examining the sustainability of cultural heritage and the religious dimensions of UNESCO World Heritage sites, particularly focusing on Moravian Christiansfeld. Her work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between anthropology, history, cultural studies, and religious studies, with growing interest in digital methodologies and AI applications for historical source analysis.
