Gard Frækaland Vangsnes
- Institutt for internasjonale miljø- og utviklingsstudier, Noragric
My current PhD project examines the unfolding of mineral mining in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, I analyze the socio-political dynamics of a contested gold mining rush in a highly bio- and cultural diverse region. I am particularly interested in how indigenous (Shuar) groups navigate their long-term struggle for territorial sovereignty and political autonomy at the extractive frontier. I apply an interdisciplinary approach with emphasis on perspectives from social anthropology, political ecology/ontology/economy, science and technology studies and decolonial theory.
- Latin America
- Ecuador
- Extractive Industries
- Social Anthropology
- Decolonial studies
Autumn 2016: EDS 102 Introduction to Development Thinking (seminar leader), EDS 230 Development Politics (seminar leader)
Autumn 2019: EDS 102 Introduction to Development Thinking (seminar leader), EDS 230 Development Politics (seminar leader)
Spring 2020: B-15 NOR Bachelor thesis. Supervision of four bachelor thesis.
August block 2020: EDS370 Gender and Development (master course). Seminars and lectures.
Autumn 2020: EDS 102 Introduction to Development Thinking (seminars and grading), EDS230 Development Studies and Aid (seminars and grading).
January 2021: EDS 341 Decolonizing Theory (master course). Seminars and lectures.
Autumn 2020-Spring 2021: Supervision of four bachelor thesis, co-supervision of one master thesis
Autumn 2022: Guest lectures in SDP 405 Framing the PhD, and EDS 415 Research methodology in PhD projects
Spring 2023: Supervision of one bachelor thesis (Oslo Met)
Board representation:
PhD representative in Research Committee, LANDSAM, 2023-
Study committee representative in SoDoc, 2020-2021: https://www.nmbu.no/en/research/phd/sodoc
Deputy representative for temporal employees at LANDSAM Faculty Board, 2020-2021
Education:
Master in International Environmental Studies, Noragric, NMBU, 2014-2016: https://nmbu.brage.unit.no/nmbu-xmlui/handle/11250/2397298
Master in Social Anthropology, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, 2008-2010: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/16145
Bachelor in Social Science, with specialization in social anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, 2005-2008