Curriculum Vitae
Contact information
Finn Arne Jørgensen
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
NO-7491 Trondheim
Norway
US IP Phone +1-434-326-4196
NO Phone +47 481 01 359
NO Fax +47 73 59 13 27
Email finn.jorgensen@hf.ntnu.no
Education
PhD Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (History of Business, Technology, and the Environment), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2007. Dissertation: “The infrastructure of everyday environmentalism. Tomra and the reverse vending machine, 1970-2000.” Advisor: Prof. Per Østby.
Cand.Philol. (M.A.) History (Technology) Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2001. Thesis: Tidens krav. Framveksten av det vitenskapelige husstellet i Norge, 1900 - 1940. Directed by Prof. Per Østby. (On the emerging discourse of scientific management of housekeeping and the home in Norway, 1900 - 1940)
Cand.Mag. (B.A.) Major in History; Minors in Philosophy and Cultural Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1999.
Academic Work Experience
Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2008 - 2010.
Lecturer, “KULT2203 - Signs and Objects“, NTNU, 2003 - 2008.
Freelance Web Designer, 2000-2007.
Research fellow (PhD grant), Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2004 - 2007.
Visiting Research Assistant, Department of Science, Technology and Society, University of Virginia / Committee on the History of Environment and Technology (CHET), Fall 2005 & Spring 2006.
Researcher on the project “Risk and Safety in the Transport Sector“, NTNU/SINTEF, Fall 2003 & Spring 2004.
Research Assistant, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, Fall 2003.
Lecturer, Introductory Course in the History of Technology, NTNU, Fall 2002.
Research Assistant, Internet History in Norway, NTNU, Spring 2002.
Lecturer, Examen Philosophicum (Obligatory Introductory Course in Philosophy), “Technology and Science in Use”, NTNU, Spring 2001.
Teaching Assistant, Examen Philosophicum, NTNU, Fall 1999, Spring & Fall 2000.
Freelance Book Editor, Department of Philosophy, NTNU, 1999-2000.
Assistant Editor, Trondheim Series in History, Norwegian Civil Service, 1997.
Publications
“Miljøhistorie: Kunsten å lytte til naturens stemme?” forthcoming in Fortid 4, 2008. Co-authored with Dolly Jørgensen.
“Nettsiden Miljøhistorie i Norge,” forthcoming in Fortid 4, 2008.
Book review of Per Lundin, Bilsamhället: Ideologi, expertis och regelskapande i efterkrigstidens Sverige (Stockholm: Stockholmia, 2008), in Technology and Culture, forthcoming 2009.
“Recycling” and “Keep America Beautiful”. Entries in the Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, forthcoming 2009.
Book review of Terje Tvedt et al, A History of Water, volumes 1-3 (London: I.B. Tauris, 2006) in Environmental History 13 (July 2008), 569-571.
Book review of David Edgerton, The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900 (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 2006, in ICON: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology 13 (2007), 178-179.
“I Brochmanns kjøkken. Vitenskap, modernitet og politikk i mellomkrigstidens husstelldiskurs”. Working Paper, IKON Research Group, 2004. (Published conference paper based on Master’s Thesis)
“Gucci og gulost”, in Dagbladet, 2004-06-02. Co-authored with Kjetil Fallan. (Guest Editorial commenting on Erling Dokk Holm’s book Fra Gud til Gucci on consumption)
“Marked og moral”, in Dagbladet, 2004-06-19. Co-authored with Kjetil Fallan. (Editorial Response to Erling Dokk Holm)
“Det mangetydige forbruket” in Maurseth & Borgersen (eds.) Fabrikkens sted, bilde og idé, The Research Project “Fabrikken”, 2002. (Article discussing the multifaceted concept of consumption as applied in the social sciences)
Tidens krav. Framveksten av det vitenskapelige husstellet i Norge, 1900-1940. STS Report 52/2002. Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU. (Published and revised version of Master’s Thesis)
“Fanget i forbruket?” in Under Dusken, 02/2001. (Guest Editorial on the media’s portrayal of consumption)
Conference Papers and Invited Lectures
“Making yourself at home in nature: The conflict between public access to land and leisure cabin ownership in Norway, 1850-2000.” Accepted for the World Congress in Environmental History, Copenhagen, August 2009.
“Technological Infrastructures and Natural Experiences: The Development of the Norwegian Tourist Association’s Network of Footpaths and Cabins.” Accepted for American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, February 2009.
“Are you really in the wild when you have an espresso machine in your cabin?” American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Boise, March 2008. Also presented at the First International Seasonal Homes and Amenity Migration Workshop, Trondheim, March 2008. (view abstract)
“‘Feel the Volcanicity!’ The Imagined Landscapes of Bottled Water.” Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 2007. (view abstract)
“Green Machines: The blending of technology and environmentalism in beverage container recycling systems.” ICOHTEC Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, August 2007. (view abstract)
“Teaching Consumers to Recycle: Approaches to aluminum can recycling in Norway and the US.” European Society for Environmental History annual conference, Amsterdam, June 2007. (view abstract)
“Bottle Bills: Breaking or Building Business?” Business History Conference, Toronto, June 2006.
“Bottle Bills and Bottle Machines: The Practical Aspects of Beverage Container Recycling Policy in Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. in the 1980s.” Policy History Conference, Charlottesville, June 2006.
“Turning a Green Machine Green.” Poster, The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, March 2006.
“Tomras flaskepantautomat og den grønne forbrukeren.” Conference paper at “Norsk industri i smeltedigelen: Lønnsom og bærekraftig vareproduksjon i framtidens Norge?”, Productivity 2005 (P2005) Closing Conference, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, February 2006.
“Turning a Green Machine Green,” Guest Lecture at Department of Science, Technology, and Society Colloquium Series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, December 2005.
“From Rational Backroom Handling to Helping the World Recycle: Defining Users of Tomra’s Reverse Vending Machines.” Annual Conference of the Society for the History of Technology, Minneapolis, November 2005. Also discussed at the Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology and Science (WHEATS), Charlottesville, October 2005.
“Reverse Vending Machines - Globalization in Reverse?,” Conference Paper at “Navigating Globalization: Stability, Fluidity, and Friction,” Trondheim, Norway, 2005.
“Nye organisasjoner på gamle spor? Deregulering av jernbane i Norge - synspunkt fra aktørene”, Conference Paper at “Can Deregulation Increase Traffic Safety?”, Gardermoen, Norway, 2004. (”New Organizations on Old Tracks? Deregulation of Railroads in Norway - viewpoints from the actors”)
“Morgendagens samfunn”, Invited Lecture, Flerfaglig fellesorganisasjon, Trondheim, 2004. (”Tomorrow’s World in History”)
“I Brochmanns kjøkken. Vitenskap, modernitet og politikk i mellomkrigstidens husstelldiskurs”, Conference Paper at the Brochmann Seminar, The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo, 2003. (”In Brochmann’s Kitchen. Science, Modernity and Politics in the Inter-War Housekeeping Discourse”)
“Engineering Kitchens, Engineering People. The scientific kitchen as ideal and metaphor in Norway in the 1930s”, Conference paper at “Mediating technologies: users and usage in the history of 20th century technology”, arranged by Tensions of Europe network, Munich, 2001.
Professional Activities
Organizer, sessions “Owning nature: Property rights and the environment – Urban” and “Owning nature: Property rights and the environment – Rural.” Accepted for the World Congress in Environmental History, Copenhagen, August 2009.
Session leader, “Internationalization and Localization,” The Humanities and Technology Camp (THATCamp), Fairfax, VA, 2008.
Visiting Fellow, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, May - June 2008.
Web site editor and founder, “Miljøhistorie i Norge: En portal for norsk miljøhistorisk forskning,” http://www.miljohistorie.net/
Referee, Environment and History; Technology and Culture; Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism.
List editor, H-Sci-Med-Tech discussion list, 2008 -
Program committee chair, International Congress for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) annual conference 2010.
Program committee member, International Congress for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) annual conference, Victoria, Canada, 2008 and Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
Newsletter and website editor, Envirotech SHOT SIG, 2007 -
Organizer, Sessions “Blurring the Boundaries between the Natural and the Unnatural I: Commodifying Nature” and “Blurring the Boundaries between the Natural and the Unnatural II: Designing Ecosystems.” Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 2007.
Committee member, The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize, Society for the History of Technology, 2007-2009.
Referee, Chapter in book “Den kultiverte maten,” National Institute for Consumer Research/SIFO 2007.
Organizer, Panel “Recycling in the Global Marketplace,” European Society for Environmental History annual conference, June 2007.
Referee, Book “Havfiskeflåten i nordvest. Ålesund Rederiforenings jubileumsbok,” Tapir Academic Press 2006.
Chair, Session “Technology and Standards in Business,” Annual Conference of the Society for the History of Technology, Las Vegas, October 2006.
Organizer, Panel “Environmental Policy and Business Practice,” Business History Conference, Toronto, June 2006.
Participant, Workshop “Doing Digital History,” George Mason University, Washington D.C., June 2006.
Chair, Session “Liquid Landscapes in Medieval Europe,” The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, March 2006.
Co-organizer of the Second Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology and Science (WHEATS), October 7-9 2005, University of Virginia, USA.
Co-organizer of “€-Motion” Workshop. Second Mobility Theme of Tensions of Europe, May 31 - June 2 2002, Trondheim, Norway.
Research Project Coordinator, IKON research group, NTNU, 2001 to 2003.
Board Member, The Norwegian Historical Association, Sør-Trøndelag Region, 2000 - 2002.
Department Council Student Representative, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2000 - 2001.
Department Council Student Representative, Department of History, NTNU, 1999 - 2000.
Mass Media Appearances
Interview, “Toppseilas på grønn bølge,” in Universitetsavisa, January 7, 2008.
Interview, “Best på miljø når det er lettvint og lønnsomt,” in Adresseavisen, November 19, 2007.
Interview, “Flintstekens apostler” in Kommunikasjon, No 3, 2006.
Interview, “Ryddetrenden kommer” in Aftenposten (National newspaper), December 27, 2004.
Debate with Erling Dokk Holm concerning Guest Editorial (see Publications), Dagsnytt 18, NRK P2 (National news radio program), June 10, 2004.
Interview, “Trøndernes forbruksvaner”, NRK Midtnytt (Regional news TV program), February 27, 2004.
Interview, “Unyansert syn på forbruk”, in Under Dusken, (Regional magazine), April 22, 2002.
Interview, “Jeg handler, altså er jeg”, in Adresseavisen (Regional newspaper), February 15, 2001.
Awards and Grants
Sparebanken Midt-Norges gavefond til Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, 2008.
Research Travel Grant, Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2008.
3-year postdoctoral grant awarded by the Miljø 2015 program, The Research Council of Norway, 2008 - 2010.
1-month grant for research project development, Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2007.
SHOT International Scholar, 2005 - 2007.
Conference travel grants (SHOT Young Scholars Travel Fund Grant 2005, 2006; The Business History Conference 2006; Doing Digital History Workshop 2006, ICOHTEC 2007, ASEH 2008).
1-year grant for research stay abroad awarded by the Faculty of Arts, NTNU, 2005 - 2006.
3-year PhD grant awarded by Productivity 2005, NTNU/The Research Council of Norway (2 years) and the Faculty of Arts, NTNU (1 year), 2004 - 2007.