Exploring Ballads As Popular Culture and Heritage in Contemporary Faroese Culture
‘Kvæði í Føroyskari Samtíð’ Exploring Ballads as Popular Culture and Heritage in Contemporary Faroese Culture Annika Christensen Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Leeds School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies August 2020 The candidate confirms that the work submitted is her own and that appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. This copy has been supplied on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. © 2020 The University of Leeds and Annika Christensen The right of Annika Christensen to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This PhD was funded in part by Emerald Publishing, Bingley, and the Faroese Research Council. Acknowledgements I would like to start by thanking my supervisors, Dr Claudia Sternberg and Professor Catherine Karkow for their unflinching support throughout the years. You have allowed me to find my own path but have not hesitated to reel me in when venturing too far down the rabbit hole. I would not have made it to the end without the generous support of my family and friends in the Faroe Islands that, although they are far away, have been present every step of this long, hard (but rewarding) journey. I owe all my stubbornness, tenacity and love for books to my parents, Gunnleyg and Hans Jørgen. My thanks go out to the people that have helped me out with information gathering: The (patient) people at The Faroese National Library, Peter Andersen from the University of Strasbourg, Tina Jacobsen from The Faroese University, the people at University of Leeds libraries and people at the Faroese National Archives.
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