Ida Tolgensbakk
@idatolgensbakk
Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, Norway. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore. She/her. ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
It's been a busy year so far, and autumn will be worse. But I am so, so grateful for an academic job that mostly allows for me to leave the computer at the office & have the weekend actually off. Playing solitaire on a Sunday evening after doing almost nothing all day ❤️ #academicsky
Reading this classic. Enjoying the way the Chileans use the term "the Empire" about USA.
These weeks are the main summer holiday in Norway. Although the museum is packed (USAmerican cruise tourists! Little old French couples! Children!), the research department is completely empty. I'm trying to concentrate on some peer reviews & not the heaviness of this date. #academicsky
This is a first for me: locking out the sun and heat in my office today. 32 degrees in Oslo. #globalwarming
Seriously, we lost but we won. 140 000 people dancing and rowing in downtown Oslo right now ❤️
Wishing all a great St.John's Eve! This is how light 23:30 is in Oslo now ✨️
Omg hell no Adobe I most definitely do not want an AI summary of the document I am researching ffs. #academicsky is there any way to turn this stupid stuff off?
Last session of a great day at the @folkloresociety.bsky.social conference: Reframing the supernatural. Melissa La Rose on transnational fairy lore, Josiah Eames on Christmas ghost stories as cultural exchange Denmark-England, & Gemma Róisín Jolliffe on windscapes! #folklore #academicsky
Finally, Abigail Graham giving us a beautiful and thought-provoking argument for Black British Folk Music. I really really enjoyed that she played us some grime!
David Fayle presenting findings from work on lyrics and reportoire with folk singers!
Next point of the morning was spent listening to the excellent @paulcowdell.bsky.social discussing the complexities of defining 'folk song', 'folk music'... and 'folk', using examples from the Isle of Wight.
Last day of the @folkloresociety.bsky.social conference, and I started my morning feeding börek to very cool ravens!
Last session I was at today was our own! Great fun, and I felt incredibly privileged to present with the wonderful @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
At the session on Makers and players, Jaycee Streeter discussed miscellanous manuscripts as evidence of narrative circulation, @cbeh-official.bsky.social presented excellently on games, and Phoebe Millerwhite rewrote the self-taught artist.
First session, Rituals of Death! @stuartdunn.bsky.social on corpse paths, Helen Frisby on funeral processions, and Eira Betthell on musical psychopomps.
Joining the 2nd day of the Folklore Society conference, Folklore On The Move!
Have to admit that as a Norwegian, @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social does look incredibly romantic and impressive and exotic!
Anne-Sofie Hjemdahl presenterte minnekultur i/om en skog på Bornholm, og Line Esborg diskuterte skogen i et Asbjørnsen-essay. Veldig bra temabolk!
Working at a #museum means being at an academic conference and getting texts about stuffed badgers 😅
Dag 3 av den nasjonale fagkonferansen for kulturhistorie. Brita Brenna diskuterer hva det museale gjør med naturkulturer, i temabolken Den kuraterte skogen.
Vi fra Norsk Folkemuseum hadde en temabolk ved navn Museenes musealitet, som vi synes gikk strålende 🥰
Musikk som kulturarv! Superinteressant fra Arnfinn Rokne, Synnøve Engevik, og Sveinung Moen.
Dag 2 av nasjonal fagkonferanse for kulturforskning på #ntnu, og ballet åpner med Cathrine Baglo som snakker om Usynliggjøring, marginalisering og det museale.