The value of water in Iceland
Verðmæti vatns á Íslandi Ísland er lítil þjóð, landnemar settust þar fyrst að árið 874 e.Kr. Lengst af sögu sinni...
Dr. Helena Onnudottir is a Social Anthropologist and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University. Areas of interest and research include ‘Social and Cultural changes in Icelandic society’. Helena has published/co-published on some of the following in Iceland: symbolism and political changes, land and tourism, the value of water, and the symbolic and cultural place and meaning of monsters in Iceland. Publications include ‘The Workings of Monsters: Of Monsters and Humans in Icelandic Society’, *Monster Anthropology in Australasia and Beyond* (2014); ‘Land, Nation and Tourist: Moral Reckoning in Post-GFC Iceland’ *Anthropological Journal of European Cultures* (2017); ‘From Resurrection and New Dawn to the Pirate Party: Political Party Names as Symbolizing Recent Transformations in the Political Field in Iceland’, *Politics, Religion & Ideology* (2018); ‘Margt býr í þokunni (What dwells in the [Icelandic] mist)?’ *Monster Anthropology. Ethnographic Explorations of Transforming Social Worlds Through Monsters* (2019); ‘A Mare’s tale’ *Living with Monsters* (2022).
Verðmæti vatns á Íslandi Ísland er lítil þjóð, landnemar settust þar fyrst að árið 874 e.Kr. Lengst af sögu sinni...
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