Martin Refseth

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Email martin.refseth@tik.uio.no
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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Eilert Sundts hus 10. etg. 0851 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1108 Blindern 0317 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Social Sciences (Student)

Martin's PhD is part of the project Urban Transformation in a Warming Arctic – The continued effects of Nordic colonialism in urban planning and development (UrbTrans). In his PhD-project Martin will look at the urban planning and development of Nuuk, the capital of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), focusing on the period from 1950 to around 1980.

Background

Martin has a MA in Human Geography from the University of Oslo. Between 2016-2021 he worked with architecture, building applications and urban planning in Oslo Municipality, first in the Agency of Planning and Building Services and then in the District of Sagene.

Publications

  • Refseth, Martin Svingen (2023). Technologies and material arrangements of urban planning in Nuuk, 1960s-1980s.
  • Huse, Tone & Refseth, Martin Svingen (2023). An Urban Future for Sápmi?, edited by Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Astri Dankertsen and Marte Winsvold. Nordic Journal of Urban Studies. ISSN 2703-8866.
  • Refseth, Martin Svingen (2022). Urban Planning and Development in Nuuk, Greenland 1950-1980 - Presentation at the Institute of Culture, Language and History, Ilisimatusarfik 12.5.22.

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