Nora Sørensen Vaage
+4773591925
Dragvoll 2, Bygg 7 - 10 Dragvoll, Trondheim
About
Nora S. Vaage is associate professor in media studies. She works primarily on art and new technologies, focusing on ethics, experience and connections to societal change, e.g. climate change and the bioeconomy. Her recent research focuses on the tensions of care, bioart and environmental media. Vaage's interests also include representations and metaphors of new and emerging technologies, artistic research, and concept formation in art and media theory.
Background
PhD in philosophy of science from the University of Bergen (2016).
Disciplinary connections include philosophy, art history, science and technology studies (STS), literature and media studies.
Has a permanent side position at Norwegian Bioart Arena (NOBA), Campus Ås.
Also works as associate professor in art and media studies at Nord University (20%) where she worked fulltime from January 2021-July 2023, after being associate professor II from September 2019.
Previously worked as assistant professor in philosophy of art and culture at Maastricht University in the Netherlands (2016-2020).
Has occasionally worked as an art critic and curator, notably of the Article biennial in Stavanger in 2016, and as coordinator for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) at Center for Digital Life Norway (2016).
Research
Vaage's primary research topics are
1. bio- and eco art, meaning art that explores the living world around us and the interconnections between species and individuals. In this context she is currently active as lead researcher at NOBA: Norwegian Bioart Arena at Vitenparken Campus Ås.
2. representations and narratives of climate change, particularly as this relates to art and future visions.
3. the role of metaphors in the understanding of new and emerging technologies.
4. conceptions of knowledge in artistic research.
She leads the work package Experiential Soils in the project Anthropogenic Soils: Recuperating Human-Soil Relationships on a Troubled Planet (2022-2028).
Publications
2024
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2024)
Soiling the Anthropocene.
Chapter
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Lie, Merete.
(2024)
Blood, sweat and tears: Kinning otherwise through art.
Technoetic Arts
Academic article
2023
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2023)
Disruption? Repair?.
Disruption? Repair?
Art exhibition
2022
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2022)
The Entanglement of Technology and Art.
Uitgeverij Boom
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2021
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Ballo, Ingrid Foss;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2021)
Public Reasoning in "Post-Truth" Times: Technoscientific Imaginaries of "Smart" Futures.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Barendregt, Laura;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2021)
Speculative Design as Thought Experiment.
She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
Academic article
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2021)
Trading between science and art worlds: From biology laboratory to art exhibition.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2020
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2020)
Wisdom in Artistic Research: An Alternative to the Discourse of Art as Knowledge Production.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2019
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2019)
Living Machines: Metaphors We Live By.
NanoEthics
Academic article
2017
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Dankel, Dorothy Jane;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
van der Sluijs, Jeroen P.
(2017)
Post-normal science in practice.
Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Editorial
2016
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Tapio, Hege.
(2016)
Article Biennial 2016: The New Eden.
Article-biennalen 2016: Det nye Eden
Art exhibition
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
2016 World Congress on In Vitro Biology, June 11-15, San Diego, California : Late Submission Abstracts.
In vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal
Academic article
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Art and design visions of future foods: de-extinction and in vitro meat.
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Fringe Biotechnology.
BioSocieties
Academic article
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Slaattelid, Rasmus Tore.
(2016)
Amplifying Ambiguities. Art on the Fringes of Biotechnology.
Universitetet i Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Doctoral dissertation
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
What Ethics for Bioart?.
NanoEthics
Academic article
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van der Sluijs, Jeroen P;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship.
Food Ethics
Academic article
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Grow Your Own Views on Knowledge: Visions and framings of synthetic biology.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Slaattelid, Rasmus Tore;
Haagensen, Trine Krigsvoll;
Smith, Samantha L..
(2016)
Images of Knowledge: The Epistemic Lives of Pictures and Visualisations.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Slaattelid, Rasmus Tore;
Haagensen, Trine Krigsvoll;
Smith, Samantha L..
(2016)
Images of Knowledge.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2015
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2015)
On Cultures and Artscience. Interdisciplinarity and Discourses of “Twos” and “Threes” after Snow’s Two Cultures.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Academic article
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Trojok, Rüdiger;
Borch, Martin;
Delgado Aleman, Ana Maria.
(2015)
Biohacking meets philosophy, sociology and ethics: Notes on the S.NET 2014 Meeting in Karlsruhe.
IOS Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2015)
Friluftsliv.
Kunstkritikk.no
Book review
2014
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Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2014)
Materiens forgjengelighet.
Kunstkritikk.no
Book review
2012
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Øyen, Simen Andersen;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Lund-Olsen, Tone .
(2012)
Scientific Worldviews, Religious Minds - Some introductory reflections.
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Øyen, Simen Andersen;
Lund-Olsen, Tone ;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2012)
Sacred science? On science and its interrelations with religious worldviews.
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Journal publications
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Lie, Merete.
(2024)
Blood, sweat and tears: Kinning otherwise through art.
Technoetic Arts
Academic article
-
Barendregt, Laura;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2021)
Speculative Design as Thought Experiment.
She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
Academic article
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2019)
Living Machines: Metaphors We Live By.
NanoEthics
Academic article
-
Dankel, Dorothy Jane;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
van der Sluijs, Jeroen P.
(2017)
Post-normal science in practice.
Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Editorial
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
2016 World Congress on In Vitro Biology, June 11-15, San Diego, California : Late Submission Abstracts.
In vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Animal
Academic article
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Fringe Biotechnology.
BioSocieties
Academic article
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
What Ethics for Bioart?.
NanoEthics
Academic article
-
van der Sluijs, Jeroen P;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Pollinators and Global Food Security: the Need for Holistic Global Stewardship.
Food Ethics
Academic article
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2015)
On Cultures and Artscience. Interdisciplinarity and Discourses of “Twos” and “Threes” after Snow’s Two Cultures.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Academic article
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2015)
Friluftsliv.
Kunstkritikk.no
Book review
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2014)
Materiens forgjengelighet.
Kunstkritikk.no
Book review
Artistic productions
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2023)
Disruption? Repair?.
Disruption? Repair?
Art exhibition
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Tapio, Hege.
(2016)
Article Biennial 2016: The New Eden.
Article-biennalen 2016: Det nye Eden
Art exhibition
Books
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Slaattelid, Rasmus Tore;
Haagensen, Trine Krigsvoll;
Smith, Samantha L..
(2016)
Images of Knowledge: The Epistemic Lives of Pictures and Visualisations.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Øyen, Simen Andersen;
Lund-Olsen, Tone ;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2012)
Sacred science? On science and its interrelations with religious worldviews.
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2024)
Soiling the Anthropocene.
Chapter
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2022)
The Entanglement of Technology and Art.
Uitgeverij Boom
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Ballo, Ingrid Foss;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2021)
Public Reasoning in "Post-Truth" Times: Technoscientific Imaginaries of "Smart" Futures.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2021)
Trading between science and art worlds: From biology laboratory to art exhibition.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2020)
Wisdom in Artistic Research: An Alternative to the Discourse of Art as Knowledge Production.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Art and design visions of future foods: de-extinction and in vitro meat.
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen.
(2016)
Grow Your Own Views on Knowledge: Visions and framings of synthetic biology.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Slaattelid, Rasmus Tore;
Haagensen, Trine Krigsvoll;
Smith, Samantha L..
(2016)
Images of Knowledge.
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Trojok, Rüdiger;
Borch, Martin;
Delgado Aleman, Ana Maria.
(2015)
Biohacking meets philosophy, sociology and ethics: Notes on the S.NET 2014 Meeting in Karlsruhe.
IOS Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Øyen, Simen Andersen;
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Lund-Olsen, Tone .
(2012)
Scientific Worldviews, Religious Minds - Some introductory reflections.
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Vaage, Nora Sørensen;
Slaattelid, Rasmus Tore.
(2016)
Amplifying Ambiguities. Art on the Fringes of Biotechnology.
Universitetet i Bergen
Universitetet i Bergen
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
- EH8000 - Topics in Environmental Humanities
- FM3000 - Research Design and Theoretical Approaches to Film and Media Studies
Vaage is course responsible for FM3000, and also teaches MV1101 Media History and Media Theory.
She has formerly taught at BA, MA and PhD levels in art history, philosophy and sociology of art, media history, media aesthetics, philosophy of science, research ethics, bioethics, ethics of images, theory of science, etc. at Nord University, Maastricht University and the University of Bergen.
Supervision
Vaage is available to supervise master and PhD students on topics connected to (new) media, artscience, art and technology, art and ecology, ethics, climate narratives and similar.
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureBauer, Susanne; Vaage, Nora Sørensen; Münster, Daniel. (2024) Introduction to the Panel "Soil Repair". 4S/EASST Open Panel "Soil Repair: Remediations and Relationalities after Extractive Industries" (org. S. Bauer, N. Vaage, D. Münster) at the 11th joint 4S/EASST Conference: Making and doing transformations , Amsterdam 2024-07-19 -
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LectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2024) Norwegian Bioart Arena: Extending Human-Soil Relationships. Bergen Kunsthall Plattform Soils , Bergen 2024-03-09 - 2024-03-09
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2024) Soil as Medium: Examining how soils are made knowable, senseable and relatable across fields . Centennial of the International Union of Soil Sciences , Florence 2024-05-19 - 2024-05-21
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2024) Sinking Into Soils: Phenomenological Exploration of Soil as Medium . MUSTS and AMC research groups, Maastricht University Joint MUSTS-AMC Colloquium, October 2024 2024-10-01 - 2024-10-01
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Academic lectureSørensen Vaage, Nora. (2024) Soil remediations in and through art. Athena Institute, Vreie Universiteit 4S/EASST , Amsterdam 2024-07-16 - 2024-07-19
2023
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2023) Sinking into Soil: Mediating Experiences of an Inaccessible, Vulnerable Environment. The 10th International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology RE:SOURCE Media Art Histories , Venezia 2023-09-13 - 2023-09-16
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Academic lectureBauer, Susanne; Münster, Daniel; Vaage, Nora Sørensen. (2023) Introduction to the Panel. Nordic STS Panel "Soil Repair: Recuperating Human-Soil Relationships" (org. S. Bauer; D. Münster; N. Vaage) at the 6th Nordic STS Conference: Discruption and repair in and beyond STS. 7-9 June 2023 , Oslo 2023-06-07 -
2022
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2022) Soil Spheres: Art Transposing the Turf of the Earth into Exhibition Spaces. ARKEN Museum of Modern Art + The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Rewilding the Museum , Copenhagen 2022-06-01 - 2022-06-02
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LectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2022) Anthropogenic Soils and Norwegian Bioart Arena. Østfold Internasjonale Teater IN SITU Focus Seminar , Fredrikstad 2022-11-02 - 2022-11-02
2021
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2021) When science and art worlds meet: reflections from a hybrid theorist’s perspective . Open Database for Interdisciplinary Art in Russia (MIR) and European University at St. Petersburg Exploring the Unconventional: Ways to Address the Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology , St. Petersburg 2021-05-21 - 2021-05-21
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2021) Violent Care? Relational Ethics at the Convergence of Bio and Eco Art. Academy of Fine Arts, Gdánsk Bio-presence. Art in the Biotechnological World , Gdánsk/online 2021-11-05 - 2021-11-05
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Programme participationVaage, Nora Sørensen; Tapio, Hege. (2021) Interview and podcast about Bioart for NOBA - Norwegian Bioart Arena https://noba.art/hege-tapio-norways-first-bioartist/. https://noba.art/hege-tapio-norways-first-bioartist/ https://noba.art/hege-tapio-norways-first-bioartist/ [Internet] 2021-06-07
2019
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2019) On Ethical Quandaries for Bioart: In Search of New Avenues. Delft University of Technology Philosophy and Ethics Seminar , Delft, the Netherlands 2019-04-01 - 2019-04-01
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LectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2019) Metaphors of CRISPR in Art, Philosophy and Science. Waseda University 40th Metaphorest Seminar , Tokyo 2019-03-25 - 2019-03-25
2016
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Popular scientific lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen; Skirbekk, Gunnar; Fjelland, Ragnar. (2016) "Ny teknologi - til glede og bekymring?". Senter for vitskapsteori Bergen offentlege bibliotek , Bergen 2016-10-10 - 2016-10-10
2014
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2014) Biologi utenfor institusjonene: Gjør-det-selv, hacking, kunst og design. ELSA Norway-konferansen 2014: ELSA på norsk - forskningsresultater , Hurtigruten Trondheim-Bergen 2014-09-16 - 2014-09-17
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2014) Fringe interlocutors: Do it yourself biology, biohacking and biological art. Life, in Theory: SLSAeu 2014 (Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Europe), , Torino 2014-06-03 - 2014-06-06
2013
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2013) Human Hybrids as Extended Bodies?. Universita' di Roma Tre The Posthuman: Differences, Embodiments, Performativity. 5th Beyond Humanism Conference , Rome 2013-09-11 - 2013-09-14
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2013) Knowledge Production, Materiality and Aesthetics in Biological Arts. TIK, UiO & KULT, NTNU First Nordic STS Conference , Rica Hell Hotel, Trondheim 2013-04-24 - 2013-04-26
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2013) Future Visions, Scenarios and Predictions : The Myths of What May Be. Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologi 5th Annual Meeting, S.Net , Northeastern University, Boston 2013-10-27 - 2013-10-29
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Academic lectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2013) "So close, and yet so far away: First impressions of a tissue culture laboratory" (mitt innlegg. Del av paneldebatt/roundtable): Reconfiguring Sensation: Sensory Prostheses and the Postnatural Sensorium. SLSA, Society for Literature, Science and the Arts Postnatural: SLSA Conference 2013 , Notre Dame University 2013-10-03 - 2013-10-06
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LectureVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2013) Amplifying Ambiguity, Contesting Futures. SymbioticA Seminar SymbioticA, UWA , University of Western Australia, Perth 2013-05-03 - 2013-05-03
2012
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PosterVaage, Nora Sørensen. (2012) Visual versus Conceptual Approaches to the Art/Science Interface. ESF-LiU Conference: Images and Visualization: Imaging Technology, Truth and Trust , Norrköping 2012-09-17 - 2012-09-21