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.
Some of my other passions and interests are history, genealogy, linguistics, music, and collectibles.
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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