Pål André Aarsand

About

I am a professor in sociology of education with a research interest in young people’s everyday life and, in particular, how they participate in various digital media practices. I teach courses at Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. level, mainly within science of education but also within Childhood Studies. I supervise master and Ph.D students with a particular interest in everyday life of young people with ethnographic, ethnomethodological and socio-material perspectives

I am a member of two research groups:

- Critical Childhood and Youth Studies (CCYS) which runs the Child & Youth Seminar.

- Learning in Everyday Practices (LiEP) that runs a monthly research seminar month and that together with Center for Academic and Professional Communication run the Discourse Seminar.

I am editor-in-chief of the Nordic Journal of Pedagogy & Critique and an editorial board member at at journals Research on Children and Social Interaction and Reading Research Quarterly.

Research

My research concerns the everyday life of children and youth with a particular interest in digital media practices. I take a discourse analytical approach to young peoples participation in digital media practices. I am interested in research as a social practices as well as ethical dilemmas in ethnographic and ethnomethodological research with children. I have published on phenomena such as digital literacy practices, gaming, playing, learning, identity work, children's cultural heritage and qvalitative research methods.

Children's cultural heritage

The project explores how to integrate Swedish children’s cultural heritage and make it an indisputable part of Swedish cultural heritage. The focus is on how to collect, preserve and archive children’s own cultural expressions for the future.

Inspect - Societal Security after COVID 19: Inquiring Nordic Strategies, Practices, Educational Consequences and Trajectories (2023-2025)

The aim of the INSPECT project is to understand the medium to long-term consequences of COVID 19 and to develop knowledge and prepare the Nordic schools to ensure societal security going forward.

Publications

2024

Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Talking Fanart: Small Stories About Drawings and Games. Children & society
Academic article
Ågren, Ylva; Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Young people's digital drawing practices as cultural heritage. International journal of cultural studies
Academic article
Erstad, Ola Andres; Mangen, Anne; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Kucirkova, Natalia; Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Ulike lesemåter er viktigere enn krangling om skjerm.
Feature article
Hrechaniuk, Yelyzaveta; Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Making and Knowing Digital Pictures: Young People Displaying Visual-digital Literacies. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål André; Bowden, Helen Melander. (2024) Mobile phones and moral order: Children’s appropriation of and accounting for digital media rules in schools. Global Studies of Childhood
Academic article

2023

Sparrman, Anna; Sjöberg, Johanna; Hrechaniuk, Yelyzaveta; Köpsell, Linn; Isaksson, Karin; Eriksson, Maria. (2023) Archives and children’s cultural heritage. Archives and records
Academic article
Erstad, Ola Andres; Kucirkova, Natalia; Mangen, Anne; Aarsand, Pål André; Blikstad-Balas, Marte. (2023) Reading in the digital age: Differences and commonalities across research approaches. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål André. (2023) Drawing Minecraft: Small stories on metagames.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2022

Sparrman, Anna Margareta; Aarsand, Pål. (2022) Children’s cultural heritage: The micro-politics of the archive. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift (NKT)
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2022) Digitalisering av utdannings- og oppvekstpraksiser. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Editorial
Evaldsson, Ann-Carita; Aarsand, Pål André. (2022) ‘I’m just imitating the idiot’ — Exclusionary acts of status degradation through embodied stance-taking and category work in boys’ game performances. Research on children and social interaction (RoCSI)
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Aarsand, Liselott. (2022) «Innenfor», «utenfor» og «i grenseland»: samtaler om sosiale normer og vurderinger i en pandemi. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2022) Children's digital gaming culture.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2021

Willbergh, Ilmi; Aarsand, Pål. (2021) Nye hovedredaktører tar over Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Editorial
Farstad, Ida Engan; Aarsand, Pål. (2021) Children on the move: Guided participation in travel activities. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Schofield, Daniel. (2021) Deltakerperspektiv i studier av barns og unges mediepraksiser.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål; Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale. (2021) “And then it’s my turn”: Negotiating participation in tablet activities in early childhood education and care. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Academic article

2020

Aarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen. (2020) Digital literacy practices in children’s everyday life: Participating in on-screen and off-screen activities.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bowden, Helen Melander; Aarsand, Pål. (2020) Designing and assessing digital games in a classroom: an emerging culture of critique. Learning, Media & Technology
Academic article

2019

Aarsand, Pål; Sparrman, Anna. (2019) Visual transcriptions as socio-technical assemblages. Visual Communication
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2019) Categorization Activities in Norwegian Preschools: Digital Tools in Identifying, Articulating, and Assessing. Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2019) Doing Data Analysis – Collaboration, Creativity and Critique.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale; Aarsand, Pål; Hoveid, Marit Honerød. (2019) Beyond binaries: Enacting agency in video observations in ECEC. Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy
Academic article

2018

Øygardslia, Kristine; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) “Move over, I will find Jerusalem”: Artifacts in game design in classrooms. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Academic article
Danby, Susan; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita; Melander, Helen; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Situated Collaboration and Problem Solving in Young Children’s Digital Game Play. British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET)
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Spilling til bekymring: Ungdommers standpunkter til og begrunnelser for bruk av digitale spill.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Framing and switches at the outset of qualitative research interviews. Qualitative Research
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) The joint production of confession in qualitative research interviews. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2018) The Micro-Politics of Time in Young People's Talk About Gaming.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

Aarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita. (2013) Om media literacy-praktiker i barns vardagsliv.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål. (2013) Children´s digital gaming cultures.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

null, null; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Lärandepraktiker i familjen.
Chapter
Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Spelande i familjen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
null, null; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Med lärandeblick på familjers vardagsliv.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Family Members as Co-researchers: Reflections on Practice-reported Data. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Familjeliv och lärande. Studentlitteratur AB Studentlitteratur AB
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Aarsand, Pål. (2012) The ordinary player: teenagers talk about digital games. Journal of Youth Studies
Academic article

2011

Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2011) Digitale medier i barn og unges hverdag. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2011) Barns spilling. Om digital spillkompetanse i ulike praksiser. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2011) 'How to be good': media representations of parenting. Studies in the Education of Adults
Academic article

Journal publications

Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Talking Fanart: Small Stories About Drawings and Games. Children & society
Academic article
Ågren, Ylva; Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Young people's digital drawing practices as cultural heritage. International journal of cultural studies
Academic article
Erstad, Ola Andres; Mangen, Anne; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Kucirkova, Natalia; Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Ulike lesemåter er viktigere enn krangling om skjerm.
Feature article
Hrechaniuk, Yelyzaveta; Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Making and Knowing Digital Pictures: Young People Displaying Visual-digital Literacies. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål André; Bowden, Helen Melander. (2024) Mobile phones and moral order: Children’s appropriation of and accounting for digital media rules in schools. Global Studies of Childhood
Academic article
Sparrman, Anna; Sjöberg, Johanna; Hrechaniuk, Yelyzaveta; Köpsell, Linn; Isaksson, Karin; Eriksson, Maria. (2023) Archives and children’s cultural heritage. Archives and records
Academic article
Erstad, Ola Andres; Kucirkova, Natalia; Mangen, Anne; Aarsand, Pål André; Blikstad-Balas, Marte. (2023) Reading in the digital age: Differences and commonalities across research approaches. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
Academic article
Sparrman, Anna Margareta; Aarsand, Pål. (2022) Children’s cultural heritage: The micro-politics of the archive. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift (NKT)
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2022) Digitalisering av utdannings- og oppvekstpraksiser. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Editorial
Evaldsson, Ann-Carita; Aarsand, Pål André. (2022) ‘I’m just imitating the idiot’ — Exclusionary acts of status degradation through embodied stance-taking and category work in boys’ game performances. Research on children and social interaction (RoCSI)
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Aarsand, Liselott. (2022) «Innenfor», «utenfor» og «i grenseland»: samtaler om sosiale normer og vurderinger i en pandemi. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Academic article
Willbergh, Ilmi; Aarsand, Pål. (2021) Nye hovedredaktører tar over Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Editorial
Farstad, Ida Engan; Aarsand, Pål. (2021) Children on the move: Guided participation in travel activities. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale. (2021) “And then it’s my turn”: Negotiating participation in tablet activities in early childhood education and care. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Academic article
Bowden, Helen Melander; Aarsand, Pål. (2020) Designing and assessing digital games in a classroom: an emerging culture of critique. Learning, Media & Technology
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Sparrman, Anna. (2019) Visual transcriptions as socio-technical assemblages. Visual Communication
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2019) Categorization Activities in Norwegian Preschools: Digital Tools in Identifying, Articulating, and Assessing. Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale; Aarsand, Pål; Hoveid, Marit Honerød. (2019) Beyond binaries: Enacting agency in video observations in ECEC. Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy
Academic article
Øygardslia, Kristine; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) “Move over, I will find Jerusalem”: Artifacts in game design in classrooms. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Academic article
Danby, Susan; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita; Melander, Helen; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Situated Collaboration and Problem Solving in Young Children’s Digital Game Play. British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET)
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Framing and switches at the outset of qualitative research interviews. Qualitative Research
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) The joint production of confession in qualitative research interviews. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen. (2016) Appropriation through guided participation: Media literacy in children׳s everyday lives. Discourse, Context & Media
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2016) Children’s media practices: challenges and dilemmas for the qualitative researcher. Journal of Children and Media
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2015) Children’s Games in the New Media Age. ChildLore, Media and the Playground. Children & society
Book review
Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Family Members as Co-researchers: Reflections on Practice-reported Data. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2012) The ordinary player: teenagers talk about digital games. Journal of Youth Studies
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2011) Digitale medier i barn og unges hverdag. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål. (2011) Barns spilling. Om digital spillkompetanse i ulike praksiser. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2011) 'How to be good': media representations of parenting. Studies in the Education of Adults
Academic article

Books

Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Familjeliv och lärande. Studentlitteratur AB Studentlitteratur AB
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Aarsand, Pål André. (2023) Drawing Minecraft: Small stories on metagames.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål. (2022) Children's digital gaming culture.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål; Schofield, Daniel. (2021) Deltakerperspektiv i studier av barns og unges mediepraksiser.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen. (2020) Digital literacy practices in children’s everyday life: Participating in on-screen and off-screen activities.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2019) Doing Data Analysis – Collaboration, Creativity and Critique.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Spilling til bekymring: Ungdommers standpunkter til og begrunnelser for bruk av digitale spill.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Aarsand, Pål. (2018) The Micro-Politics of Time in Young People's Talk About Gaming.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Melander, Helen; Aarsand, Pål. (2017) Practices of Remembering: Organizing Math Activities in a First Grade Classroom.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål. (2017) Children’s media practices: challenges and dilemmas for the qualitative researcher.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita. (2013) Om media literacy-praktiker i barns vardagsliv.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Pål. (2013) Children´s digital gaming cultures.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
null, null; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Lärandepraktiker i familjen.
Chapter
Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Spelande i familjen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
null, null; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Med lärandeblick på familjers vardagsliv.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

Outreach

2024

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André. (2024) Small stories about fanart and Minecraft. De norske interaksjonsdagene , Trondheim 2024-01-04 - 2024-01-05

2023

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André. (2023) Fanart as a gaming practice: children's talk about drawings and Minecraft. Barnenettverket I Norden (BiN) , Bergen 2023-05-10 - 2023-05-11
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André. (2023) Barns hverdagsliv, digitale mediepraksiser og literacies. Högre seminarium , Linköping 2023-10-17 - 2023-10-17
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André. (2023) Teenage gaming as heterogenous network practices: accounting for the creation of fanfiction. Digitalization and Technologies in Education – Opportunities and Challenges , Oslo 2023-03-15 - 2023-03-17

2018

Academic lecture

Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Relational practices with iPads. Sociomaterial perspectives to explore inclusion and exclusion in a kindergarten setting. Childhood and Materilaty , Jyvaskyla 2018-05-07 - 2018-05-09

2017

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål. (2017) Digital literacy practices in early childhood education and care. Gjesteforelesning , University of Sheffield 2017-04-25 -
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål. (2017) Digital literacy in early childhood education and care: Learning to be a visual reader. Seminar 2017-02-09 -
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål; Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale. (2017) Digital tools in early childhood education and care: children´s participation in literacy practices. Seminar , Trondheim 2017-11-23 -

2016

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André; Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson. (2016) Opening up the opening: Exploring framings of qualitative research interviews. PAperpresentasjon 2016-11-23 - 2016-11-25
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André; Hoveid, Marit Honerød. (2016) DIGITAL TOOLS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE: FACILITATING LEARNING IN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES. Presentasjon 2016-08-29 -
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André. (2016) Tid til spill: Om å være «vanlig» bruker av dataspill. Presentasjon 2016-09-22 - 2016-09-22

2014

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål. (2014) Girls, games and game play: Gender in focus-group interviews. NERA , Lillehammer 2014-03-05 - 2014-03-07
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål. (2014) Observation in and across sites: Video recordings in the study of children’s media practices. International conference on Media Education Futures , Tammerfors 2014-05-08 - 2014-05-09
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita. (2014) "I'm just imitating the idiot" Embodied stances and category work in game arguments. Paper presentasjon , University of California Los Angeles 2014-06-25 - 2014-06-29

2012

Academic lecture

Evadsson, Ann-Carita; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Contesting the rules of the game: Participation, stance and category-work in boys’ games. DARG Conference , Loughborough 2012-03-20 - 2012-03-21
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita. (2012) Media literacy practices in children’s everyday life. ECER , Cadiz 2012-09-18 - 2012-09-21
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål; Sparrman, Anna. (2012) Visual transcription as theory (and methodology). Darg Conference , Loughborough 2012-03-21 - 2012-03-22

2010

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2010) How to be good? Media images, parenting and learning. NERA conference , Malmö 2010-03-11 - 2010-03-13

Språkvelger

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