MIRIAM AURORA HAMMEREN PEDERSEN
I am Miriam. Welcome to my homepage!
By training I am a social anthropologist, holding a PhD in anthropology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, completed in 2020 under the supervision of Professor Francis B. Nyamnjoh. Furthermore, I hold an MPhil in social anthropology (2016, under the supervision of Professor Ingjerd Hoëm) and a BA in interdisciplinary development studies (2013), both from the University of Oslo. I have done ethnographic fieldwork in Fiji, Norway, Romania, and South Africa, and besides anthropology and development studies, I have also completed university-level courses in entrepreneurship (2017) and Nordic philology (2013).
In addition to my academic education, I am a professionally certified scuba diver (PADI Divemaster) with a current total of 218 logged dives in 10 different countries. My international experience also includes a year in the USA in 2002-2003, as well as six months in Kenya in 2009-2010, where I worked as a full-time volunteer mainly for a women's empowerment organisation.
I have been active in queer/trans communities and related scenes for a number of years and in various capacities, including as a national board member of the Norwegian Patient Organisation for Gender Incongruence (POGI / PKI) and a member of the Queer and Intersectional Committees of Neurodiversity Norway, and I have participated in reference groups for several projects related to LGBTQ+ topics. Since January 2021 I have been working full-time as an advisor for FRI, the Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
Writing is a passion of mine, and I have a long list of publications to my name. I am constantly learning and improving as a writer, and bear in mind that my older material may not be as technically good nor reflect my current views as closely as my more recent output.
I am a proponent of intersectional and trans-inclusive feminism, anti-racism, and equal rights and human rights in general. The cause of Norway's national minorities is very close to my heart.
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Some of my other passions and interests are history, genealogy, linguistics, music, and collectibles.​
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MORE ABOUT ME
My most recent work experience
Appearances in podcasts and other media, modelling, etc.
My blog platform: Miriams potetåker
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