Martin Shaw
Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer
- Professional title: Senior Lecturer
- Academic title: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428038
- Email: martin.shaw@miun.se
- Room number: MF418
- Location: Sundsvall
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- Employed at the subject:
- Comparative Literature
Background
I am from the city of Sheffield in England and moved to Sweden in 1994. I defended my PhD on Traveller and Romani life story at Umeå University in April 2006.
Area of interest
Life story
Collaborative life story (As-told-to life story)
Irish Traveller, Scottish Traveller and Romani/Gypsy/Traveller life story
Paratextual Analysis
The politics of (mis)recognition, the violence of categorisation, flexibility and the taken for granted
Research
Life story
Life story production
Romani Studies (Romani and Traveller Life Story (UK))
Postcolonial/Globalisation studies
Ecocriticism
Postcolonial ecocriticism
Article provosionally accepted for publication:
"Imperial Nostalgia and Discursive Dissonance in Eva Petulengro’s The Girl in the Painted Wagon: Memories of a Romany Childhood"
Journal: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Teaching and tutoring
Campus, campus-distance and distance teaching
Literature from English-speaking countries at first and second cycle levels (basic and advanced level)
Literary theory courses
Literature and text on teacher education programs at early, intermediate and upper secondary learner levels
Independent Project supervision (first and second cycles)
Faculty course: Theory of social and cultural sciences, 7.5 credits