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In an interview with the national news portal for scientific research, forskning.no, Ph.D.-candidate and Object Matters-member Ingar Figenschau from The Arctic University of Norway – UiT, talks about the significance of material remains of war and the changes that these undergo once they are subjected to interpretation and preservation in a heritage framework. As opposed to the practice of restoring …
The field of contemporary archaeology is more vital than ever. The new issue of the Norwegian journal of archaeology called Primitive Tider has reserved 175 pages for scholars with an interest in the recent past. With this edition archaeologists with a shared interest in contemporary matters, offer a glimpse into the broad and eclectic research going on within contemporary archaeology. …
Ingar Figenschau – War Remains as Cultural Heritage: Rescue operation or awkward embrace? Norddalen in Troms County, Norway, is today a relatively secluded valley, but within grim and dark winter months in 1944-1945 war crimes took place under the direction of Nazi ideology and about 150 Russian prisoners of war lost their lives under the hand of the Third Reich. …
Presentation of Ph.D. project on war remains in Norddalen, Troms County. This project focuses on WW2 war remains in Norddalen, today a place relatively secluded and overgrown, but once a place of gruesome events and war crimes under the direction of Nazi ideology. From being a remote valley, Norddalen became within the short winter months in 1944-1945 a place where …