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.).
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Publications and research
Scientific publications
Oterholm, Knut (2024). Å finne en stemme i verden, mens jeg går bortover. Karlsen, Ole; Kvinnsland, Ranveig; Rustad, Hans Kristian Strandstuen (Ed.). Nordisk samtidspoesi: Tone Hødnebøs forfatterskap. Novus Forlag.
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.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/102643
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
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
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.
Rothbauer, Paulette; Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar ; McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.); Oterholm, Knut (2016). Plotting the reading experience. Theory/practice/politics. ISBN: 978-1-77112-172-9. 404 p. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Oterholm, Knut (2016). Folkebiblioteket og kvaliteter i litteraturen: et formidlingsperspektiv. Eliassen, Knut Ove; Prytz, Øyvind (Ed.). Kvalitetsforståelser. Kvalitetsbegrepet i samtidens kunst og kultur.. p. 140-161. Fagbokforlaget.
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.
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.
Oterholm, Knut ; Skjerdingstad, Kjell Ivar (2015). Aktualitetens fire former og lyrikken som mulighet. Ridderstrøm, Helge; Vold, Tonje (Ed.). Litteratur- og kulturformidling: Nye analyser og perspektiver. p. 261-289. Pax Forlag.
