I am a social anthropologist, and my work explores ethnographic approaches to trust, social and political processes related to development and conservation, and social and urban inequality in Latin America.
Scientific publications
Ystanes, Margit (2022). The Politics of Innocence: Empathy, Indifference and the 2016 Rio Olympics. Møter og mangfold: Religion og kultur i historie, samtid og skole. ISBN: 978-82-02-75389-4. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 6. s 129 - 147.
Ystanes, Margit (2018). Lives Uprooted: Urban Inequality and Olympic Evictions in Rio de Janeiro. Alternautas. ISSN: 2057-4924. 5 (1).
Ystanes, Margit (2016). Violence, Fear and Impunity in Post-War Guatemala. Violent Reverberations: Global Modalities of Trauma. ISBN: 978-3-319-39048-2. Palgrave Macmillan.
Ystanes, Margit; Broch-Due, Vigdis (2016). “Introduction: Introducing Ethnographies of Trusting”. Trusting and its Tribulations: Interdisciplinary Engagements with Intimacy, Sociality and Trust. ISBN: 978-1-78533-099-5. Berghahn Books. Introduction. s 1 - 36.
Ystanes, Margit (2016). “Unfixed trust: Intimacy, blood symbolism, and porous boundaries in Guatemala”. Trusting and its Tribulations: Interdisciplinary Engagements with Intimacy, Sociality and Trust. ISBN: 978-1-78533-099-5. Berghahn Books. Chapter 1. s 37 - 59.
Ystanes, Margit (2014). “Saving Guatemala's ‘Mayan Forest’: The Environmental Crisis and Contested Development”. Crisis in the Nordic Nations and Beyond: At the Intersection of Environment, Finance and Multiculturalism. ISBN: 9781472425386. Ashgate. Chapter 7. s 121 - 142.
Bråten, Eldar; Ystanes, Margit (2007). "Kritisk selvstendighet" gjennom fjernundervisning. Om re-mediering av undervisning - og læring gjennom samarbeid. Refleksjoner over prosjekterfaringer 2006. ISBN: 978-82-91308-45-6. Norgesuniversitetet. Kapittel 3. s 35 - 46.
Ystanes, Margit (2021). (Mis)trusting Development. Social Struggles and Forest Conservation in Guatemala. ISBN: 3030893197. Palgrave Macmillan.
Ystanes, Margit; Strønen, Iselin Åsedotter (2018). The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America: Decades of Change. ISBN: 978-3-319-61535-6. Palgrave Macmillan. s 289.
Ystanes, Margit; Broch-Due, Vigdis (2016). Trusting and its Tribulations: Interdisciplinary Engagements with Intimacy, Sociality and Trust. ISBN: 978-1-78533-099-5. Berghahn Books. s 294.
Ystanes, Margit; Nordström, Paulina Emilia; Pull, Karl Emil; Scoville-Simonds, Morgan Storm; Huidobro-Goya, Jose Alejandro (2022). Film screening about urban development: struggles for social justice and housing rights.
Ystanes, Margit; Huidobro Goya, José Alejandro (2021). Foto og video i etnografisk feltarbeid.
Ystanes, Margit (2021). (Mis)trusting Development: Social Struggles and Forest Conservation in Guatemala.
Vattøy, Kim-Daniel; Topphol, Arne Kåre; Gamlem, Siv Therese Måseidvåg; Ystanes, Margit; Rogne, Wenke Mork (2021). Orientering frå Arbeidsgruppa for utvikling av fellesemna i 5MAGLU.
Ystanes, Margit (2020). (Mis)trusting Development: Social Struggles and Forest Conservation in Guatemala.
Ystanes, Margit (2020). The Politics of Innocence and Outrage: Social Injustice and the 2016 Olympics.