Pål 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
2022
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Aarsand, Pål.
(2022)
Children's digital gaming culture.
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2022)
Digitalisering av utdannings- og oppvekstpraksiser.
Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
volum 8.
Editorial
-
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.
volum 8.
Academic article
-
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).
volum 6 (2).
Academic article
-
Sparrman, Anna Margareta;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2022)
Children’s cultural heritage: The micro-politics of the archive.
Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift.
volum 25 (3).
Academic article
2021
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Schofield, Daniel.
(2021)
Deltakerperspektiv i studier av barns og unges mediepraksiser.
Barndomsstudier i norsk kontekst : Tverrfaglige tilnærminger.
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
-
Farstad, Ida Engan;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2021)
Children on the move: Guided participation in travel activities.
Learning, Culture and Social Interaction.
volum 31.
Academic article
-
Willbergh, Ilmi;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2021)
Nye hovedredaktører tar over Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
volum 7.
Editorial
2020
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Melander, Helen.
(2020)
Digital literacy practices in children’s everyday life: Participating in on-screen and off-screen activities.
The Routledge handbook of digital literacies in early childhood.
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.
volum 45 (4).
Academic article
2019
-
Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2019)
Doing Data Analysis – Collaboration, Creativity and Critique.
Doing Educational Research — Overcoming Challenges In Practice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2019)
Categorization Activities in Norwegian Preschools: Digital Tools in Identifying, Articulating, and Assessing.
Frontiers in Psychology.
volum 10.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Sparrman, Anna.
(2019)
Visual transcriptions as socio-technical assemblages.
Visual Communication.
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.
volum 4 (1).
Academic article
2018
-
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.
volum 11 (3).
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2018)
Spilling til bekymring: Ungdommers standpunkter til og begrunnelser for bruk av digitale spill.
Ungdom, danning og fellesskap. Samfunns- og kulturpedagogiske perspektiv.
publications.POPVIT_KAPITTEL
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2018)
The Micro-Politics of Time in Young People's Talk About Gaming.
Cultures of Computer Game Concerns - The Child Across Families, Law, Science and Industry.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
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).
volum 49 (5).
Academic article
-
Øygardslia, Kristine;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2018)
“Move over, I will find Jerusalem”: Artifacts in game design in classrooms.
Learning, Culture and Social Interaction.
volum 19.
Academic article
2017
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2017)
Children’s media practices: challenges and dilemmas for the qualitative researcher.
Children, Adolescents, and Media: The future of research and action.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Melander, Helen;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2017)
Practices of Remembering: Organizing Math Activities in a First Grade Classroom.
Memory Practices and Learning: Interactional, Institutional and Sociocultural Perspectives.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2016
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2016)
Children’s media practices: challenges and dilemmas for the qualitative researcher.
Journal of Children and Media.
volum 20 (1).
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Melander, Helen.
(2016)
Appropriation through guided participation: Media literacy in children׳s everyday lives.
Discourse, Context & Media.
volum 12.
Academic article
2015
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2015)
Children’s Games in the New Media Age. ChildLore, Media and the Playground.
Children & society.
volum 29 (3).
Book review
2013
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2013)
Children´s digital gaming cultures.
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Melander, Helen;
Evaldsson, Ann-Carita.
(2013)
Om media literacy-praktiker i barns vardagsliv.
Literacy-praktiker i och utanför skolan.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2012
-
Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Familjeliv och lärande.
Studentlitteratur AB. 2012. ISBN 978-91-44-07809-0.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Family Members as Co-researchers: Reflections on Practice-reported Data.
Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Spelande i familjen.
Familjeliv och lärande.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
The ordinary player: teenagers talk about digital games.
Journal of Youth Studies.
volum 15 (8).
Academic article
-
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Lärandepraktiker i familjen.
Familjeliv och lärande.
Other
-
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Med lärandeblick på familjers vardagsliv.
Familjeliv och lärande.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2011
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2011)
Barns spilling. Om digital spillkompetanse i ulike praksiser.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål-Andre.
(2011)
Digitale medier i barn og unges hverdag.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden.
volum 29 (3/4).
Academic article
-
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål-Andre.
(2011)
'How to be good': media representations of parenting.
Studies in the Education of Adults.
volum 43 (1).
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2022)
Digitalisering av utdannings- og oppvekstpraksiser.
Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
volum 8.
Editorial
-
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.
volum 8.
Academic article
-
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).
volum 6 (2).
Academic article
-
Sparrman, Anna Margareta;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2022)
Children’s cultural heritage: The micro-politics of the archive.
Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift.
volum 25 (3).
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
-
Farstad, Ida Engan;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2021)
Children on the move: Guided participation in travel activities.
Learning, Culture and Social Interaction.
volum 31.
Academic article
-
Willbergh, Ilmi;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2021)
Nye hovedredaktører tar over Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk.
volum 7.
Editorial
-
Bowden, Helen Melander;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2020)
Designing and assessing digital games in a classroom: an emerging culture of critique.
Learning, Media & Technology.
volum 45 (4).
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2019)
Categorization Activities in Norwegian Preschools: Digital Tools in Identifying, Articulating, and Assessing.
Frontiers in Psychology.
volum 10.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Sparrman, Anna.
(2019)
Visual transcriptions as socio-technical assemblages.
Visual Communication.
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.
volum 4 (1).
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.
volum 11 (3).
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).
volum 49 (5).
Academic article
-
Øygardslia, Kristine;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2018)
“Move over, I will find Jerusalem”: Artifacts in game design in classrooms.
Learning, Culture and Social Interaction.
volum 19.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2016)
Children’s media practices: challenges and dilemmas for the qualitative researcher.
Journal of Children and Media.
volum 20 (1).
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Melander, Helen.
(2016)
Appropriation through guided participation: Media literacy in children׳s everyday lives.
Discourse, Context & Media.
volum 12.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2015)
Children’s Games in the New Media Age. ChildLore, Media and the Playground.
Children & society.
volum 29 (3).
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.
volum 15 (8).
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2011)
Barns spilling. Om digital spillkompetanse i ulike praksiser.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden.
Academic article
-
Aarsand, Pål-Andre.
(2011)
Digitale medier i barn og unges hverdag.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden.
volum 29 (3/4).
Academic article
-
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål-Andre.
(2011)
'How to be good': media representations of parenting.
Studies in the Education of Adults.
volum 43 (1).
Academic article
Books
-
Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Familjeliv och lärande.
Studentlitteratur AB. 2012. ISBN 978-91-44-07809-0.
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2022)
Children's digital gaming culture.
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Schofield, Daniel.
(2021)
Deltakerperspektiv i studier av barns og unges mediepraksiser.
Barndomsstudier i norsk kontekst : Tverrfaglige tilnærminger.
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.
The Routledge handbook of digital literacies in early childhood.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2019)
Doing Data Analysis – Collaboration, Creativity and Critique.
Doing Educational Research — Overcoming Challenges In Practice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2018)
Spilling til bekymring: Ungdommers standpunkter til og begrunnelser for bruk av digitale spill.
Ungdom, danning og fellesskap. Samfunns- og kulturpedagogiske perspektiv.
publications.POPVIT_KAPITTEL
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2018)
The Micro-Politics of Time in Young People's Talk About Gaming.
Cultures of Computer Game Concerns - The Child Across Families, Law, Science and Industry.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2017)
Children’s media practices: challenges and dilemmas for the qualitative researcher.
Children, Adolescents, and Media: The future of research and action.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Melander, Helen;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2017)
Practices of Remembering: Organizing Math Activities in a First Grade Classroom.
Memory Practices and Learning: Interactional, Institutional and Sociocultural Perspectives.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2013)
Children´s digital gaming cultures.
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents and Media.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål;
Melander, Helen;
Evaldsson, Ann-Carita.
(2013)
Om media literacy-praktiker i barns vardagsliv.
Literacy-praktiker i och utanför skolan.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Spelande i familjen.
Familjeliv och lärande.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Lärandepraktiker i familjen.
Familjeliv och lärande.
Other
-
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott;
Aarsand, Pål.
(2012)
Med lärandeblick på familjers vardagsliv.
Familjeliv och lärande.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Media
2023
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål André. (2023) Teenage gaming as heterogenous network practices: accounting for the creation of fanfiction. Digitalization and Technologies in Education – Opportunities and Challenges . NERA; Oslo. 2023-03-15 - 2023-03-17.
2018
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Academic lectureSørenssen, Ingvild Kvale; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Relational practices with iPads. Sociomaterial perspectives to explore inclusion and exclusion in a kindergarten setting. Childhood and Materilaty . Finnish society for childhood studies; Jyvaskyla. 2018-05-07 - 2018-05-09.
2017
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål. (2017) Digital literacy in early childhood education and care: Learning to be a visual reader. Seminar . University College London, UCL knowledge lab; 2017-02-09.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål. (2017) Digital literacy practices in early childhood education and care. Gjesteforelesning . Prof. Jackie Marsh; University of Sheffield. 2017-04-25.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål; Sørenssen, Ingvild Kvale. (2017) Digital tools in early childhood education and care: children´s participation in literacy practices. Seminar . Dronning Mauds Minnes Høgskole; Trondheim. 2017-11-23.
2016
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål André. (2016) Tid til spill: Om å være «vanlig» bruker av dataspill. Presentasjon ; 2016-09-22 - 2016-09-22.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål André; Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson. (2016) Opening up the opening: Exploring framings of qualitative research interviews. PAperpresentasjon ; 2016-11-23 - 2016-11-25.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål André; Hoveid, Marit Honerød. (2016) DIGITAL TOOLS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE: FACILITATING LEARNING IN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES. Presentasjon ; 2016-08-29.
2014
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål. (2014) Girls, games and game play: Gender in focus-group interviews. NERA . Høgskolen i Lillehammer; Lillehammer. 2014-03-05 - 2014-03-07.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål. (2014) Observation in and across sites: Video recordings in the study of children’s media practices. International conference on Media Education Futures . University of Tampere; Tammerfors. 2014-05-08 - 2014-05-09.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita. (2014) "I'm just imitating the idiot" Embodied stances and category work in game arguments. Paper presentasjon . International society for conversational analysis; University of California Los Angeles. 2014-06-25 - 2014-06-29.
2012
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål; Melander, Helen; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita. (2012) Media literacy practices in children’s everyday life. ECER ; Cadiz. 2012-09-18 - 2012-09-21.
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Academic lectureAarsand, Pål; Sparrman, Anna. (2012) Visual transcription as theory (and methodology). Darg Conference ; Loughborough. 2012-03-21 - 2012-03-22.
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Academic lectureEvadsson, 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.
2010
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Academic lectureAssarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2010) How to be good? Media images, parenting and learning. NERA conference . NERA/NFPF; Malmö. 2010-03-11 - 2010-03-13.