Personal profile
Research areas
- Gender, body, culture
- Media and popular culture
- Cultural understandings of health and illness
- Cultural communication, cultural politics
Research Interests
Karen Hvidtfeldt is a professor at the Department of Culture and Language at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research concerns cultural understandings of health and illness, reproduction, gender, and age as embodied, social, and affective aspects of audio-visual, digital and social media as well as in literature, television, and film. She also works with cultural politics as well as cultural communication in museums and other public institutions.
Education/Academic qualification
European Cultural Studies, Ph.d., Resistance as Aesthetics & Aesthetics as Resistance - Peter Weiss and Die Ästhetik des Widerstands, Roskilde University
Award Date: 15. Feb 2000
Modern Culture and Communication, Master of Arts, University of Copenhagen
Award Date: 15. May 1995
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Research output
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”Læs, lyt, del og kom ud": Evaluering af deltagelse og deltagelse i evaluering af litteraturfestivalen Kbh Læser
Hvidtfeldt, K. & Offenberg, N., Jan 2019, Kunst, kultur og deltagelse. Eriksson, B., Rung, M. H. & Sørensen, A. S. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 171-187Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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"Det er den samme film": Edgar Reitz: Heimat, Die zweite Heimat, Heimat 3, Heimat Fragmente og Die andere Heimat
Hvidtfeldt, K., 2019, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag. 244 p. (University of Southern Denmark Studies in Art History, Vol. 11).Research output: Book/report › Monograph › Research › peer-review
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'Last-minute mothers’: the construction of age and midlife motherhood in Denmark and Israel
Lahad, K. & Hvidtfeldt, K., 2019, Intersections of ageing, gender, sexualities: Multidisciplinary international perspectives. King, A., Almack, K. & Jones, R. L. (eds.). Policy Press, p. 103-119 (Ageing in a Global Context).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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"Det vil tage os 250 år at nå ud til så mange mennesker i en koncertsal". Tradition og transformation: symfoniorkesteret som flashmob."
Hvidtfeldt, K., 2018, Tilblivelser: Aktuelle Kulturanalyser. Jensen , E. G. & Sørensen, A. S. (eds.). Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag, p. 149-170 21 p. (University of Southern Denmark Studies in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures, Vol. 141).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Hvem er mor til Marcus? Retlige og kulturelle konstitueringer af slægtskab
Kristensen, K., Pedersen, F. H., Nebeling, M., Kroløkke, C., Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, T., Hvidtfeldt, K., Petersen, M. L. & Fedder, J., 2018, In: Nordisk socialrättslig tidskrift. 17, p. 75-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
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NORDMEDIA
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, K. (Participant)
11. Aug 2011 → 13. Aug 2011Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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"Familiefortællinger": Emnekursus på Institut for Sprog, Litteratur og Medier
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, K. (Other)
3. Mar 2008 → 30. Mar 2008Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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’Reproductive Tourism – Surrogacy and Globalization
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, K. (Speaker)
17. Dec 2012Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
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AagaardNellemannSkou* et Undersøgelsesrum til afprøvning af forskellige strategier for deltager- og publikumsinvolvering i udstillingsdesign og museumsformidling på Kvindemuseet i Århus.
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, K. (Participant)
4. Dec 2013Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses or seminars
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Aarhus Universitetsforlag (Publisher)
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, K. (Editor)
2013Activity: Editorial work and peer review › Editor of research journal › Research
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Medicine Man: Medicine Man. Media assemblages of medicalized masculinity
Hvidtfeldt, K. (PI), Nebeling Petersen, M. (CoI), Eriksen, C. B. (CoI), Rasmussen, S. R. (CoI), Møller, K. (CoI) & Jensen, M. B. (Project participant)
01/09/2018 → 30/09/2026
Project: Research
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Young Danish cancer patients use and experience of social media, Aarhus University
Stage, C. (PI), Hvidtfeldt, K. (Co-PI) & Klastrup, L. (Co-PI)
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2019
Project: Research
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K&K: K&K Kultur og Klasse
Hvidtfeldt, K. (PI), Kjærgaard, J. R. (Co-PI), Simonsen, K.-M. (Head coordinator), Skov, H. (Head coordinator), Sharma, D. (Head coordinator), Bolt, M. (Head coordinator), Eliassen, K. O. (Head coordinator), Sjöholm, C. (Head coordinator) & Hansen, P. K. (Head coordinator)
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research
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Endocrine Economies: Endocrine Economies: The Cultural Politics of Sex Hormones
Bang, A. N. (PhD student), Kroløkke, C. (PI), Hvidtfeldt, K. (PI), Rasmussen, S. R. (Project participant) & Skewes, L. (Project participant)
01/01/2022 → 01/01/2027
Project: Research
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“Take It Like A (Wo)Man”. Gender, Popular Culture, and the Politics of Cancer
Hvidtfeldt, K. (Project participant)
01/09/2025 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research
Press/Media
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”Den offentlige ydmygelse har ramt mig mest”
15/11/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Prizes
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Tildelt statens legatbolig i Paris
Hvidtfeldt Madsen, K. (Recipient), 1. Jul 2009
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Teaching & Supervision
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Kandidatuddannelsen i Kultur og formidling: Specialevejledning
Hvidtfeldt, K. 01/02/2019 → 30/06/2025
Course: Teaching and supervision › Supervision
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Kulturpolitik og Institutionsanalyse
Hvidtfeldt, K. 01/02/2022 → 30/06/2024
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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Oplevelsesøkonomi og kulturprojektledelse
Hvidtfeldt, K. & Jørgensen, S. B. 01/10/2022 → 14/10/2022
Course: Teaching