About
Associate Prof. (Oslo Metropolitan University, OsloMet) is a researcher and educator in the Sociology of literature. His research has dealt with practical evaluative cultures amongst professional and avid readers. Howe does readers evaluate and articulate their aesthetic, reading experiences and what are the value and meaning of such experiences when literature is evaluated, have been key questions in his research. He was coeditor on the book Plotting the reading experience – theory / practice / politics (Wilfred Laureier Press.).
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Oterholm, Knut
(2025).
Oppdage, formidle og begrunne: Oppdage, formidle og begrunne Den samtalebaserte vurderingens verdier og betingelser.
Tidskrift för litteraturvetenskap.
Vol. 55.
https://doi.org/10.54797/tfl.v55i1.55927
Oterholm, Knut
(2024).
Å finne en stemme i verden, mens jeg går bortover.
Karlsen, Ole; Kvinnsland, Ranveig; Rustad, Hans Kristian Strandstuen (Ed.).
p. 109-140.
Novus Forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4799604
Vold, Tonje;
Oterholm, Knut
(2023).
Når litteraturfestivalen finner sted. En undersøkelse av litteraturfestivaler i Odda, Bergen og Lillehammer i 2021 og 2022.
Passage.
Vol. 38.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3075993
Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar
;
Oterholm, Knut
(2022).
From readers’ advisory to literary advocacy – a conceptual exploration.
Information research.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2233
Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar
;
Oterholm, Knut
(2020).
Resignasjon og anerkjennelse: Jakob Sandes sosiologiske poetikk.
Evjen, Sunniva; Olsen, Heidi Kristin; Tveit, Åse Kristine (Ed.).
Rød mix: Ragnar Audunson som forsker og nettverksbygger. p. 233-256.
ABM-media AS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4372506
Tallerås, Kim
;
Colbjørnsen, Terje
;
Oterholm, Knut
;
Larsen, Håkon
(2020).
Cultural Policies, Social Missions, Algorithms and Discretion: What Should Public Service Institutions Recommend?.
Sundqvist, Anneli; Berget, Gerd; Nolin, Jan; Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar (Ed.).
Sustainable Digital Communities. 15th International Conference, iConference 2020, Boras, Sweden, March 23–26, 2020, Proceedings. p. 588-595.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_49
Rothbauer, Paulette;
Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar
; McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.);
Oterholm, Knut
(2016).
Plotting the reading experience. Theory/practice/politics.
ISBN: 9781771121729.
404 p.
Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3564465
Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar
;
Oterholm, Knut
(2016).
Tempering Ambiguity - The Quality of the Reading Experience.
Rothbauer, Paulette; Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar; McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.); Oterholm, Knut (Ed.).
Plotting the reading experience. Theory/practice/politics. p. 115-130.
Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4017337
Oterholm, Knut
(2016).
Folkebiblioteket og kvaliteter i litteraturen: et formidlingsperspektiv.
Eliassen, Knut Ove; Prytz, Øyvind (Ed.).
p. 140-161.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4058032
Oterholm, Knut
;
Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar
(2015).
Litteraturformidling i litteraturblogger. en fenomenologisk undersøkelse av kvalitet.
Ridderstrøm, Helge; Vold, Tonje (Ed.).
Litteratur- og kulturformidling: Nye analyser og perspektiver. p. 212-235.
Pax Forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3693808
