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Håvard Haugland Bamle

Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Foreign Languages and Translation
Phone
+47 38142117
Mobile phone
+4799442349

Research groups

Areas of responsibility

I am currently working as a PhD Research Fellow at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Translation, Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy, at the University of Agder (UiA). I started my PhD at UiA in 2021. 

My PhD project entitled Climate Song Lyrics is a cross-disciplinary study of contemporary popular songs dealing with climate change. In this project I aim to study a wide range of songs with explicit and implicit reference to the theme of global warming, including both protest songs and mainstream popular music. I want to find out what characterizes these songs generally and in the specific contexts of different musical genres. I also ask what is the role of song lyrics in environmental activism. 

My academic background is in literary studies, religion, philosophy and popular music studies. My PhD is an independently conducted project funded by the University of Agder. I am affiliated among others with the Research Group for Song Lyrics (https://www.uia.no/forskning/humaniora-og-pedagogikk/sanglyrikk), Song Studies Network (https://www.songstudies.org/) and Norwegian Research School for Environmental Humanities (https://www.uis.no/en/research/the-norwegian-researcher-school-in-environmental-humanities-nors-eh). 

Research

Song lyrics

Popular music

Ecomusicology

Environmental humanities

Academic interests

English Literature

American Culture and Society

Literary Theory

Popular Music

Religion

Modern Philosophy

Asian History and Society

Philosophy of Existence

Aesthetic Philosophy

English Didactics

Philosophy of Education

Selected publications

Bamle, H. H. "Hvordan starte med filosofi? - Et undervisningsopplegg for VGS", Religion og Livssyn 2/2019. 

Bamle, H. H. "Indie-Folk Music and the Quest for First-Person Authenticity" in Will, L., W. Stadler, I. Eloff, Authenticity across Languages and Cultures: Themes of Identity in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, Multilingual Matters, 2022, chp. 14. 

General outreach

Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2022). KLIMAKAMPENS SOUNDTRACK: SANG, MUSIKK OG MILJØPOLITIKK. Arendalsuka.

Tuition

EN-153: Literature, Culture and Didactics, GLU 1-7
EN-154: Literature, Culture and Didactics, GLU 1-7
EN-157: Literature, Culture and Didactics, GLU 5-10
EN-444: Literature, Culture and Didactics, GLU MA

Publications

  • Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2023). The Force of Environmental Lyrics in Pop Songs: The Case of Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach. Popular music and society. ISSN 0300-7766. doi: 10.1080/03007766.2023.2297351. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2022). Indie-Folk Music and the Quest for Personal Authenticity. In Karlsen, Ole & Markussen, Bjarne (Ed.), Sanglyrikk. Teori - Metode - Sjangrer. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 978-82-304-0342-6.
  • Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2022). Indie-Folk Music and the Quest for First-Person Authenticity. In Will, Leo; Stadler, Wolfgang & Eloff, Irma (Ed.), Authenticity across Languages and Cultures: Themes of Identity in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. Multilingual Matters. ISSN 9781800411036. p. 214–229.

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  • Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2022). Environmentalism and Indigenous Rights in Norwegian Protest Songs. Our Subversive Voice.
  • Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2022). KLIMAKAMPENS SOUNDTRACK: SANG, MUSIKK OG MILJØPOLITIKK.
  • Bamle, Håvard Haugland (2019). Hvordan starte med filosofi? - Et undervisningsopplegg for VGS. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214.

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Published Apr. 16, 2024 11:18 AM